ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar accused Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) of breaching the agreement with the government about concluding their protest against inflation with a rally at Liaquat Bagh. However, the government remains open to dialogue, he added. “When it was agreed to hold the rally at Liaquat Bagh, the march towards Islamabad is incomprehensible,” he said while …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur criticised the decisions of the past governments, asserting that his administration will make its own decisions and will not allow any operations in the province. Addressing a peace procession in Bannu on Friday, Gandapur highlighted the historical significance of the Pashtun people in the province, emphasising their crucial role in Pakistan’s …
ISLAMABAD: While PTI had to put off its planned protest in Islamabad on Friday due to the imposition of Section 144 in the city, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) proceeded with its demonstration, alleging that several party supporters were arrested by the capital police during the event. A day ago, the district administration in a statement had stated that Section 144 was …
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday approached the Supreme Court requesting Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa not to head any bench that takes up matters involving him, his wife or any family member, the PTI or the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). In an application before the three-judge committee constituted under the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act, namely …
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks on power sector debt relief alongside structural reforms suggested by the International Monetary Fund, two government sources said. He held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, they said, and is leading a delegation, along with Power Minister Awais Leghari, that will discuss several proposals, including reprofiling nearly $15 …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ruled out the possibility of sacrificing its relationship with China for the sake of improved relations with the United States, the Foreign Office said on Thursday, stressing that “Pakistan doesn’t believe in zero-sum relationships”. “For us, relations with the United States and relations with China are both important,” Foreign Office spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said at a weekly …
ISLAMABAD: As the PTI gears up for nationwide protests today (Friday), its founder Imran Khan on Thursday cautioned Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir that the Shehbaz Sharif-led government was trying to pit the military, PTI and the masses against each other. The former prime minister also accused the interior and foreign ministers of deliberately staying out of …
ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan will run for the position of chancellor of Oxford University from Adiala Jail, British newspaper The Telegraph has quoted his advisor on international media, Syed Zulfi Bukhari, as saying. Imran, himself an Oxford graduate, is currently in Adiala Jail in a fresh Toshakhana case that was lodged in the immediate aftermath of his and …
ISLAMABAD: Section 144 was imposed in Punjab and Islamabad amid the PTI gearing up to hold nationwide protests on Friday. Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure empowers the district administration to issue orders in the public interest that may place a ban on an activity for a specific period of time. PTI leader Asad Qaiser on Sunday said that …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified 39 returned MNAs as PTI lawmakers after the Supreme Court ordered the body to do so in its verdict on the reserved seats case, it emerged on Thursday. The notification for the 39 MNAs was issued on Wednesday. In a unique majority verdict, the Supreme Court on July 12 declared the PTI eligible to receive …