LAHORE: The PML-N has finally announced launching of its election campaign across the country from Jan 15, the day it is going to put out its manifesto. The party’s announcement came on Wednesday when PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari in Lahore taunted the Sharifs for their failure to launch polls campaign and field its candidates. “The PML-N will launch the election campaign in …
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq on Wednesday summoned the joint secretaries of the ministries of defence and interior in connection with the ‘disappearance’ of a PTI candidate. Justice Farooq had directed the government agencies on Tuesday to produce Barrister Abdullah Mumtaz Kahloon, who had reportedly “disappeared” from Islamabad airport. Mr Kahloon had filed his nomination papers to …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has summoned Director-General of Intelligence Bureau (DG IB) and Director-General of Federal Investigation Agency (DG FIA) for February 19 in connection with the ongoing audio leaks case. Justice Babar Sattar of the IHC passed the order. In a seven-page written order, the court directed both the DGs to personally appear on February 19, 2024, to …
ISLAMABAD: Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the former Punjab Chief Minister of Punjab and President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been transferred from Adiala Jail to the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC) following complaints of heart-related pain and health deterioration. The sources in the prison department said that Chaudhry Parvez Elahi is also suffering from a chest infection. He underwent a medical …
PESHAWAR: Top leaders of the mainstream political parties, including Nawaz Sharif of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Sirajul Haq of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Gohar Ali Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, on Friday filed nomination papers for contesting the Feb 8 general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the National Assembly seats. The papers for Mr …
GUJRAT: The wife of Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) president and former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Ms Qaisera Elahi and her sister Sumaira Elahi were not allowed to file their nomination papers here on Friday, as the police deployed at the office of returning officer (RO) for NA-64 did not let them to enter the premises. Party sources said …
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi and caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday expressed concern over the police action against Baloch protesters in the federal capital. On Wednesday night, the Islamabad police used brutal force to disperse and detain Baloch demonstrators who had converged on the capital to protest against enforced disappearances and extra-judicial killings in their province. More than 200 …
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday decided against letting the PTI retain its ‘bat’ electoral symbol for the February 8 general election. The reserved verdict was announced a day after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) directed the electoral watchdog to decide on PTI’s intra-party polls and electoral symbol by today in “accordance with the law”. The development also came …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday approved the post-arrest bail of former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, both of whom are incarcerated at Adiala Jail, in the cipher case. The top court also directed the PTI leaders to submit surety bonds worth Rs1 million each. The order was issued by a three-member bench headed …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) inquired of the capital’s police chief on Friday why the Baloch protesters, who faced harsh police action a day earlier, were being forcefully sent back to Quetta. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq while hearing a petition filed by Baloch protesters against unlawful detention and their right to protest questioned why these individuals were being …