PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to provide attested documents about election results, including Form 45, to nine Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-backed independent candidates, including six former lawmakers. A bench consisting of Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Syed Arshad Ali disposed of nine almost identical petitions filed by the candidates against the non-provision of election documents to …

ISLAMABAD: Presid­ent Dr Arif Alvi on Thurs­day approved the appointment of three judges of the superior judiciary. Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan has been appointed to the Supreme Court under Article 175-A of the Constitution. The president also approved the appointment of senior-most judge Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar as caretaker Chief Justice of the BHC, in accordance with …

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday extended the pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founding chairman Imran Khan and former secretary general Asad Umar in the May 9 cases. Judge Naveed Iqbal heard the bail petitions of Khan in the cases of attacks on the Jinnah House, Shadman police station and Askari Tower of Gulberg. He directed the counsel of the …

RAWALPINDI: In a joint operation, the Cou­nter Terrorism Depart­ment (CTD) and the police foiled an attempt to attack Central Jail Adiala, arresting three terrorists on Thursday night. Police officials have also claimed the recovery of heavy weapons and ammunition from the apprehended terrorists, who have since been shifted to undisclosed locations. A spokesman for the Rawalpindi police said in a …

ISLAMABAD: Citing the formation of “fake cases” and underlining the necessity of “return of PTI’s real mandate”, party’s Central President Parvez Elahi has emphasised that the government’s “proposal for reconciliation” holds no significance. Talking to media after appearing before the anti-corruption court, the PTI president claimed that his party’s candidates lost the Feb 8 polls due to the alleged tampering …

PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to ensure payment of compensation to the owners of houses damaged by rains and snowfall in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) till March 11. The prime minister issued the directives while presiding over a high-level meeting at the Governor House to review damages caused by the recent rains and snowfall in K-P …

ISLAMABAD: A district court on Wednesday issued a notice of contempt of court to the superintendent of Adiala Jail for his failure to produce Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in their bail applications. Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra presided over the bail pleas of Imran Khan in six cases and …

RAWALPINDI: PTI leader Taimur Jhagra on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of tampering with Forms-45s in numerous constituencies in the wake of the ‘controversial’ February 8 general elections. Addressing the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, Jhagra, accompanied by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and party leader Barrister Salman Akram Raja, claimed that the ECP initially released …

ISLAMABAD: Both sons of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif have approached the accountability court, seeking the suspension of their arrest warrants in three corruption references related to the Panama Papers, enabling them to surrender before court on March 12. Hussain Nawaz and Hassan Nawaz, through their counsel Qazi Misbahul Hassan, filed an application in the Islamabad accountability court, seeking the suspension …

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN, Munir Akram, has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to urge the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan to terminate their relationship with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The TTP could “soon pose a global terrorist threat” if left unchecked, Ambassador Akram warned the UNSC on Wednesday while addressing a special Security Council session on …