ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday suspended the decision of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and the notification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) concerning the establishment of election tribunals in Punjab. Additionally, the court dismissed PTI leader Niazullah Niazi’s objection to the inclusion of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in the larger bench in the election tribunal …
ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and several other PTI leaders on Wednesday in a case linked to a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Mr Khan, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Sheikh Rashid, Murad Saeed, Faisal Javed, Ali Nawaz Awan, Raja Khurram Nawaz, Faisal Vawda, Shehzad Waseem, Sadaqat Abbasi, Shibli Faraz, Saif …
ISLAMABAD: Casting aspersions on the role of the top judge in a case regarding the allocation of reserved seats for the Sunni Ittehad Council, the PTI warned on Wednesday that the growing rift between the people and state institutions could culminate in a catastrophic consequence, if left unaddressed. Speaking at a press conference along with PTI Core Committee member Abuzar Salman Niazi, …
ISLAMABAD: As the issue of reserved seats meant for the Sunni Ittehad Council continued to polarise the full court, Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Tuesday equated the ‘doctrine of necessity’ with the ‘justice principle’, saying successive military takeovers had been legalised in the past using the same principle, as embodied in the maxim ‘Salus Populi Supreme Lex Esto’ (the welfare of …
ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at the federal government for delaying the issuance of a no-objection certificate (NOC) for holding a public meeting on July 6 in Tarnol, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Tuesday announced that they would hold a record-breaking public gathering at the designated place, come what may. They said Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Maryam Nawaz had held …
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday dispelled the impression of any forward bloc in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and asserted that a decision regarding the PTI deserters was yet to be taken. After the trial proceeding in £190 million corruption reference in which the court granted post-arrest bail to his wife, Bushra Bibi, Mr Khan said there was “no major differences” among …
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday rebuffed the recommendations of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding PTI founder Imran Khan’s release and said the former premier’s detention was an “internal matter”. In an opinion made public a day ago, the working group held that Imran’s prosecution and detention in the cipher and one of the two …
ISLAMABAD: Amid intense questioning, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa came to the rescue of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday by reminding that the commission was not a subordinate institution to the Supreme Court or the government but an independent authority conferred with a constitutional role to conduct elections. The Supreme Court can only exercise …
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has said that PTI founder Imran Khan’s detention and prosecution in the first Toshakhana case — separate from a case involving his wife and undervalued jewellery — and cipher cases were “without legal basis” and were politically motivated to exclude him from competing in the political arena. The first Toshakhana case alleges that Imran had …
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Express News reported. The warrant was issued by Judge Tahir Abbas Supra, who presided over the hearing of cases registered at the Sangjani and I-9 police stations against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and others. Ali Nawaz Awan, Wasif Qayyum, Amir …