ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan, in his maiden weekly press briefing on Thursday, rejected reports of the annexation of the Wakhan Corridor and said that it was a part of Afghanistan. The Wakhan Corridor is a thin, mountainous strip in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province which extends up to the relatively small border with China’s Xinjiang province. It …
RAWALPINDI: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Thursday that he and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur had a meeting with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir. “If talks have begun, it’s a welcoming gesture,” Barrister Gohar said while speaking outside Adiala Jail. “All demands have been presented.” He said that the talks took place …
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail on Wednesday expressed surprise at an apparent anomaly in the Pakistan Army Act 1952 (PAA), observing that despite the presence of Sections 2(1)(d)(i) and (ii) that allowed the court martial of civilians, terrorists involved in crimes such as kidnapping a soldier for ransom, would still not face a military trial. Justice Mandokhail made …
ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns in the upper house of parliament over the worsening law and order situation in two provinces, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Wednesday informed the Senate that the issue of missing persons was a major challenge for the prime minister and his cabinet. “We believe that the state of Pakistan should function under a democratic dispensation,” …
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cyber crime wing has registered a case against PTI leader Shahbaz Gill and YouTuber Imran Riaz Khan, and arrested two more for their alleged involvement in “editing and spreading” doctored images/videos of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on social media. Shahbaz Gill and …
ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday sought clarification from authorities on why the Army Act was not applied in the cases related to the 2014 Army Public School (APS) attack. The constitutional bench, led by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, heard an intra-court appeal challenging the decision to try civilians in military courts. Khawaja Haris appeared …
WASHNIGTON: White House official John Kirby has clarified on Wednesday that Pakistan was never a technical or tactical ally of the United States, emphasing that no treaty of alliance existed between the two countries. During a press briefing in Washington, Kirby responded to a question about the Biden administration’s actions regarding Pakistan’s appeal over rising cross-border terrorism. He noted, “Well, …
RAWALPINIDI: Military has dismissed recent comments by the Indian Army Chief alleging Pakistan to be a ‘epicentre’ for terrorism, calling the accusations baseless and an attempt to deflect from India’s actions in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In a strongly worded statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) highlighted that such remarks are contrary to facts and an exercise …
ISLAMABAD: The members of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday continued their noisy protest on the floor of the National Assembly demanding judicial probe into the May 9 and Nov 26 incidents and disrupted the proceedings by pointing out lack of quorum. However, during the brief proceedings amid sloganeering and desk-thumping by the opposition members, the assembly witnessed the …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will on Thursday (tomorrow) deliberate on a recurring question about whether regular benches can hear matters involving the constitutionality of laws, following the establishment of the Constitutional Bench under the 26th Amendment. Headed by senior puisne judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, a three-judge SC bench earlier noted that it has become necessary to resolve the …