UK: Shahzad Akbar, ex-advisor to former prime minister Imran Khan on accountability, has claimed that he was subjected to an acid attack at his home in the United Kingdom. According to Akbar, a delivery person came to his house and threw acid on him as soon as he opened the door, he told Geo News. However, most of the acid landed …
RAWALPINDI: Commander of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Lieutenant General Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Mutair met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir at the General headquarters in Rawalpindi, the military’s media affairs wing said on Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), during the meeting, both sides discussed various areas of mutual interest including cooperation in …
RAWALPINDI: Two civilians died and 10 others, including three Pakistan Army soldiers, were injured in a suicide attack on a convoy of security forces in the Baka Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Monday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a “motorcycle-borne suicide bomber” detonated himself on a …
KARACHI: The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its record-shattering bullish run on Monday and closed in on the milestone of 60,000 points. According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index had recorded marginal gains until noon. However, at 1:11 pm, it witnessed a sudden surge of 563.58 points, or 0.95 percent, from the previous close of 59,086.35. …
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has informed an accountability court in Lahore that no evidence of wrongdoing was found against Ahad Khan Cheema — the special assistant to the caretaker prime minister — during an investigation in connection with assets beyond means case from 2018, it emerged today. The development caps a remarkable turnaround as five years ago the …
ISLAMABAD: A trial court is scheduled to resume on Monday (today) the hearing of the £190 million corruption case, with former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi as the primary defendants. Judge Muhammad Bashir of the Islamabad Accountability Court-I will preside over the hearing in a courtroom within Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where Imran, also the chairman of …
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s high court is scheduled to hear on (Monday) today, the appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction in the Al-Azizia and Avenfield corruption cases. A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) led by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will hear the appeals. The Supreme Court on July …
RAWALPINDI: Eight terrorists were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the IBO was conducted in the district’s Sararogha area based on the reported presence of terrorists. “During the conduct of the operation, …
ISLAMABAD: Yet another test for the cornered Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which is already grappling with so many issues, as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will take up the case of stripping PTI Chairman Imran Khan off his party chairmanship on Tuesday (November 28). A five-member bench, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, will hear the case. …
KAMOKE: Jahangir Khan Tareen, the chairman of the newly-formed Ishtehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), on Sunday, refuted the impression that the military establishment was favoring the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and his own party ahead of the general elections, as reported by Express News. Tareen emphasized that only Pakistan was the establishment’s ladla (darling), as it only desired the country’s well-being. He expressed these remarks while …