ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Thursday that general elections will be held in the country in the last week of January 2024 – well beyond the 90-day limit given in the Constitution. The ECP reviewed the progress of the delimitation process on Thursday and decided that the preliminary list of constituencies will be published on September …
ISLAMABAD: Award-winning Miami design house Varabyeu is coming to Pakistan as partner of One Homes, a leading real estate development group, for its new Islamabad development. The collaboration will see Varabyeu as the lead design partners for One Homes’ recently acquired $180 million mega mixed-use development. The collaboration between One Homes and Varabyeu Partners represents a significant milestone in Pakistan’s real …
BEIJING: A seminar titled “2022 High Definition Television Technology Seminar for Developing Countries” commenced here sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China and organized by the National Radio and Television Administration. This 20-day training course is being attended by around 100 media elites from nine developing countries, including Pakistan, Nepal, Laos, Mauritius, Tanzania and other …
LAHORE: The long march was called off for the day after a reporter of a local TV channel, Sadaf Naeem died after she was crushed under PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s container on Sunday. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran earlier in the day said that his party was with the Pakistan Army and wants it “to be strong”. The former premier made these comments during his …
ISLAMABAD: A two-member team formed to investigate and ascertain the facts of senior journalist Arshad Sharif’s killing on Sunday recorded the statements of two brothers who provided accommodation and other facilities to the slain journalist in Kenya. The team, comprising Director FIA Athar Wahid and Deputy Director IB Umar Shahid Hamid, formally began the investigation today and interrogated Waqar Ahmed …
ISLAMABAD: Days after a victim lifted the lid on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) former chief’s ‘sleazy conduct’, the federal cabinet on Saturday approved the formation of an inquiry commission and its terms of references (ToRs) to probe into the allegations of sexual harassment. On July 15, the federal cabinet had approved the proposal of the Ministry of Law and …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce its “long-delayed judgment” in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prohibited funding case. He claimed that the “impunity given to him has hurt the country.” The case, previously known as the ‘foreign funding case’, was opened in March 2018, while the ECP has reserved its judgment …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while issuing notices to the federation, law secretary, attorney general and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s application challenging the amendments to the NAB Ordinance, asked the party why it did not raise its objections in parliament. A three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice …
WASHINGTON: A US court has issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, the move is part of the recent sanctions issued against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Authorities say the American-made planes were flown into, and out, of Russia without obtaining …
NEW JERSEY: Forbes magazine disclosed that using a 233-year-old law, the US government ordered two major global travel companies to track a Russian national so he could be arrested and extradited,. The outlet sued to obtain the court records, aided by privacy advocates who have criticized such warrants as secretive and open to abuse. The magazine also revealed that Aleksey …