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 …
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has strongly condemned the reference filed in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the judge of Islamabad High Court, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani. The misconduct reference against Justice Kayani is part of the government’s efforts to intimidate and harass judges, it said. Following the core committee meeting on Monday, the party issued session declaration, emphasising …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected on Monday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) request seeking deferment of tomorrow’s elections on the slots of Senate chairman and deputy chairman. The party has decided to boycott the elections. Earlier today, five PTI senators filed the petition, claiming the current electoral college was incomplete and therefore ‘unconstitutional’, as Senate polls were not held in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa …
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned fresh session of the Senate on April 9 (Tuesday), a day before expected Eidul Fitr. According to an official statement issued by the Presidency on late Sunday night, the president summoned the session of the upper house of the parliament on April 9 under Article 54 (1) of the Constitution. Earlier on Friday, …