LAHORE: Amid speculations of talks with the establishment, the PTI has linked the proposed dialogue to the release of incarcerated leaders of the party, including its chief Imran Khan, as confidence-building measures by the powers that be. The remarks by the PTI leaders came in light of an uproar to convince the PTI to hold a dialogue to steer the country out …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Sunday said that a “malicious campaign” was being run against Justice Babar Sattar on social media, as part of which confidential information and documents belonging to the judge were leaked online. Justice Sattar is one of the six IHC judges who have complained of interference in judicial affairs by the country’s intelligence apparatus. Earlier this …
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was given the additional charge of deputy prime minister on Sunday, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division. The appointment comes at a time when PM Shehbaz and Dar, along with other ministers, are in Saudi Arabia to attend the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) special meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy. According …
RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director (MD) Kristalina Georgieva in a meeting on Sunday that his government was fully committed to putting Pakistan’s economy “back on track”. In a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Meeting in Riyadh, the premier thanked Georgieva for her support to Pakistan in …
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The PTI on Saturday reiterated its readiness to hold talks with the “real” stakeholders, provided a “suitable atmosphere” is ensured where the party’s public mandate is respected and cases against its workers and leaders are withdrawn. The statement was made during an informal meeting attended by Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shibli Faraz and reporters …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has requested Justice Babar Sattar of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to recuse himself from hearing the audio leak case. Pemra, a party in the audio leak case, submitted a miscellaneous application before the IHC as the court is scheduled to resume hearing on Monday (tomorrow). In the application, the electronic media watchdog …
ISLAMABAD: Claiming that the US State Department’s report on human rights in Pakistan substantiated PTI’s submissions and contentions after the regime change, the party on Saturday alleged that “lawlessness and fascism” pervaded in the country during the past two years. Addressing a press conference along with PTI Senator Walid Iqbal and Advocate Abuzar Salman Niazi, party’s central information secretary Raoof Hasan …
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur has ordered construction of Tank Zam Dam to bring barren land in southern districts under cultivation and to produce cheap electricity. The project, according to a statement issued from the Chief Minister’s House, would help reduce possible flood damage in the region. Mr Gandapur issued these directives during a meeting held in Islamabad …
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Taimur Saleem Jhagra on Saturday claimed that he had received an envelope with “original” Form 45 containing the initial results of the Feb 8 general election in his constituency of PK-79 in the provincial capital. “The Form 45 that I received from an unidentified person was recovered from a garbage site and sent to my home …
ISLAMABAD: Judge Abual Hasnat Mohammad Zulqarnain, who convicted former prime minister Imran Khan and foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher case, has been granted a 20-day leave, according to an official notification. In a related development, the federal government has assigned another judge to the Special Court (Official Secrets Act), set up to prosecute the former premier and foreign …