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 …
RIYADH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director (MD) Kristalina Georgieva in a meeting on Sunday that his government was fully committed to putting Pakistan’s economy “back on track”. In a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Special Meeting in Riyadh, the premier thanked Georgieva for her support to Pakistan in …
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The PTI on Saturday reiterated its readiness to hold talks with the “real” stakeholders, provided a “suitable atmosphere” is ensured where the party’s public mandate is respected and cases against its workers and leaders are withdrawn. The statement was made during an informal meeting attended by Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Shibli Faraz and reporters …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has requested Justice Babar Sattar of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to recuse himself from hearing the audio leak case. Pemra, a party in the audio leak case, submitted a miscellaneous application before the IHC as the court is scheduled to resume hearing on Monday (tomorrow). In the application, the electronic media watchdog …