ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday to immediately withdraw the notices issued to journalists in the matter pertaining to a “malicious campaign” against the judiciary and the institutions on social media. The suo motu notice against the harassment of journalists by FIA was heard by a three-member bench of the apex court presided by …
ISLAMABAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian asserted on Monday that there was “no doubt” that militants positioned in the border regions of both Pakistan and Iran were “led and supported by third countries”. Abdollahian’s visit came as the two countries reeled from unprecedented missile exchanges a fortnight ago, and the killing of nine Pakistani labourers in the Sistan-Blauchistan province of Iran on Saturday. During a …
RAWALPINDI: As the political environment is highly charged in the country with political parties making their canvassing efforts, supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf clashed with police in different parts of Rawalpindi city where Pakistan People’s Party was holding a public rally at Liaquat Bagh on Sunday. Police took more than 25 workers of the PTI into custody for violating Section 144 …
LAHORE: The police launched a brutal crackdown on Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidates and activists in several districts of Punjab on Sunday to stop them from taking out election rallies. The party in Lahore, however, showed defiance and its candidates with their workers and supporters organised rallies in all constituencies. Enthusiastic participants of the rallies said they had shunned fear on …
RAWALPINDI: The Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday once again adjourned the hearings in connection with 12 bail applications of the former prime minister and founder chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in the May 9 incidents. Judge Malik Ijaz Asif got enraged and summoned all …
ISLAMABAD: Welcoming the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide in the Gaza strip, President Dr Arif Alvi has said that it was an outstanding judgment. “Israel must immediately stop the genocide and bloodshed of the innocent civilians in Gaza,” he said in a statement. He appreciated the ruling …
ISLAMABAD: On the call of founding chairman Imran Khan, ticket holders and workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will hold their first countrywide power show, after May 9, on Sunday (today). “We have given clear direction to ticket holders to come out at 2pm and hold rallies and public meetings in their constituencies. They will address the voters and will give …
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Saturday took suo motu notice of the alleged harassment of journalists by the Federal Investigation Agency against the backdrop of an alleged malicious campaign targeted towards superior judiciary. The CJP also constituted a three-judge SC bench that will take up the matter on Monday. The bench headed by the CJP comprises Justice …
LAHORE: PTI leader and former federal minister Hammad Azhar on Sunday said that his octogenarian father, who is also the former Punjab governor, was arrested by the Punjab police ahead of an election rally in Lahore. The arrest comes as the PTI is set to hold its first major countrywide power show after the May 9 protests. In a post on social …
BEIJING: China and the U.S. have agreed to launch a joint working group on anti-drug cooperation, the first meeting of the China-U.S. intergovernmental dialogue mechanism on artificial intelligence this spring, and take further steps to expand people-to-people exchanges as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a new round of meetings with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in Bangkok, Thailand …