ISLAMABAD: The PTI has claimed that US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu has admitted the cipher’s existence, and his testimony has vindicated the stance of Imran Khan. In a press conference on Thursday, PTI leaders said the testimony before the US Congress’ Foreign Affairs Committee established the “veracity and reality” of the diplomatic cable. PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof …
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has filed for immunity under Article 248 of the Constitution, aiming to stop the ongoing criminal proceedings against him in the Islamabad Accountability Court pertaining to the Thatta Water Supply Project and Park Lane cases. Mr Zardari also intends to extend the immunity claim to two other cases concerning Toshakhana vehicles and fake bank accounts, his …
GUJRAT: The nomination papers of former chief minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and three other female candidates, all belonging to the PTI, for by-polls for PP-32, Kunjah, were rejected by the returning officer (RO) on Thursday. The scrutiny of nomination papers of several candidates had earlier been rescheduled for Thursday after some health issues developed with RO …
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the federal government and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to respond to a petition against restrictions on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in the country. A bench consisting of Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Wiqar Ahmad issued the order after holding a preliminary hearing into the petition of lawyer Nouman Muhib Kakakhel, who …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday set aside the dismissal of former Islamabad High Court (IHC) senior puisne judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. In January, a five-member bench — led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and including Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Irfan Saadat — had reserved its verdict on …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed his unwavering commitment to wiping out terrorism after two soldiers were martyred in a suicide attack in Dera Ismail Khan. Two soldiers were martyred after a suicide bomber struck a military convoy on Tank Road, in the jurisdiction of the Hathala police station, Dera Ismail Khan, on Thursday. Police said the attack also injured …
BRUSSELS: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday called for “aggressive financing” of nuclear energy projects, citing climate vulnerability of developing countries to be the major reason of the initiative. He made the remarks in a video message issued on the sidelines of the first Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels. He hailed the summit as a positive development for discussing alternative …
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Friday that the matter of an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be discussed in Washington next month as the country looks to alleviate a full-scale economic crisis. The standby $3 billion arrangement with the global lender expires on April 11, and the two sides reached a staff-level agreement regarding …
KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) that the ban on social media platform X across the country since February 17 was imposed on orders issued by the Ministry of Interior following reports given by intelligence agencies. The X website has been largely offline since February 17, with occasional service restorations, mainly after former commissioner …
LAHORE: PTI leader Hammad Azhar on Wednesday stepped down as the general secretary and acting president of the party’s Punjab chapter citing his legal tribulations and the obstacles they presented in him performing his duties. In a letter to party leaders Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and Omar Ayub, Azhar said that he was entrusted with the dual responsibilities by PTI …