LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court indicted PTI’s Punjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ijaz Chaudhry, former provincial minister Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed and others on Tuesday in two cases of May 9 riots. A prosecutor presented the charge sheets in the court against the suspects in cases of attack on Shadman Police Station and burning vehicles near Rahat Bakery Chowk in the cantonment area. …
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorist court (ATC) judge will hear today (Tuesday) the bail applications of former prime minister Imran Khan in twelve different cases related to May 9, 2023 incidents of rioting. Judge Malik Ejaz Asif will conduct this hearing inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail where Imran Khan has been detained since September last year. The PTI founder has already been convicted …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has commenced the delivery of 260 million ballot papers across 859 National Assembly and provincial assembly constituencies nationwide as the general election nears, stated a spokesperson for the oversight body on Sunday. Printing was finalized at three government presses, with some papers necessitating reprinting following court decisions on candidacy-related petitions. This election cycle …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has asked the caretaker provincial government to stop the privatisation process of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in view of the upcoming general elections on Thursday, next week. The ECP also requested the federal government not to enter into any kind of agreement related to the PIA privatisation, seeking the plan documents prepared by …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of pre-arrest bail petitions of former prime minister Imran Khan in seven cases of May 9 riots. Advocate Salman Safdar, the counsel of Khan, appeared before the court of judge Arshad Javed. A deputy prosecutor told the court that there was some delay in the arrangements made to mark the attendance …
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Minister for Information and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi has assured foreign and national media that all is set to hold peaceful, free, fair and transparent elections on February 8. “More than ample resources are available to ensure peaceful, free and fair elections,” he added at a press briefing here on Saturday. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, special …
SWABI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders during a power show here on Saturday said implicating the party founder and former prime minister in what they said baseless and politically-motivated cases had backfired as popularity of the incarcerated leader had increased manifold, which would be proven in the Feb 8 elections. The power show was held in Naro Kali area, three kilometers from …
ISLAMABAD: As speculations make rounds about an alleged deal which resulted in the imprisonment of former first lady Bushra Bibi at her Banigala house, former premier Imran Khan vehemently denied these rumours, saying: “We do not want any deal.” The couple appeared before the court of senior civil judge Qudratullah in connection with the Iddat case at a makeshift courtroom in Adiala …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Thursday that the party will hold intra-party elections again on February 5. The announcement for the fresh intra-party polls comes after the party suffered a major blow – losing its electoral symbol of ‘bat’ after the Supreme Court verdict nullified the first round held earlier. PTI’s Federal Election Commissioner Rauf Hassan released the …
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate from NA-8 Bajaur, Rehan Zeb Khan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the Siddiqabad Phatak Bazar area on Wednesday. The district police officer and SHO Rashid Khan confirmed the news of the PTI leader’s murder. Khan, contesting as an independent, was also a candidate for provincial assembly seat PK-22. Khan was at Siddiqabad Gate canvassing …