ISLAMABAD: A visibly disturbed Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court (LHC) order staying the appointment of district returning officers (DROs), returning officers (ROs) and assistant returning officers (AROs) from the executive, and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notify a schedule for the Feb 8, 2024 general elections by Friday night. “Accordingly in the given circumstances and considering …
ISLAMABAD/QUETTA: Caretaker Interior Minister Senator Sarfaraz Bugti on Friday resigned from the federal cabinet. In a related development, Balochistan caretaker Minister for Sports and Culture, Nawabzada Jamal Raisani and Adviser to the Chief Minister on Mines and Minerals, Mir Umair Muhammad Hasni, also resigned from the interim provincial cabinet on Friday. They said that Mr Bugti had submitted his resignation …
WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington on Thursday to discuss regional security, defence cooperation and other key issues. Gen Munir also met acting Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Deputy National Security Adviser Jonathan Finer during his visit to the US Department of State. “Pakistan …
LAHORE: Firebrand PTI leader Advocate Sher Afzal Marwat was arrested on Thursday from outside the Lahore High Court (LHC), where he had arrived to join a protest. According to police sources, the arrest was made under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO), 1960. Mr Marwat, one of the counsels for former prime minister Imran Khan, was catapulted into the spotlight …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) said on Thursday it has signed a share purchase agreement with Telenor Pakistan to buy 100 per cent of its shares based on an enterprise value of Rs108 billion ($380 million). The deal, structured on a cash-free, debt-free basis, is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, the PTCL said in a …
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formalise an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, escalating Republicans’ battle with Democrats ahead of the 2024 election in a move Biden himself slammed as a “baseless” stunt. Republicans, seizing on Biden’s son Hunter’s controversial international dealings, have yet to provide evidence of corruption by the president, and the Democratic-led Senate …
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court larger bench would hear on Friday (today) petitions by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan against multiple actions of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) including his five-year disqualification in Toshakhana case and cancellation of PTI`s party polls held last year. The bench is headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan and comprises Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza, Justice …
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker Chief Minister Justice retired Syed Arshad Hussain Shah and Governor Ghulam Ali on Wednesday visited DI Khan and chaired a high-level meeting on law and order situation in the division. Chief secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Inspector General of Police Akhtar Hayat Khan and the Dera division commissioner were also present in the meeting. The …
ISLAMABAD: The special court on Thursday accepted the Federal Investigation Agency’s plea seeking an in-camera trial of former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood in the cipher case. It began the cipher trial afresh at the Adiala district jail after the pair were indicted for a second time yesterday, according to reporters allowed to attend the hearing. The cipher case pertains …
WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir commenced his first working day in Washington on Wednesday with a meeting with the US defence secretary at the Pentagon. The Pentagon issued a brief statement after the meeting, saying: “Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III hosted Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir at the Pentagon today, where the …