ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has scheduled a hearing on a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, seeking to prevent his transfer to military custody. The court’s Registrar’s Office set the petition for hearing despite objections, with Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb presiding over the case on Thursday (tomorrow). Imran Khan had filed the petition expressing concerns …
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has rejected government claims that his party supports proposed constitutional amendments, stressing that no opposition party, including JUI-F, will back any legislation that contradicts the Constitution or democracy. Fazlur Rehman met with senior politician Muhammad Ali Durrani at his residence in Islamabad late on Wednesday night. Fazlur Rehman, reaffirming his party’s opposition …
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has criticised the existence of a dual justice system in Pakistan, stating that “two laws, two systems, and two Pakistans cannot coexist.” He stressed the need for a single legal framework for all citizens. Speaking at a Bar Council Associations event on Wednesday, Gandapur said, “If we do not point out wrongdoing and …
ISLAMABAD: The process to return the Ramzan Sugar Mills reference against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son, Hamza Shehbaz, to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has commenced, Express News reported. An accountability court in Lahore, hearing the case, confirmed that the applications for the transfer of the reference back to NAB have been filed. The hearing, overseen by Duty …
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday suspended five security officials for four months, days after PTI lawmakers were arrested from inside the Parliament House. Just after 3am on Tuesday, plainclothesmen had stormed the Parliament House — disconnecting the power supply and barging into the building’s Services Branch — to whisk away at least 11 PTI legislators. In …
LAHORE: Earthquake tremors were felt on Wednesday in all the districts of Punjab, including Lahore, a statement issued by Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) confirmed. “The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at 5.7 on the Richter scale,” Mazhar Hussain, spokesperson for Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), confirmed to Diplomag.com. “The earthquake’s epicentre was near DG Khan (Shadi Wala) …
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei on Tuesday unveiled the world’s first triple-fold smartphone, called the Mate XT, which users can fold in three ways like an accordion screen door. The product launch came hours after its U.S. competitor Apple revealed the iPhone 16 smartphone series. Both products will ship starting September 20. The Huawei phone had received more than 3 million …
Working as a primary school teacher in Taishitun Township in Beijing, Diao Rongchun has remained deeply committed to education in mountainous areas. Adhering to the concept of “tolerance, gentleness, cultivation and education,” Diao employs a teaching method based on interaction, mutual appreciation and mutual promotion, paying close attention to the growth of every student. To that end, she has traveled …
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s remarks about media, women and the Punjab chief minister attracted condemnation from almost all sides on Monday, even prompting PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan to tender an unconditional apology for the language used by his party leader at a public meeting held the previous day. Following a walkout by …
LAHORE: The PTI has approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for an inquiry into its intra-party polls. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan filed a petition through Advocate Uzair Karamat Bhandari. The petition raises objections to the jurisdictions of the ECP to hold an inquiry into the party’s polls. It also …