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atmosphere” is ensured where the party’s public mandate is respected and cases against its workers and leaders are withdrawn.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 …
ISLAMABAD: The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) and the Islamabad Bar Association filed two separate petitions on Saturday to become parties in a Supreme Court case concerning alleged interference by intelligence agencies in judicial affairs. The petitions, moved by senior counsel Salahuddin Ahmed, urged the Supreme Court to order the federal government to devise appropriate mechanisms for effective scrutiny and oversight over the …
ISLAMABAD: Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza has expressed discontent with the PTI and its talks with Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, calling them a mistake on the former’s part. The JUI-F and the PTI had reached a consensus in the aftermath of February’s elections and announced that the elections were rigged. The parties have since touched base …
LAHORE: The Supreme Court’s Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Saturday said that developing a firewall around the judicial system was “very important”, adding that there cannot be any external interference in the judiciary. The judge’s remarks come amid the situation revolving around the allegations made by six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges against interference in judicial affairs by the country’s …
QUETTA: The arrest warrant against Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai was suspended on Saturday by a judicial magistrate in Quetta. A candidate for the presidential election, Achakzai was booked under section 448 (house trespass) and section 447 (criminal trespass) in a First Information Report (FIR) registered at Gwalmandi police station on March 11. Officials from the local administration and …