RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Tuesday rubbished recent “hollow statements” from the Indian military and vowed a befitting to any “misadventure” against Pakistan. Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi claimed last month that “60 per cent of the terrorists eliminated” in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) in 2024 were allegedly of Pakistani origin. General Dwivedi further alleged …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought a reply from the city’s deputy commissioner on a PTI plea seeking permission to hold a public rally at Minar-i-Pakistan on February 8. The opposition PTI has decided to observe a “black day” on February 8 (Saturday) to protest against its “stolen mandate” in last year’s general elections, which were dominated …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Aminuddin wonders how trial for same offence by army, civilian can be held in different courts Justice Aminuddin Khan — while hearing the case on the military trials of civilians on Tuesday — wondered how a trial for the same offence committed by a civilian and army personnel be held in different courts. On December 13 last year, …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, who was senior puisne jud­ge at the Islamabad High Court before Justice Sarf­a­raz Dogar’s transfer, has been removed from the top decision-making committee days after five judges opposed the latter’s transfer to the capital. According to a notification on Monday, the IHC administration reconstituted the Administrative Committee and Depart­mental Promotion Commi­ttee. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq …

LAHORE: A clear division is visible within the legal fraternity on the transfer of judges from three provincial high courts to the Islamabad High Court (IHC), as two major groups in the bar have yet again come up with opposing stances. A few days ago, three judges from as many different high courts were transferred to the IHC under Article …

LAHORE / KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has promised to do his best to resolve the PPP’s reservations over the Cholistan canals project, as well as the party’s misgivings over ‘power sharing’ in Punjab, which were conveyed to him by a PPP delegation that met him over the weekend. PPP leader Shazia Marri, accompanied by senior parliamentarians Syed Khursheed Shah …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Sultan Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, witnessed the signing of two significant agreements between Pakistan and SFD, valued at $1.61 billion. The agreements were signed on Monday, further strengthening bilateral economic cooperation between the two nations. They include a deferred payment facility for oil imports from Saudi …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi on Monday welcomed the transfer of judges to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) amid opposition from the capital’s legal fraternity, terming the move a “fair chance” for judges from other provinces. President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday approved the transfer of one judge each from the high courts of Lahore, Balochistan and Sindh …

QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday saluted the sacrifices of the armed forces and said that Pakistan needed unity now more than ever before in its 78-year history. His remarks came after 18 soldiers were martyred and 23 terrorists were killed in various sanitisation operations across Balochistan on Friday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said …

ISLAMABAD: The son of the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s Badghis province was among four terrorists killed during a counterterrorism operation last week in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, state-run Radio Pakistan reported on Monday. Islamabad has consistently voiced concerns that the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) uses Afghan soil to launch attacks in Pakistan, asking the Afghanistan government to rein in the group. Kabul …