ISLAMABAD: With election-related activity slowly picking up steam in the country, a third resolution seeking a delay in the February 8 polls landed in the Senate on Sunday, this time citing the weather and the security situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On January 5, a thinly-attended session of the upper house of parliament had become the talk of the town after …
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Cairo, and the two sides agreed to continue to strengthen communication and coordination under frameworks such as BRICS and the United Nations. Under the guidance of the two heads of state, political mutual trust between China and Egypt continues to be consolidated, and practical cooperation …
BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday urged the U.S. to stop its official interaction with Taiwan and stop sending any wrong signal to the separatist forces for “Taiwan independence” after the U.S. State Department issued a statement on the election in China’s Taiwan region. Calling the U.S. statement a serious violation of the one-China principle and the three China-U.S. joint …
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Saturday reserved decisions on the petitions of PTI leadership Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Parvez Elahi as well as former minister Fawad Chaudhry and others against the rejection of their nomination papers for the Feb 8 election. Headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, the three-judge bench allowed an appeal of Qaisera …
RAWALPINDI: Five soldiers were martyred and two others, including an officer, injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeted a security vehicle in the Buleda area of Balochistan’s Kech district on Saturday. Separately, security forces killed four militants in two intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan districts. In the Kech incident, the security …
ISLAMABAD: In a massive blow to PTI, the Supreme Court on Saturday set aside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) order that reinstated “bat” as the party’s electoral symbol for the upcoming general elections. The verdict means the PTI’s ticket holders would have to contest the elections as independent candidates. The PTI’s bid to join the elections using the PTI-Nazriati splinter group’s symbol, …
RAWALPINDI: Four militants including a “high value terrorist” were killed in two separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the army’s media affairs wing said on Saturday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces carried out operations in Mir Ali, located in the North Waziristan district, and in the Kulachi area of Dera Ismail Khan. During the North Waziristan operation, an …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is expected to announce its reserved verdict shortly on a petition filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) order to reinstate “bat” as PTI’s electoral symbol for the general elections. The verdict was to be announced at 9:30pm initially but has since been delayed. After hearing arguments from the counsels of …
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China is willing to work with the European Union (EU) to promote steady progress in China-EU relations in the new year. Xi made the remarks when meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Beijing on Friday. De Croo arrived in China on Thursday and attended the inauguration of the new Belgian …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has resumed hearing today (Saturday) the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition challenging the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision to restore the PTI’s ‘bat’ election symbol. The ECP will allot election symbols to political parties today. A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and Justices Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Musarrat Hilali, will hear …