ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary-General Asad Umar has been arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The FIA’s counter-terrorism wing had lodged the case against the former prime minister, who was forced from power in April last year following a no-confidence motion, after determining his willful involvement in abusingRead More →
ISLAMABAD: In a case of “interference in state affairs,” a local court in the federal capital on Sunday detained human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir in police detention. Imaan and Wazir were detained separately in the early hours of Sunday by Islamabad policeRead More →
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi denied signing the Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2023 on Sunday, saying that his staff “undermined” his instructions. Alvi’s comments came a day after he agreed to the two bills on the microblogging network X, formerly known as Twitter. “AsRead More →
KARACHI: Governor Sindh Kamran Tessori swore in members of newly appointed caretaker Chief Minister (CM) Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar’s cabinet on Saturday. The ceremony began with the recital of the Holy Quran at Karachi’s Governor House, which was also attended by caretaker Chief Minister Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar. Meanwhile, ChiefRead More →
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governor Shah Farman has chosen not to run in the forthcoming general elections, according to ARY News. According to reports, Shah Farman and his family, including his sons and siblings, will not run in the forthcoming elections. The former governorRead More →
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) deputy chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been detained at his Islamabad apartment.According to reports, PTI vice chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi was detained and taken to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) headquarters in connection with the Cypher case. Earlier today, the PTI leaderRead More →
ISLAMABAD – Members of Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar’s caretaker administration took their oaths of office on Thursday, facing extraordinary economic and political hurdles. At a ceremony attended by the prime minister and other authorities, President Dr Arif Alvi administered the oath of office to cabinet members. Sarfraz Bugti hasRead More →
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani Election Commission (ECP) said on Thursday that the country’s general elections could not be held in 90 days. According to a statement made here, Sikandar Sultan Raja, the chief election commissioner, presided over a meeting of the electoral watchdog. For the next general elections, it wasRead More →
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Yoon Suk Yeol, the South Korean president, did not linger on the harsh 35-year occupation his people underwent under their neighbor as he honored his country’s independence from Japan this week. Instead, the 62-year-old leader, who was too young to understand the humiliations of JapaneseRead More →
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered the PTI chairman’s nephew, Hassaan Khan Niazi, to appear in court by August 18 (tomorrow). The written ruling was delivered by Justice Sultan Tanveer of the Lahore High Court in response to a plea submitted by Hassaan Niazi’s father, Hafeezullah Niazi,Read More →
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