GUJRAT: Pakistan has been facing a default-like situation and is nearly bankrupt, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Sunday, attributing the crisis to widespread tax evasion by the big fish. The minister said major sectors like retailers and wholesalers were reluctant to fulfil their tax duties, which he added was a primary cause of the country’s economic woes. Talking to …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended on Monday former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi’s sentences in the Toshakhana case. The decision came as the high court heard the ex-premier and his wife’s appeals against the sentences. At the outset of the hearing, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq asked whether the appeal was scheduled for hearing today. …
ISLAMABAD: The new government on Sunday increased the price of petrol by Rs9.66 per liter effective from Monday (today) in line with the fluctuation in global oil prices — just as the inflation-hit people were preparing to celebrate the upcoming Eidul Fitr. However, it decreased the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs3.32 per litre on the recommendation of the …
KARACHI: The PTI has announced its boycott of the upcoming Senate polls in Sindh in protest against alleged rigging in the February 8 general elections. The party has also unveiled plans to stage a massive rally in Karachi on April 28. Addressing a press conference in Sindh’s provincial capital, PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh said the party would not …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) allowed on Monday a meeting between incarcerated former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi over Eidul Fitr. The court heard a plea by the former first lady pertaining to her transfer to Adiala jail and meeting her husband in prison over Eid. The court directed that the two should be allowed to …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail on Monday to former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry in a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case concerning land in Jhelum. The court presided over by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, ordered the release of the former information minister Fawad was represented in court by his counsel and is incarcerated in …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) confirmed on Monday that the terror attack in Besham, which killed five Chinese nationals, was backed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The report submitted by the CTD stated that the authorities had nabbed the main facilitator who brought the suicide bomber from Afghanistan. It added that the explosives-laden vehicle was brought through Chaman to DaraZinda …
ISLAMABAD: Former chief justice of Pakistan Tassaduq Hussain Jillani has recused himself from heading the inquiry commission tasked with investigating allegations of intelligence agencies meddling in the affairs of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). “Since the letter is addressed to the members of the Supreme Judicial Council and its chairman the Chief Justice of Pakistan, it would be violative of …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) took suo motu notice on Monday of the letter written by six IHC judges regarding the interference of intelligence agencies in judicial functions. All judges available in the Islamabad principal registry will hear the petition on Wednesday at 11:30 AM. A seven-judge larger bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, comprising …
DASU: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday assured foolproof security measures for the Chinese nationals working on the Dasu Hydropower Project as well as across the country and resolved to ensure exemplary punishment for the perpetrators of the March 26 Besham incident. A vehicle-borne suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers in the remote Besham area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on …