ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday approved PTI founder Imran Khan’s bail application in the 190 million pound corruption case. A two-member bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, had reserved the verdict a day ago after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecution team and Sardar Latif Khan Khosa, the counsel for Imran, concluded their …
ISLAMABAD: As the government tried to absolve a spy agency of blame for its alleged attempt to influence the audio leaks case, the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday issued notices to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) as well as the defence ministry, and sought response within a week. The notices were issued as …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI has submitted a comprehensive response to objections raised by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the third intra-party elections (IPE) held in less than two years, urging the ECP to officially recognise the latest exercise held on March 3. In a response to the ECP’s seven questions the party’s federal chief election commissioner Raoof Hasan said the PTI …
LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet on Tuesday made it clear that it would not accept any ‘undue’ interference in the executive authority by another institution. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz presided over the cabinet meeting and maintained that the government did not believe in conflict with any institution, but ‘undue’ interference in the executive authority was not acceptable. The cabinet’s declaration came …
KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has reiterated the government’s resolve to expand the tax base by aggressively pursuing the untaxed and undertaxed sectors. In a meeting with a delegation of the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on Tuesday, the minister stated that the government is more determined than ever to broaden the tax base. He also shared the progress on digitalisation …
ISLAMABAD: The opposition PTI on Tuesday signalled willingness to engage in reconciliation talks with the ruling coalition, but only if certain tough conditions, including withdrawal of all cases against founding party chairman Imran Khan, were met. The offer was made by a couple of lawmakers belonging to PTI in the National Assembly during a debate on President Asif Zardari’s address to a …
RAWALPINDI: An army officer was martyred and three terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Zhob district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. According to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted an IBO in the district’s general area of Sambaza and “effectively engaged” the terrorists, adding that three were …
ISLAMABAD: In the wake of an astounding volume of released data regarding properties owned by foreigners in Dubai, some of the Pakistani politicians named in it have downplayed the development, claiming that there was nothing wrong with the practice and that properties under their name were already declared. The data, released on Tuesday, provides a detailed overview of hundreds of thousands of …
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday disputed the contents of a leaked letter, purportedly penned by Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Babar Sattar, alleging that security agencies used “intimidatory tactics” in a case pertaining to audio leaks being heard by the high court. Earlier today, a snippet from a leaked letter allegedly attributed to the high court judge circulated on social media, …
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa instructed the government on Tuesday to ensure video link arrangements for incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan to join proceedings of a case about changes to the country’s accountability laws and give his arguments. A five-member bench led by the chief justice and comprising Supreme Court (SC) Justices Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan …