ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Babar Sattar on Monday dismissed pleas filed by the Pa­k­­­istan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) seeking his recusal from a case pertaining to audio leaks. A similar plea was also filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), on which Justice Sattar summoned its joint director …

RIYADH: In a meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi Commerce Minister Majid Al Kasabi on Monday said Pakistan was the kingdom’s “priority” for investment and trade as per the directives of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Radio Pakistan reported. The meeting between the two took place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) special meeting in Riyadh. The Saudi …

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazl Rehman here on Sunday warned ‘the forces’ that kept his party out of parliament that he would take the matter to streets through public agitation. “Those, who kept JUI-F out of parliament, must listen that we will raise our voice against their injustices and cruelties on streets,” he said while addressing through video link …

PESHAWAR: The candidates backed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf won most of the tehsil chairman slots in six districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during by-elections on Sunday, according to unofficial results. The by-elections for tehsil chairman slots were held in Chitral, Lower Dir, Charsadda, Mardan, Dera Ismail Khan and Kohistan districts peacefully. In Lower Dir, PTI-backed candidate for Balambat tehsil chairman Shakir Shuiab …

ISLAMABAD: Even though most of its members are the ones who agitated the matter publicly, it took judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) nearly a month to come up with a ‘unanimous proposal’ on ways to end external meddling in judicial affairs. But while there are few doubts about their resolve to tackle this longstanding issue, the suggestions put …

SUKKUR: The ‘Train March’ organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Sunday ended in Sukkur in the evening with its leaders resolving to continue the intensified struggle for the release of party chief Imran Khan and restoration of PTI’s “stolen mandate”. Several thousand PTI workers and supporters boarded Awam Express from Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Nawabshah and other railway stations all along …

WASHINGTON: John Bass, the US acting under secretary for political affairs, is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on Monday for a two-day visit aimed at discussing “bilateral ties and our shared regional security interests”, he announced in a tweet. He will be the first senior US official to visit Islamabad following the Feb 8 elections, which brought Prime Minister Shehbaz …

LAHORE: Amid speculations of talks with the establishment, the PTI has linked the proposed dialogue to the release of incarcerated leaders of the party, including its chief Imran Khan, as confidence-building measures by the powers that be. The remarks by the PTI leaders came in light of an uproar to convince the PTI to hold a dialogue to steer the country out …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Sunday said that a “malicious campaign” was being run against Justice Babar Sattar on social media, as part of which confidential information and documents belonging to the judge were leaked online. Justice Sattar is one of the six IHC judges who have complained of interference in judicial affairs by the country’s intelligence apparatus. Earlier this …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was given the additional charge of deputy prime minister on Sunday, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division. The appointment comes at a time when PM Shehbaz and Dar, along with other ministers, are in Saudi Arabia to attend the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) special meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy. According …