RAWALPINDI: Two civilians died and 10 others, including three Pakistan Army soldiers, were injured in a suicide attack on a convoy of security forces in the Baka Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Monday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a “motorcycle-borne suicide bomber” detonated himself on a …
KARACHI: The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its record-shattering bullish run on Monday and closed in on the milestone of 60,000 points. According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index had recorded marginal gains until noon. However, at 1:11 pm, it witnessed a sudden surge of 563.58 points, or 0.95 percent, from the previous close of 59,086.35. …
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has informed an accountability court in Lahore that no evidence of wrongdoing was found against Ahad Khan Cheema — the special assistant to the caretaker prime minister — during an investigation in connection with assets beyond means case from 2018, it emerged today. The development caps a remarkable turnaround as five years ago the …
ISLAMABAD: A trial court is scheduled to resume on Monday (today) the hearing of the £190 million corruption case, with former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi as the primary defendants. Judge Muhammad Bashir of the Islamabad Accountability Court-I will preside over the hearing in a courtroom within Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where Imran, also the chairman of …
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s high court is scheduled to hear on (Monday) today, the appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction in the Al-Azizia and Avenfield corruption cases. A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) led by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will hear the appeals. The Supreme Court on July …
ISLAMABAD: Yet another test for the cornered Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which is already grappling with so many issues, as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will take up the case of stripping PTI Chairman Imran Khan off his party chairmanship on Tuesday (November 28). A five-member bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, will hear the case. …
KAMOKE: Jahangir Khan Tareen, the chairman of the newly-formed Ishtehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), on Sunday, refuted the impression that the military establishment was favoring the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and his own party ahead of the general elections, as reported by Express News. Tareen emphasized that only Pakistan was the establishment’s ladla (darling), as it only desired the country’s well-being. He expressed these remarks while …
Rafah: Hamas released a second group of Israeli and foreign hostages on Saturday night in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners, the Israeli authorities said Sunday morning, after an hourslong delay raised fears that a fragile truce in Gaza could collapse altogether. Qatar, which helped broker the deal alongside Egypt, said that two mediators had managed to overcome an …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has written a letter to the Ministry of Interior for the deployment of military personnel in the general elections. The ECP has asked the Ministry of Interior for a comprehensive report on security in the upcoming general elections by November 27. According to sources, the letter said that due to a shortage of police …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has summoned the prime minister, interior, defence, and human rights ministers in the Baloch missing students’ case on Wednesday. On Saturday, the court released its written order, reviewing the implementation of recommendations proposed by a commission on the missing Baloch students. The IHC has also summoned interior and defence secretaries at 11 am on …