ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday suspended Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid legislator Tariq Bashir Cheema from today’s session over his alleged abusive discourse towards PTI’s Zartaj Gul Wazir. Cheema delivered a speech in the assembly on Thursday, during which he was interrupted by Gul who jibed that he should talk about the Bahawalpur University case instead, in which Cheema’s son was a suspect. When he …

ISLAMABAD: Presid­ent Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday ruled out the imposition of governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtun­khwa, in an attempt to quash rumours arising from the recent shouting match between Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. According to a statement, Faisal Kundi called on the president. “President Zardari ins­tructed Governor Kundi to work in people’s interest and expressed …

LAHORE: Being a businessman, I will invest my money where I like, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday. “My wife has a property in London. She had a property in Dubai in 2017 which she sold in 2023. I was not a public office-holder 10 years ago,” he said. “Tax has been paid on these properties,” he said, clarifying …

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­r­eme Court on Thurs­day swung into action against Senator Faisal Vawda, taking suo motu notice of his anti-judiciary rhetoric. An SC bench comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan is likely to take up the matter on Friday (today). On Wednesday, two senators held separate pressers, questioning the Islam­abad High Court (IHC) …

ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong on Thursday said Pakistan’s desire to enhance the ongoing commercial ties was welcoming as it would inject new impetus into China-Pakistan cooperation. He was speaking at a symposium on ‘Transformation of China’s Economy to High Quality Development Model’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS). The ambassador said China’s high quality development model offered …

KASUR: Denying any wheat crisis in Punjab, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz claimed on Thursday that her government has plugged a channel of massive corruption reported in wheat procurement every year (by not purchasing wheat). She was addressing farmers and party workers at the inaugural ceremony of a rural health centre in Phoolnagar, Pattoki tehsil. She claimed the face of the country would …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has observed that, apparently, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is being discriminated against and denied the fundamental right to hold public gathering in violation of constitutional provisions. While disposing of a petition of the PTI seeking permission to hold a public meeting near the Mazar-i-Quaid, the two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi directed the deputy commissioner (East) to …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices the cabinet division, prime minister secretariat and other respondents on a petition impugning the appointment of foreign minister Ishaq Dar as the deputy prime minister. Headed by Chief Justice Aqeel Ahmed, the division bench of SHC also put the attorney general on notice for May 30. Citing the cabinet division, PM secretariat, principal …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday approved PTI founder Imran Khan’s bail application in the 190 million pound corruption case. A two-member bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, had reserved the verdict a day ago after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecution team and Sardar Latif Khan Khosa, the counsel for Imran, concluded their …

ISLAMABAD: As the government tried to absolve a spy agency of blame for its alleged attempt to influence the audio leaks case, the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Federal Investi­gation Agency (FIA), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) as well as the defence ministry, and sought response within a week. The notices were issued as …