ISLAMABAD: After the federal government furnished ‘pictorial evidence’ to challenge PTI leader Imran Khan’s claim of solitary confinement in Adiala Jail, the former prime minister asked the Supreme Court to order an inspection of his jail cell. Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, however, observed the court may assign a judicial officer to conduct a discreet check, but did not propose …
ISLAMABAD/BEIJING: Appreciating the Chinese development model, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday Pakistan can become a great nation if it followed that model through hard work and focus on industrial and agricultural growth. “All Pakistanis will also have to pass through this thorny process. There is no other way to earn respect in the world,” the prime minister said …
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has issued notice to Bahria Town for encroachments, plotting/cutting and circulating brochure in violation of approved layout plan (LOP) in Phase VIII of mouza Gali. It also issued notices to the owners of two illegal housing schemes namely Zak City located in mouza Harnal, Gujar Khan and Hoon Farm House located in mouza Adhwal Tehsil …
SARGODHA: Gujranwala police arrested PTI ex-MNA Aliya Hamza when she came out of the Sargodha jail after getting bail in three cases registered by Mianwali police. She had been confined to Sargodha jail since April 2, 2024, as she was framed in four cases registered with Kamar Mushani Police Station in connection with May 9 violence by PTI workers. Aliya …
NEW YORK: A Chinese envoy said on Wednesday that confrontation will not solve the Iran nuclear issue, and the only correct solution is to revive the Iranian nuclear deal. Li Song, China’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), made the remarks after the agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors passed a resolution earlier that day to pressure Iran …
BEIJING: China always holds an open attitude towards space cooperation with the U.S., a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, urging the U.S. side to take practical measures to remove obstacles hindering cooperation in this field. Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a daily press briefing after NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Wednesday congratulated the success of China’s Chang’e-6 …
BEIJING: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said Pakistan was taking steps to improve governance, increase the tax net and ensure ease of doing business to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), state-run Radio Pakistan reported. During a meeting with China Exim Bank President Dr Wu Fulin in Beijing today, the premier said the results of reform measures had started appearing as the …
ISLAMABAD: Justice Athar Minallah — the sole dissenting voice on a five-member bench that had declined a request to live-stream proceedings in the NAB amendments case — observed on Wednesday that the decision amounted to a violation of principles laid down in a case that was brought before it by the incumbent chief justice himself. “There is no substantive reason, nor [do] exceptional circumstances …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Wednesday once again lashed out at provincial Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and threatened to drive him out of the Governor’s House. “I can throw him (Kundi) out of the governor’s house as I have thrown him out of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad,” Mr Gandapur told reporters here after inaugurating …
KARACHI: Telling his party members and legislators to stay away from the “politics of hatred in Islamabad”, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday asked them to focus on improving their performance and serving the people, for which they had been elected, and warned them that from now on he would personally review their performance after every six months. He said he had …