ISLAMABAD: Newly elected members of the 16th National Assembly (NA) were sworn in on Thursday in a session marred by sloganeering. Outgoing NA Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf administered the oath to the MNAs-elect. The session was originally scheduled to begin at 10am but was delayed by more than an hour. According to a spokesperson for the NA, 302 members were …
LAHORE: Amid protest by the opposition, the Punjab Assembly approved here on Wednesday Rs358 billion budget to meet current expenses of the provincial government for the month of March. As Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is yet to form her cabinet, a motion for presenting the one-month budget was tabled by Marriyum Aurangzeb under Rule 125 of the rules of business …
LAHORE: PTI’s Punjab president Dr Yasmin Rashid on Wednesday said the nation had rejected the “May 9 narrative” by voting the party-backed candidates in the Feb 8 general election. The mandate of people was stolen on Feb 9, the next day of elections, Ms Rashid said while talking to reporters in an antiterrorism court, where she and other PTI leaders …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Wednesday wrote a letter to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), calling on the global lender to ensure that its guidelines regarding “good governance as well as conditionalities” were satisfied before granting a financial facility to Pakistan. It also demanded an election audit of “at least 30 per cent of the national and provincial assemblies’ seats”, which …
KARACHI: Syed Murad Ali Shah was sworn in as the chief minister of Sindh for a third time at a ceremony held at the Governor House on Tuesday. Governor Kamran Tissori administered the oath of office to the newly elected chief minister at the ceremony which was attended by prominent figures including PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The outgoing caretaker …
ISLAMABAD: In the case related to the recovery of the missing Baloch students, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar appeared before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday and stated that blaming the entire state for enforced disappearances was not right. During the hearing, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani asked the acting premier if he had seen the record of the hearing. “Today …
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad acquitted on Wednesday PTI founder Imran Khan, Asad Umar and others in a case related to protests and vandalism on May 9. The court presided over by Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Shabbir, issued the verdict after hearing the acquittal requests. Amina Ali, Sardar Masroof Khan, and Mohsin Ghaffar appeared as counsels for PTI …
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Wednesday lauded Lahore Gulberg Circle Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi for her “selfless devotion to duty and professionalism in diffusing a volatile situation”. On Sunday afternoon, a mob had gathered outside a shop in Lahore’s crowded Ichra Bazaar after someone alleged that a woman’s shirt had Quranic verses printed …
KARACHI: Three Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidates, including its Sindh president Haleem Adil Sheikh, on Tuesday moved the Sindh High Court, seeking contempt proceedings against the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not deciding their complaints against the provisional results of the Feb 8 general elections in the light of a court order. Citing Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, four …
RAWALPINDI: PTI founder Imran Khan hailed on Tuesday President Arif Alvi’s decision to not summon the National Assembly session and said that despite winning the elections, the PTI is being denied its due share of reserved seats. In a media talk at Adiala jail, the former prime minister said, “There is no greater theft than stealing the public’s mandate, they …