ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited schedule for the upcoming general election will be announced 56 days before Feb 8, the date set for polling. “You can calculate the date yourself. It would be somewhere around Dec 14,” a senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the official, all arrangements have been made for free and fair elections after …
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a corruption reference in Lahore’s accountability court against PTI President Parvez Elahi and 12 others, alleging the receipt of Rs1.23 billion in bribes in connection with development project contracts in Gujrat, it emerged today. The watchdog has nominated Elahi, along with his son, Moonis, and 11 others in the reference. The father-son …
BEIRUT: Israeli shelling killed two people in south Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese official said, as the collapse of a truce between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas prompted a resumption of hostilities at the frontier. The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, said it had carried out several attacks on Israeli military positions at the border in …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday inspected the command office for the East China Sea area of the China Coast Guard under the People’s Armed Police Force. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, stressed improving the capability of protecting maritime rights and carrying out maritime law …
BEIJING: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday reiterated that China and the European Union (EU) are partners, instead of rivals. “China-EU cooperation should be a positive cycle that enables our mutual success, not a knock-out match which results in only one winner,” said Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the ministry. Wang made the remarks as comments to a recent report …
QUETTA: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said, referring to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, that he has been told that the three-time prime minister will come into power again for the fourth time “to rescue the country”. Addressing the Balochistan High Court Bar Association in Quetta, Bilawal said he is aware of how elections are held in Pakistan and …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Thursday held the fourth round of maritime dialogue to review the bilateral maritime cooperation. During the session, an in-depth exchange of views on the entire spectrum of bilateral maritime cooperation was held, including naval exchanges, regional cooperation, development of maritime infrastructure, collaboration in fisheries, science and technology, search and rescue missions, maritime disaster management and …
ISLAMABAD: The special court will resume the cypher trial against former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tomorrow at the Adiala jail tomorrow following the issuance of a notification by the law ministry. The cypher case pertains to a document waved by Imran, then the prime minister, at a public rally in March last year, terming it …
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Ayesha A. Malik on Friday observed that Pakistan was bound by the United Nations conventions that protected the rights of refugees. She passed these remarks as a three-member bench of the apex court took up a petition seeking restraining orders against the caretaker government’s decision to deport illegal Afghan nationals. The bench also comprises Justice Sardar Tariq …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday removed former PTI stalwart Shireen Mazari from the Passport Control List (PCL). Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri announced the verdict as he heard a plea by the former human rights minister to remove her name from the list. Mazari was being represented by Barrister Ahsan Jamal Pirzada. According to the written judgement, a …