ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad acquitted on Wednesday PTI founder Imran Khan, Asad Umar and others in a case related to protests and vandalism on May 9. The court presided over by Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Shabbir, issued the verdict after hearing the acquittal requests. Amina Ali, Sardar Masroof Khan, and Mohsin Ghaffar appeared as counsels for PTI …
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Wednesday lauded Lahore Gulberg Circle Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi for her “selfless devotion to duty and professionalism in diffusing a volatile situation”. On Sunday afternoon, a mob had gathered outside a shop in Lahore’s crowded Ichra Bazaar after someone alleged that a woman’s shirt had Quranic verses printed …
KARACHI: Three Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidates, including its Sindh president Haleem Adil Sheikh, on Tuesday moved the Sindh High Court, seeking contempt proceedings against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not deciding their complaints against the provisional results of the Feb 8 general elections in the light of a court order. Citing Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, four …
RAWALPINDI: PTI founder Imran Khan hailed on Tuesday President Arif Alvi’s decision to not summon the National Assembly session and said that despite winning the elections, the PTI is being denied its due share of reserved seats. In a media talk at Adiala jail, the former prime minister said, “There is no greater theft than stealing the public’s mandate, they …
MARDAN: A senior police official was martyred and three others, including a DSP, were injured on Tuesday during an intelligence-based operation that led to the killing of two top TTP commanders in the Katlang area of Mardan district. During the clash, Superintendent of Police (SP) Ijaz Khan was martyred with DSP Naseem Khan along with two other police officials injured. The slain terrorists …
ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Omer Ayub on Tuesday said party founder Imran Khan had nominated Amir Dogar for the position of National Assembly speaker while Junaid Khan was picked for the slot of deputy speaker. The announcement was made after Ayub and other party leaders held a string of meetings with the imprisoned PTI chief at Adiala Jail. Dogar served as …
BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed that all parties should protect people’s right to survival and development as a priority, while attending the high-level segment of the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council via video on Monday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the world …
ISLAMABAD: With the sole agenda of raising a collective voice against the alleged rigging in the recent elections, a PTI delegation, led by Asad Qaiser, held separate meetings with Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Balochistan National Party (Mengal) chief Akhtar Mengal on Monday. MNA Sher Afzal Marwat said: “Asad Qaiser, Sahibzada Gulzar and Barrister Saif met …
ISLAMABAD: Admitting appeals of ex-premier Imran Khan, his spouse Bushra Bibi and ex-minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi against their convictions in the cipher and Toshakhana cases, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday requisitioned record related to the trial court proceedings by March 7. The PTI founder and the ex-minister were sentenced to jail for 10 years in cipher case by a special court. In the Toshakhana …
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday had to summon the maiden sitting of the lower house of parliament at 10am on Feb 29, after President Arif Alvi refused to summon the session on account of an ‘incomplete house’. In response to a summary by the Parliamentary Affairs Division last week, the president said the lower house was …