NAWABSHAH: Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, the sibling of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, on Sunday filed her nomination papers to contest the by-election from Nawabshah. Accompanied by her aunt and Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, Mir Sohrab Khan Marri, Aijaz Halepoto, and others, Ms Bhutto-Zardari visited the office of the returning officer (RO) and additional deputy commissioner, Ali Sher Jamali, to …
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has cast fresh doubts on the participation of individuals who were members of the caretaker set-up in the upcoming Senate polls, saying that the Constitution does not allow it. However, the government maintains that the constitutional provision in question only applied to the general elections and not the Senate polls scheduled for April 2. Those …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended the tenure of Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu by a year, a day before the air chief was due to retire. The tenure of Sidhu was due to end on Saturday and he was set to retire on March 18. The four-star Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officer and 16th chief of air staff took over …
ISLAMABAD: A local court on Saturday rejected a legal suit filed by former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry against PTI founder Imran Khan. Chaudhry was seeking Rs20 billion damages from Mr Khan for damaging his repute by accusing the judiciary of being part of alleged rigging in 2013 general elections and using derogatory words against him in June …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended the pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s sisters and former finance minister Asad Umar in multiple cases of the May 9 riots. Khan’s sisters Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Umar appeared before the court on expiry of their pre-arrest bail. Judge Arshad Javed heard their petitions as duty judge and simply …
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has expressed resentment over the provincial taskforce (PTF) for issuing just routine directions in every case of missing persons and directed the home secretary to turn up with an explanation. The two-judge bench headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto observed that the court disapproved casual directions, since the liberty of the persons was involved in such …
ISLAMABAD: United States Ambassador Donald Blome paid a courtesy call on National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq at the Parliament House, where the meeting focused on a broad spectrum of issues concerning mutual interests. According to a statement, Mr Sadiq during the meeting reiterated Pakistan’s longstanding and broad-based relationship with the US, based on principles of mutual respect and trust. …
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Afghanistan’s Interim Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday agreed to continue working together in building on fraternal bilateral relations. “Expanding cooperation in connectivity, trade, security, counterterrorism and people-to-people contacts is a top priority for Pakistan,” the foreign minister posted on X, after he received a congratulatory call from the Afghan minister. A statement posted …
RAWALPINDI: Commander of the National Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gen Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, called on Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir at the GHQ on Saturday. The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral military cooperation. Both leaders discussed matters of mutual interest, including regional security dynamics, counterterrorism efforts and training exchanges, …
ISLAMABAD: Nominations for the 48 Senate seats up for grabs came as a bolt from the blue, with the ruling PML-N supporting “outsiders” and the PTI choosing hawks for the upper house elections scheduled for April 2. Those who submitted nomination papers to send shockwaves within the party include former caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, former Punjab caretaker chief minister …