QUETTA: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said, referring to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, that he has been told that the three-time prime minister will come into power again for the fourth time “to rescue the country”. Addressing the Balochistan High Court Bar Association in Quetta, Bilawal said he is aware of how elections are held in Pakistan and …
ISLAMABAD: The special court will resume the cypher trial against former premier Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tomorrow at the Adiala jail tomorrow following the issuance of a notification by the law ministry. The cypher case pertains to a document waved by Imran, then the prime minister, at a public rally in March last year, terming it …
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Ayesha A. Malik on Friday observed that Pakistan was bound by the United Nations conventions that protected the rights of refugees. She passed these remarks as a three-member bench of the apex court took up a petition seeking restraining orders against the caretaker government’s decision to deport illegal Afghan nationals. The bench also comprises Justice Sardar Tariq …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday removed former PTI stalwart Shireen Mazari from the Passport Control List (PCL). Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri announced the verdict as he heard a plea by the former human rights minister to remove her name from the list. Mazari was being represented by Barrister Ahsan Jamal Pirzada. According to the written judgement, a …
QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday asserted that ‘some forces’ hinder the progress of leaders with a vision for advancing the country. He however expressed his confidence in the people of Pakistan, emphasising that he does not succumb to fear in the face of such forces. Addressing a rally in Quetta to mark the party’s …
ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday wrote a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Esa, requesting the top judge to protect the party’s fundamental rights. The PTI has alleged that it is being stopped from carrying out political activities in the run up to the general election and several of its leaders are incarcerated following …
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and former federal minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday said his party endorsed a strong and effective local government system after his meeting with an MQM-P delegation – its ally in Sindh – at his Islamabad residence. Speaking to the media after the huddle, Iqbal told the media that the MQM-P delegation had presented the draft of constitutional …
ISLAMABAD: A sessions court rejected on Wednesday former prime minister Imran Khan’s request for acquittal in the intimidation of a female judge case. Civil judge Muhammad Mureed Abbas’s ruling came as he presided over the case’s hearing, in which prosecutor Rizwan Abbasi completed his arguments. At the last hearing, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, had completed his arguments. …
ISLAMABAD: In a massive relief for the PML-N, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield reference. The verdict was announced by a two-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb on Nawaz’s appeal against his conviction in the case. In July 2018, an accountability court had …
ISLAMABAD: In 2024, countries with more than half the world’s population—over four billion people—will send their citizens to the polls. But many elections are not fully free and fair. Some of these will have no meaningful influence on governments. Economist Intelligence Unit grades countries out of ten according to the state of their democracy and categorizes them from authoritarian regimes to …