PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought reply within a fortnight from speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly to plea of some opposition members elected on seats reserved for women and non-Muslims seeking implementation of the court’s order directing him (speaker) to take oath from them. A bench consisting of Justice Syed Mohammad Attique Shah and Justice Fazal Subhan issued …
ISLAMABAD: The district and sessions judge (DSJ) on Tuesday adjourned hearing on the appeals against the conviction of former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi in a case related to contracting Nikkah during the latter’s Iddat period. The counsel for the complainant Khawar Fareed Manika remained absent. Judge Shahrukh Arjumand resumed hearing on the appeals. Barrister Chaudhry …
ISLAMABAD: Drawing a parallel between current developments in Pakistan with the circumstances leading to the 1971 Dhaka tragedy, PTI founding chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday warned that the present situation could result in economic collapse, reminding the powers that be that countries and institutions could not survive without stable economy. Sharing Mr Khan’s message during a presser …
BEIJING: China stands ready to strengthen bilateral communication with Russia and enhance multilateral strategic coordination in BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday in Beijing. Noting that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, Xi said China and Russia have …
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that 20 persons who were arrested and jailed for their involvement in the May 9 violence have been released so that they could celebrate Eidul Fitr with their family, after they served major part of their sentence while the remaining period of their punishment was remitted by Chief of the …
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and PML-N’s Syedal Khan Nasir on Tuesday were elected unopposed as the Senate chairman and deputy chairman, respectively. The two were elected during a session which also saw 41 newly elected senators being sworn in as members of the Upper House of Parliament amid a noisy protest by the PTI, which had boycotted …
ISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Tuesday announced that Eidul Fitr would fall on Wednesday (April 10) as the Shawwal moon was sighted. The announcement came after a meeting of the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee at the Federal Secretariat’s Kohsar Block in Islamabad, while meetings of zonal and district Ruet-i-Hilal committees were held at their respective headquarters concurrently. The meeting was …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) on Tuesday condemned and denounced a “baseless” and “frivolous reference” against Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) senior puisne judge Mohsin Akhtar Kayani. A day earlier, it emerged that a former official of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) had moved the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against Justice Kayani. Justice Kayani is among the six judges …
RAWALPINDI: Two terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district on Tuesday, the military’s media affairs wing said. A press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that two terrorists were successfully “neutralised and sent to hell” after an intense exchange of fire between security forces and militants. …
BEIJING: China and the United States agree to communicate on the balanced economic growth of the two countries and the world under the framework of the China-U.S. economic working group, and will continue to conduct exchanges on issues including financial stability, sustainable finance and anti-money laundering under the framework of the China-U.S. financial working group, according to China’s Ministry of …