ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan Farooq Sattar has stated that the party “could support” a constitutional amendment if it serves a “greater national interest”. Speaking to the media after an informal meeting at the Speaker’s Chamber, Sattar acknowledged that such legislation is generally not favoured. Still, he emphasised that “if a constitutional amendment is necessary for …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday took all allied parties into confidence over the proposed constitutional package on the judiciary, which includes a bill to fix the tenure of the Chief Justice of Pakistan at three years. It is expected to be introduced in parliament today (Sunday). A source, who attended the meeting, told it was decided that the …
ISLAMABAD: The much-anticipated bill aimed at fixing the tenure of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) was not tabled on Saturday in either house of parliament, with the National Assembly echoing controversial remarks made by PTI founder Imran Khan on social media. The National Assembly session was adjourned by Deputy Speaker Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, who was presiding over the …
KARACHI: Former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has slammed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur for proposing that the province should hold direct talks with Afghanistan on the issue of terrorism. In an interview on Geo News’ programme Jirga aired on Saturday, Ms Khar said the idea of every province pursuing their foreign policy is “idiotic”. “Let state be …
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $320 million loan to support the rehabilitation of roads in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, enhancing safe and all-weather connectivity in rural areas. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rural Roads Development Project will upgrade around 900 kilometres of rural roads in the province that are susceptible to floods and are in …
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, has refuted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) claims that its members were secretly arrested by masked individuals. He criticised the party for spreading baseless propaganda against state institutions, accusing them of deliberately dragging the military and intelligence agencies into the issue. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, Tarar firmly denied …
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding leader Imran Khan has alleged that the establishment is responsible for the disappearance of Ali Amin Gandapur adding that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister has remained silent out of loyalty and respect for the establishment. Speaking informally to journalists at Adiala Jail on Friday, Imran further claimed that the current situation in the country is …
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday reiterated the resolve of the security forces to “comprehensively defeat hostile terrorist nexus and eliminate activities in the illegal spectrum”, a statement from the military’s media wing said. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Gen Munir’s statement came during a visit to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai district today, where …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday struck down the anti-terrorism court (ATC) verdict of the eight-day physical remand of PTI MNAs, who were arrested from Parliament House earlier this week. On late Monday night, at least three key PTI members were arrested from different areas of Islamabad. Just after 3am on Tuesday, plainclothesmen had stormed the Parliament House …
ISLAMABAD: The raid by plainclothesmen inside the National Assembly to arrest PTI members united the government and opposition lawmakers in the upper house on Thursday as they sought action against those responsible for disrespecting the House. In a resolution that was approved with bipartisan support, lawmakers called for changing the rules to “protect the dignity of parliament” and demanded punishment …