ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued bailable arrest warrants against former information minister Fawad Chaudhry in a contempt of the ECP case. A four-member bench of the Election Commission, headed by the member from Sindh, Nisar Ahmad Durrani, issued the warrants for Mr Chaudhry due to his constant failure to turn up in the court. As …
LAHORE: PTI’s founder Imran Khan had delegated the task of attacking military installations, government properties, and police officials to exert pressure for his release in case of his arrest. This revelation came from a detailed order issued by Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Khalid Arshad, who dismissed Imran Khan’s bail plea in a case related to the May 9 riots, including the …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) incarcerated and beleaguered founding chairperson Imran Khan emphasised the urgent need for the establishment to step back to ensure transparent elections in the country. “If we want to save the country, the establishment must step back to move towards transparent elections,” the former premier asserted during an informal talk with media in the Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court reserved on Tuesday its ruling on a set of appeals by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) against the denial of reserved seats for women and non-Muslims to it by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, the full court closed the …
LAHORE: A Lahore anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday announced its reserved verdict on pre-arrest bail petitions of PTI founder Imran Khan in three cases related to the May 9 riots and dismissed them. May 9 holds significant importance in the country’s political landscape, as it was on this day last year when military installations were attacked following Imran’s arrest from the Islamabad High Court’s …
ISLAMABAD: The matter of heading standing committees in the National Assembly has been resolved as the government offered chairmanship of 18 standing committees to the opposition. These committees were held by the then opposition during the previous government from 2018 to 2023. However, the opposition alliance will choose to head only 11 standing committees out of 18. Sunni Ittehad Council …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insad (PTI) has announced its intention to challenge the government’s notification which granted Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to intercept and trace calls in the “interest of national security”. Earlier today, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication authorised the intelligence wing to tap phones, stating that this authority was granted under Section 54 of the Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organisation) Act, …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur announced that if Imran Khan initiates a hunger strike, similar protests will erupt across Pakistan and globally. Addressing the concerns of the PTI founder, he said, “His reservations are completely valid. If he goes on a hunger strike, the protest will spread throughout Pakistan and around the world. We adhere to …
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the federal government to remove the name of PTI leader Parvez Elahi from the passport control list (PCL), along with the names of his son Rasikh Elahi and daughter-in-law Zara Elahi. Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza pronounced the verdict on the petitions. According to the petitioners, the names of the Elahi family …
ISLAMABAD: PTI Secretary General and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub on Sunday evaded arrest in a raid on his residence in Sector F-10 by a joint team of Islamabad and Mianwali police after warrants for his arrest were issued by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Sargodha. Mianwali police, in a handout, claimed that their assistant sub-inspector (ASI) …