ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir called upon newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday – marking their first meeting since Shehbaz assumed office. Important matters including national security were discussed in the meeting, said a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Issues concerning the operational affairs of the Pakistan Army and the defence situation were also …
RAWALPINDI/ ISLAMABAD: After rejecting the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) for reserved seats, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started the process of allotting them to other parliamentary parties. According to the notifications issued by the commission, three reserved seats for minorities in the National Assembly each have been distributed among the PML-N, PPP and JUI-F. Similarly, …
LAHORE: The JUI-F, unyielding in its refusal to join forces with its former allies in the government, showed no intentions of relenting in its accusations of election rigging, escalating its challenge to the legitimacy of the recently elected parliament. The emir of the politico-religious party, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, arrived in Lahore on Tuesday night for a two-day visit, signalling a …
ISLAMABAD: A counsel for PTI founder Imran Khan has said that former principal secretary Azam Khan’s statement before the trial court was different from the one recorded during the investigation in the cipher case. Mr Azam, who was Mr Khan’s secretary when the latter was the prime minister, is the prosecution’s prime witness in the case. On Tuesday, an Islamabad High …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI intra-party polls, which were re-held recently after the previous ones were struck down by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), have been challenged once again. To avoid misuse or unauthorised use of PTI bank accounts, PTI ‘founding member’ Akbar S. Babar has asked the ECP to issue directions to all banks concerned in the country to freeze …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the trial under the 1979 judgment that sent former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the gallows did not meet the requirements of a “fair trial and due process”. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, a nine-judge bench announced its much-anticipated opinion on the long-pending presidential reference to answer whether it can …
LAHORE/PESHAWAR: Newly elected members of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinets were sworn in on Wednesday. In Lahore, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman administered oath to the 18-member cabinet of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. The ceremony, held at the Governor House, was attended by Maryam, Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Khan and provincial police chief Usman Anwar among others. The cabinet …
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday barred till tomorrow (March 7) the oath-taking of the beneficiaries that were given the National Assembly reserved seats the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) contests should have been allocated to it. The order was issued on a petition filed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — which was joined by PTI-backed independents who won the …
GWADAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited the calamity-hit coastal town of Gwadar on Tuesday and announced an extensive relief package for the affected populace. The newly-elected premier announced monetary compensation for the affectees. He announced Rs2 million each for the families of the deceased, Rs0.5 million for the injured and Rs0.75 million for families whose houses were damaged in the torrential rainfall. …
RAWALPINDI: Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan Tuesday formally approved names for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s cabinet days after Ali Amin Gandapur was elected as the chief minister of the province after securing 90 votes, sources told Geo News on Tuesday. The development came during a meeting between Gandapur and Khan at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, the sources added. According to the …