ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif departed on Thursday for a two-day official visit to Belarus at the invitation of President Aleksandr Lukashenko. During the visit, Sharif will hold high-level talks with Lukashenko to review bilateral cooperation and explore new avenues of engagement between the two countries. Officials say the visit is expected to result in the signing of several agreements …
ISLAMABAD: Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani, a former judge of the Federal Shariat Court, on Thursday stressed on avoiding violence while boycotting products in support of Palestine, adding that such activities must be done peacefully without harming lives and properties. Mufti Usmani’s remarks came in the wake of multiple recent attacks on outlets of international fast-food chains across the …
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday approved the government’s request to reduce electricity prices by Rs1.71 per unit for three months, according to a written decision by the authority. Last month, the government formally asked Nepra to reduce electricity rates by Rs1.71 per unit from April to June for all consumers across the country as part …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Thursday submitted a resolution in the National Assembly against the planned construction of six new canals on the Indus River. Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz inaugurated the ambitious Cholistan project to irrigate south Punjab’s lands on February 15 amid public uproar and strong reservations in Sindh. The …
QUETTA: The deportation of Afghan refugees who spent more than four decades in Pakistan back to their country should be stopped, leaders of Pakhtun nationalist parties demanded on Wednesday. Speaking at a joint press conference, ANP Balochistan president Asghar Khan Achakzai, PkNAP’s Nasarullah Zerey, National Democratic Movement’s Ahmed Jan Khan and Noor Bacha of PTM said the Afghan refugees were …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s (SC) constitutional bench on Wednesday wondered what was the issue with giving civilians the right to appeal. These observations were made as the constitutional bench resumed its hearing on a set of intra-court appeals against the October 23, 2023, five-judge order nullifying the trial of civilians by military courts involved in the May 9, 2023 riots. …
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and PPP on Wednesday condemned an inquiry by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on former senator Farhatullah Babar over a “citizen’s complaint” alleging “corruption, tax evasion and illicit asset accumulation”. Sources told that Babar had already appeared before the FIA’s Anti-Corruption Cell in Islamabad a day before the Eid holidays to respond …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI continues to yearn for engagement with the corridors of power, insisting that it is ready for talks with the “all-powerful” establishment. “If we talk, we will talk to the establishment because the government is powerless,” PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said on Tuesday. In an appearance on DawnNewsTV, he insisted that they were not hiding in …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench has asked the attorney general for Pakistan (AGP) to explain his 2023 statement about granting the right to appeal to those convicted by military courts. The seven-judge bench issued the directive on Tuesday while hearing a set of 38 appeals against the Oct 23, 2023, judgment of the Supreme Court, nullifying the military trial …
RAWALPINDI: A handful of PTI supporters clashed with police outside the Adiala jail on Tuesday, after the prison administration did not allow the sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan to meet him, prompting the police to baton-charge the crowd to disperse them. The police also took into custody Mr Khan’s sisters Aleema and Uzma Khan, as well as others, ostensibly …