ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader Omar Ayub has accused the government of exerting pressure through administration officials to prevent their members of the national and provincial assemblies from signing affiliation oaths with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). In a statement shared on the social media platform X on Sunday, a PTI spokesperson expressed concern that commissioners from various divisions in Punjab are allegedly contacting …

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have called for a hearing from the Supreme Court to seek the recovery of their detained members, stating that their National Assembly members and other leaders have been unlawfully detained. Addressing a press conference alongside other party leaders in Islamabad on Sunday, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan emphasised PTI’s resilience as one of the …

ISLAMABAD: Hours after former US president Donald Trump was shot in the ear on Saturday during a campaign rally, global condemnations poured in, including from President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The Republic presidential candidate was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania when he was shot in the ear, streaking blood across his face and prompting his security …

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump called on Americans on Sunday to stand united after he was injured in an assassination attempt — a shocking incident that opened a dark new chapter in an already polarised US presidential race. Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally, streaking the Republican presidential candidate’s blood across his face and prompting his security agents …

LAHORE: The Sup­reme Court’s decision on reserved seats has prom­pted the ruling PML-N leadership to convene a high-level meeting on Monday to discuss their future line of action. Some party leaders, including Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari, expressed their disappointment and frustration with the verdict, all­e­ging that certain judges may have favoured Imran Khan’s PTI. However, the …

ISLAMABAD: As the Supreme Court’s July 12 ruling on reserved seats has brought into the spotlight 41 MNAs who ran as independents in the Feb 8 general election, the beleaguered PTI maintains that these individuals are steadfast party loyalists, not open to temptation or enticement. The full court’s judgement has reinvigorated PTI’s ranks and given independent candidates an opportunity to officially join …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will resume the hearing of a case pertaining to PTI’s intra-party election on July 23. A five-member ECP bench, headed by Chief Election Commi­ssioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, will take up the case after deferring the hearing twice since May. This would be the first hearing since PTI’s chief election commissioner Raoof Hasan submitted …

BEIJING: The roster of Team China for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris was confirmed on Saturday. A total of 405 athletes, including 136 males and 269 females, will participate in the Olympic Games that will begin on July 26. Forty-two of the athletes are Olympic gold medalists and 223 of them will be making their Olympic debut in …

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on the Netherlands to jointly support free trade and safeguard the stability of global industrial and supply chains in a phone call with the Netherlands’ new foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp on Thursday.  He also refuted recent comments about China made at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Washington, saying different political …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday announced that the party will consult its allies before filing an appeal against the Supreme Court’s decision on reserved seats. Speaking at a press conference in Sialkot, Asif criticised the judiciary for overstepping its boundaries. He emphasised that rewriting the Constitution is the prerogative of parliament, not …