NAROWAL / LONDON: With PTI gearing up for yet another protest, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Sunday offered to hold talks with the opposition party. The offer came a day after PML-N President Nawaz Sharif predicted that the opposition party’s Nov 24 rally would fail to disrupt Pakistan’s progress. During a media talk in Sialkot, Mr Asif said that …
ISLAMABAD: Election tribunals across the country resolved 20 more election petitions between Oct 10 and Nov 15, bringing the total to 60 — just around 17 per cent of the 350 disputes. According to the Free and Fair Election Network’s (Fafen) latest report on tribunal performance, seven of the 23 tribunals have yet to decide any petitions. While there has …
LONDON: Hasan Nawaz Sharif, the son of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was declared bankrupt by the High Court of Justice in London after he failed to clear tax liabilities he owed to the UK government, sources confirmed to Dawn. The details of the bankruptcy, which emerged on Sunday, were officially published in the UK Gazette, the public record for …
PESHAWAR: Bushra Bibi, the spouse of PTI founder Imran Khan, has warned party leaders that tickets for the next general elections will be based on their performance during the planned protest in Islamabad on Nov 24. “The party tickets for the next general elections are linked with the performance of PTI leadership during the upcoming protest in Islamabad,” she said, …
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Sunday said that the government was committed to building on the hard-earned macro-stability to further strengthen the economy of the country, adding that “prudent economic policies” had led to substantial improvements. Talking to the media in Islamabad on Sunday, he cited recent figures related to decreasing inflation and the surging foreign exchange reserves, saying …
ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Allama Dr Raghib Naeemi, said that the “positive use” of virtual private networks (VPNs) in the country was very rare as they were largely used to access “immoral content” anonymously, and urged users to register their VPNs to ensure traceability and promote responsible use. VPNs are widely used around the …
ISLAMABAD: Digital rights activists and religious scholars have questioned the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) decree calling the use of VPNs un-Islamic. In an unprecedented proclamation on Friday, CII chief Dr Raghib Naeemi said using VPNs to access “immoral or illegal content” was against Sharia. The council advises parliament on aligning legislation with Islamic teachings. A CII member told Dawn …
QUETTA: Seven security personnel were martyred and 18 others wounded in a pre-dawn terrorist attack on a check post on a mountain in the Johan area of Kalat, officials said on Saturday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations, security forces killed six terrorists while four others were injured when they attempted to attack the security post near Shah Mardan on Friday …
LONDON: In response to concerns raised by British MPs regarding the imprisonment of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a letter to a Labour MP issued a detailed statement, saying there is “no indication” that Mr Khan will be tried in military courts. The letter was made public by PTI’s Syed Zulfi Bukhari on …
ISLAMABAD: The government’s legal adviser Barrister Aqeel Malik has said that Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will lead a committee to engage with the PPP and attempt to resolve any concerns they may have about the ruling coalition. Earlier this week, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari delivered a scathing critique of his ruling ally Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressing frustration over …