AZAD KASHMIR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) leadership on Wednesday sharply criticised recent remarks by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who extended an invitation to AJK’s residents to join India. AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq advised Indian leaders to abandon their “ridiculous rhetoric” and instead allow the residents of the disputed region to determine their future on their own …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have constituted a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe a terrorism case registered against the PTI leaders and supporters at the Sangjani police station in light of the Sept 8 public gathering, which was used to ratchet up the crackdown on the former ruling party. Following the public gathering, the police rounded up several PTI …

ISLAMABAD: In a surprising turn of events, PTI founding chairman Imran Khan threw his weight behind Ali Amin Gandapur and derided all those who distanced themselves from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister’s hard-hitting speech at Sunday’s public rally. Speaking to reporters at Adiala jail after proceedings of the £190 million corruption case, Mr Khan also anno­unced that he was closing …

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) delegation, led by chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, successfully secured production orders for its arrested members of the National Assembly, following a meeting with Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday. The PTI delegation, which included Dawar Kundi and Ali Muhammad Khan, met the speaker in his chamber to request the release orders. Barrister Gohar said, “You …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has scheduled a hearing on a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, seeking to prevent his transfer to military custody. The court’s Registrar’s Office set the petition for hearing despite objections, with Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb presiding over the case on Thursday (tomorrow). Imran Khan had filed the petition expressing concerns …

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has rejected government claims that his party supports proposed constitutional amendments, stressing that no opposition party, including JUI-F, will back any legislation that contradicts the Constitution or democracy. Fazlur Rehman met with senior politician Muhammad Ali Durrani at his residence in Islamabad late on Wednesday night. Fazlur Rehman, reaffirming his party’s opposition …

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has criticised the existence of a dual justice system in Pakistan, stating that “two laws, two systems, and two Pakistans cannot coexist.” He stressed the need for a single legal framework for all citizens. Speaking at a Bar Council Associations event on Wednesday, Gandapur said, “If we do not point out wrongdoing and …

ISLAMABAD: The process to return the Ramzan Sugar Mills reference against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son, Hamza Shehbaz, to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has commenced, Express News reported. An accountability court in Lahore, hearing the case, confirmed that the applications for the transfer of the reference back to NAB have been filed. The hearing, overseen by Duty …

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday suspended five security officials for four months, days after PTI lawmakers were arrested from inside the Parliament House. Just after 3am on Tuesday, plainclothesmen had stormed the Parliament House — disconne­c­ting the power supply and barging into the building’s Ser­vices Branch — to whisk away at least 11 PTI legislators. In …

LAHORE: Earthquake tremors were felt on Wednesday in all the districts of Punjab, including Lahore, a statement issued by Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) confirmed. “The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded at 5.7 on the Richter scale,” Mazhar Hussain, spokesperson for Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), confirmed to Diplomag.com. “The earthquake’s epicentre was near DG Khan (Shadi Wala) …