LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub said on Saturday every institution, including the military, should operate within their constitutional limits. Talking to the media outside an Anti-Terrorism Court here, he said the military, Frontier Corps, and intelligence agencies were institutions of the state while politicians are responsible for politics according to the Constitution. Mr Ayub …
LAHORE: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai, who also heads Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Aain, believes that what happened on May 9 last year is being blown out of proportion. Mr Achakzai suggested that the current government should resign and a national government, to be led by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, formed to take the country forward and conduct fresh elections. “Pakistan’s history …
China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi said the recent assassination of Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was an act that “seriously violates” basic norms governing international relations and may directly jeopardize the process of ceasefire negotiations in Gaza. Wang, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and China’s foreign minister, made the remarks while speaking …
At least 100 Palestinians were killed on Saturday by Israeli airstrikes at a school serving as shelters for displaced people in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, Palestinian medical and security sources said. They told Xinhua that the fatal victims included women and children and were transferred to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. The Israeli warplanes targeted the Al-Tabi’in School in the …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday strongly condemned an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, calling it “an open aggression and barbarity which had no precedent in history.” “Israel has crossed all limits in its open aggression,” the prime minister said in a statement after the early morning attack claimed over 100 lives. The …
Arshad Nadeem, the Olympic gold medallist from the Paris Games, is set to arrive in Pakistan tonight. A grand reception, including a Punjab Police band, awaits him at Lahore Airport at around 1am. Lahore Police have decided to provide Nadeem with a historic VVIP protocol. Over 150 police officers and personnel will be deployed for his security, with an elite …
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari announced on Saturday that Arshad Nadeem would be awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz for his record performance in the Paris Olympics 2024. The superstar athlete set a new Olympic record on Thursday in the men’s javelin final in Paris and won Pakistan’s first gold medal in 40 years. Achieving a monstrous throw of 92.97 metres on his second attempt, …
ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Friday emphasised that the Supreme Court’s orders were not merely recommendations or advisories, but legal mandates which must be followed. “To disregard or delay the implementation of such verdicts is to challenge the very framework of our legal system,” he cautioned in a three-page order issued. Justice Shah, who was heading …
RAWALPINDI: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Friday said his party had a written agreement with the government on public demands and would keep an eye on the government to provide relief to the masses. Addressing a public meeting at the end of a 14-day-long sit-in in the garrison city, he said JI would challenge the tax system as people had …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari launched a scathing attack on the judiciary on Friday, accusing it of blatant bias towards opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), with the latter showing restraint in its response due to the presence of Imam of Masjid-i-Nabawi (PBUH) Dr Salah Bin Mohammad Al-Budair in the National Assembly. The opposition benches erupted in outrage, with several members …