ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi to refrain from speaking against the establishment and the judiciary, and also asked the media not to highlight “political or inflammatory” statements made by the accused. Judge Rana Nasir Javed, while disposing of a petition seeking a fair trial in the Al-Qadir …
LAHORE: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan’s current economic outlook can help the private and financial sectors transform agriculture in the country. He was speaking at the concluding session of ‘Agri Connections 2024’ at the Expo Centre on Thursday. “Robust growth in the agriculture sector, declining inflation rates, strong value of the rupee, strong remittance inflows, rising forex …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to PTI leader Azam Swati in six cases of May 9 riots as he surrendered after almost a year long abscondence. Swati, who recently secured a protective bail from the Peshawar High Court, appeared before the ATC along with his lawyer. The counsel told the court that the petitioner wanted …
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The US State Department emphatically declared on Thursday that there’s ‘absolutely no’ undercurrent of discord between the United States and Pakistan, despite recent sanctions imposed on companies allegedly supplying missile components to Islamabad. Meanwhile, the Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed the assessment of Pakistan’s human rights situation in the recently launched US State Department’s Human Rights Report as “unfair and politically …
LAHORE: Aiming for a 50-50 ratio of men and women in the police force, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif caused quite a stir on Thursday when she arrived at a passing-out ceremony for women constables and traffic assistants decked out in a Punjab police uniform. Addressing the graduating class at Police Training College Chung, the chief minister said she …
ISLAMABAD: Expressing grave concern over the security situation and rise in street crimes in various parts of Sindh, members of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the National Assembly on Thursday sought the federal government’s help to control the situation. “If the Sindh government has failed to establish its writ, what role is the federal government playing?” asked MQM’s Sabheen …
ISLAMABAD: PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that although her party had offered the PTI to form the government together, the latter did not “take the responsibility”. In a video statement issued today, Rehman said: “PPP had offered them (PTI) to hold talks […] this has been said repeatedly. They were also told ‘come, form the government and take …
LONDON: China urges some British politicians to end their belligerent rhetoric, cease wanton accusations against China, stop stoking bloc confrontation, and instead, focus more on domestic economic and social issues, and act in a way that is truly in the interests of world peace and justice, the Chinese Embassy in the UK said on Wednesday night, in response to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s listing …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for building world-class military medical universities, stressing that they should serve the battlefield and troops, and embrace the future. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks during an inspection at the Army Medical University on Tuesday. Stressing the …
BEIJING: A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday said China calls on the U.S. to build open and practical relations between the two militaries that feature non-conflict and nonconfrontation based on equality and mutual respect. Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks at a regular press briefing when asked to detail the video call between Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun and his …