QUETTA: A day after a deadly attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan claimed the lives of 23 Pakistan Army soldiers, Balochistan caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai has proposed a set of counterterrorism measures, including offering the United States “drone bases to target militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan”. The minister shared a series of counterterrorism measures in a post on his X (formerly …

KOHAT: A large number of PTI supporters participated in the workers’ convention at the Mills Football Gro­und in Kohat on Sunday, despite hurdles and blockades set up by the district administration. The administration also flooded the football ground and closed all entry points of the city in an apparent bid to keep workers away from the event. PTI leader Sher …

LAHORE: For­mer prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday moved the Lahore High Court (LHC), against his jail trial in a contempt case by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). A petition filed on behalf of Mr Khan contended that the ECP had, on Nov 30, passed the order to conduct the trial at Adiala Jail on account of unspecified security concerns. It …

QUETTA: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Friday said former prime minister Imran Khan’s statement about the expulsion of Afghan refugees was aimed at “garnering the sympathy” of the interim Afghan government. In November, the caretaker government had initiated a nationwide campaign to deport illegal foreign nationals, the majority of whom are Afghans. While the decision had prompted criticism from Afghanistan and …

LAHORE: Ahead of the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8, former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to disqualify him for five years. On August 8, the ECP had disqualified Imran for five years following his conviction in the Toshakhana case for concealing details of the …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) has submitted the results of its recently-held controversial intra-party elections and other required documents to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), asking it to issue a certificate in this regard as early as possible. “All required documents of the intra-party elections were filed before the ECP today. As general elections schedule is to be announced …

ISLAMABAD: Former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will be indicted in the cipher case again on December 12, the special court decided on Monday. The case pertains to a diplomatic document that the Federal Investigation Agency’s charge sheet alleges was never returned by Imran. The PTI has long held that the document contained a threat from the United States to oust Imran …

ISLAMABAD: The special court will resume the cypher trial against former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tomorrow at the Adiala jail tomorrow following the issuance of a notification by the law ministry.  The cypher case pertains to a document waved by Imran, then the prime minister, at a public rally in March last year, terming it …

ISLAMABAD: A sessions court rejected on Wednesday former prime minister Imran Khan’s request for acquittal in the intimidation of a female judge case. Civil judge Muhammad Mureed Abbas’s ruling came as he presided over the case’s hearing, in which prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi completed his arguments. At the last hearing, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, had completed his arguments. …

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 …