Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: In a significant move, the government on Tuesday allowed introduction of a crucial private member’s bill in the National Assembly seeking to empower the lawmakers to punish those committing contempt of parliament or its committees and breaching the privilege of any member of any house of parliament on the pattern of the contempt of court law. The bill titled …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan, who was arrested on Tuesday, is likely to remain under the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for four to five days, as the bureau requests the court for his maximum remand allowed under the law. A NAB source told Dawn on Tuesday that Mr Khan will be presented before the accountability court today (Wednesday). …

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan on the premises of the Islam­abad judicial complex by a contingent of Rangers in connection with a corruption case set off a ser­ies of violent protests across the country, including in the high-security zones where PTI supporters and the law enforcers faced off. The detention which the Islamabad High Court …

ISLAMABAD: An hour before the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday accused Mr Khan of maligning the army without proof, running a media campaign against martyred troops and using religion for political gains. Meanwhile, the interior and law ministers claimed that the government had no role in what is being dubbed by PTI leaders “vindictive action” …

A day after PTI Chairman Imran Khan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the capital police on Wednesday arrested party secretary general Asad Umar from the same place. Umar was heading to the Supreme Court to challenge Imran’s arrest, when he was taken into custody by the police in cases pertaining to causing damage to state property, …

Unprecedented drama was witnessed at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday over the Tyrian White case against former prime minister Imran Khan when the majority judgment of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Arbab Tahir dismissing the petition was deleted from the court’s website minutes after it was uploaded. The majority judgment, authored by Justice Kayani and assented to …

An accountability court on Wednesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) eight-day remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who was arrested a day earlier from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust case. Separately, a sessions court also indicted the PTI chief in the Toshakhana case. Both the hearings were held at the Islamabad Police …

The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that May 9 will be remembered as a “black chapter”, referring to the protests “targeting army property and installations” that took place after PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest a day earlier. “We will not allow anyone to take the law into their hands,” it said in a statement. The military media …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) while expanding its scope of work is going to launch mega development projects in rural areas and has called bids in this regard. The engineering wing has called tenders from construction firms to award contracts of 17 projects worth Rs2.8 billion in the first phase of the total Rs10 billion projects for rural areas. …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said upholding the Constitution was the responsibility of all segments of society as the document not only guaranteed political stability but also ensured citizens’ fundamental rights. “The supremacy of the Constitution is vital as its pillars set out the goals for basic rights in various areas, including education, health, employment, and social and …