Gasim


Coalition leaders exchange barbs as campaign enters final stretch
Millionaire lawmakers won’t accept bribes, JP leader Gasim suggested.
24 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM


Opposition courts ruling coalition leader Gasim
The Jumhooree Party leader was urged to leave the ruling coalition.
20 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM


Prisons authority asks for police help to bring back Gasim
The Maldives prisons authority has formally sought police assistance to bring back Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim, whose medical leave in Singapore expired Monday night.
04 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM


Gasim departs for Singapore on 10-day medical leave
The 67-year-old business tycoon was allowed to leave with a travel document nearly two weeks after he was found guilty of attempted bribery and sentenced to more than three years in prison.
07 Sep 2017, 9:00 AM


Lawyers slam ‘shameful’ treatment of Gasim
Despite assurances from Home Minister Azleen Ahmed last week that medical leave will be authorised within days, the Attorney General’s office appealed the part of Gasim’s verdict that ordered the authorities to arrange treatment abroad.
03 Sep 2017, 9:00 AM


President’s envoys visit Gasim in hospital
The visit came amid criticism over delays in authorising medical leave for the convicted opposition lawmaker. Azleen told the state broadcaster that Gasim will be allowed to travel overseas within two or three days.
29 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM


Gasim rushed to hospital after collapsing at court
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim has been rushed to the hospital after collapsing inside the criminal court Thursday afternoon.
24 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM


Villa slams tax authority over lawsuits to recover US$166m
Villa and its subsidiary companies do not owe any money to the state, the legal team insisted in a statement Monday, accusing the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority of trying to “discredit the companies and damage the businesses”.
16 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM


Gasim’s bribery trial on hold after hospitalisation
The court threatened to proceed with the trial in absentia but the hearing was cancelled after neither Gasim nor his legal counsel showed up.
07 Aug 2017, 9:00 AM


Gasim’s bribery trial resumes after hospital stay
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim’s trial on charges of attempting to bribe lawmakers restarted Tuesday, a day after he was released from a nine-day stay at the hospital.
26 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM


Court throws out bribery case against Gasim
The criminal court has thrown out charges raised against Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim over the alleged bribery of lawmakers after state prosecutors failed to show up at court.
11 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM


High court frees Gasim as Prosecutor General files bribery charges
The Prosecutor General’s office has meanwhile pressed charges against Gasim and JP MP Abdulla Riyaz. The first hearings have been scheduled for Thursday morning.
12 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM


Opposition decries ‘ramped up crackdown’
In the aftermath of Monday’s contentious no-confidence vote, fresh terror charges were raised against former President Nasheed, former President Gayoom was expelled from the party he founded, and former Defence Minister Nazim was abruptly taken back to jail after nearly a year under house arrest.
01 Apr 2017, 9:00 AM


Jumhooree Party MP switches to ruling party
Of the 15 JP MPs elected to the parliament in March 2014, seven have now switched to the PPM. With its latest recruit, the ruling party now has 47 MPs in the 85-member house.
24 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
President Yameen returns from trips to China and Germany
21 Jun 2015, 7:45 PM
MDA MP withdraws constitutional amendment on 65-year age limit to contest for presidency
03 Mar 2015, 4:43 PM
PPM condemns MDP’s “unlawful” resolution for handover of presidency to JP Leader Gasim
08 Dec 2014, 6:34 PM
MDP calls on the government to hand power to JP leader Gasim
07 Dec 2014, 6:20 PM
Nasheed questions government’s legitimacy and record as one-year anniversary looms
12 Nov 2014, 6:00 PM
Maamigili Airport returns to international status
17 Sep 2014, 10:51 AM