ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday assigned portfolios to the cabinet inductees sworn in at the end of February while also reassigning the portfolios of serving federal ministers, according to notifications issued by the Cabinet Division. In an expansion on February 27, 12 federal ministers and nine ministers of state were sworn in by President Asif Ali Zardari. In addition, …
KARACHI: A federal anti-corruption court in Karachi acquitted Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani in three cases pertaining to the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) on Friday. Gilani and around 25 others were indicted in around two dozen identical cases over the multi-billion rupee trade subsidy scam on March 29, 2018. All the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges …
ISLAMABAD: The government has sought more time from the Supreme Court to ratify a mutual legal assistance agreement with Kenya in journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder case as the constitutional bench took up the hearing on Friday. Sharif was shot in the head when Kenyan police opened fire on his car in October 2022. He had left Pakistan in August 2022 …
ISLAMABAD: Two judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Justice Babar Sattar and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz, have separately expressed concerns over a recent practice of demanding gratuity by the court staff and changes to the rules that stripped the senior puisne judge of their powers. In a letter issued to the secretaries of the acting chief justice and all …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) stated before the Constitutional Bench (CB) on Thursday that the provisions of the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) 1952 being deliberated upon today had already been upheld by earlier courts which found them to be within the framework of the Constitution and therefore cannot now be termed unconstitutional or illegal. At the same time, …
ISLAMABAD: After a strong protest by the opposition, the Senate was informed on Thursday that PTI lawmaker Aon Abbas Bappi had been arrested on charges of illegally poaching Chinkara deer in Cholistan. The issue of Mr Bappi’s arrest and alleged manhandling was raised by Leader of the Opposition Syed Shibli Faraz, who termed the move part of “fascist” steps being …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved a significant project aimed at providing training programmes to equip the youth with the skills needed in the market and industries. The project will ensure that the training aligns with the needs of the local industries and the demand for skilled labour in global markets. The Prime Minister will personally oversee the implementation …
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday accused former military officials and ex-premier Imran Khan of orchestrating the resettlement of Taliban in Pakistan — a move he claimed had worsened the country’s security situation. Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, Asif alleged that former Army Chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa, former ISI chief General (retired) Faiz Hameed, and Imran Khan …
PESHAWAR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Thursday vowed to bring the planners and facilitators of the recent terrorist attack on Bannu Cantonment to justice “wherever they may be”, the military’s media wing said. A statement issued from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the army chief visited Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district today in the wake of …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday rejected recent remarks made by India’s foreign minister on Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as “baseless claims” while asking his country to vacate occupied areas of the region. The statement comes a day after India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, referring to AJK, said the Kashmir dispute would be solved after the “return …