Pakistan

KASUR: PML-N chief organiser and Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said the country was yet to get rid of the characters hatching conspiracies against the democracy, and the followers of ‘Baba Rehmat’ have now replaced the RTS (result transmission system), her party blames for its defeat in 2018 elections. She was addressing a party workers’ convention at Phoolnagar, the …

ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz on Wednesday said that after a detailed review of the Transgender Persons (Rights of Protection) Rules, the council had reached the conclusion that “self-perceived identity” is un-Islamic. Addressing a press conference after taking the sense of all stakeholders during a two-day meeting, he said these rules were framed in continuation …

ISLAMABAD: Former and sitting senators on Wednesday took stock of the country’s political and economic situation 50 years after the present Constitution was adopted. Speaking at the inaugural sitting of the three-day special Senate session to mark its golden jubilee, eminent legal expert and veteran politician Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan raised the alarm over the rising political polarisation. He regretted that …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Cou­rt Bar Association (SCBA) on Wedn­esday condemned the use of excessive force against former prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore as well as alleged refusal of the government to provide adequate funds and support for holding provincial elections on the pretext of security concerns. Such a delay amounts to open violation of the March 1 Supreme Court …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the senior puisine judge of the Supreme Court, on Wednesday questioned the constitution of a special bench despite availability of regular benches, saying that such benches hearing cases of sensitive nature give rise to misgivings among people. “From where the concept of special benches has crept in,” wondered Justice Isa who was heading a three-judge …

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that the party had “100 per cent confirmed information” of an assassination attempt on PTI chief Imran Khan at the F-8 Katcheri in Islamabad where he skipped his hearing in the Toshakhana case. Chaudhry made the revelation regarding the alleged security threat while the court took up his petition seeking …

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday asserted there would be “no compromise” on the country’s nuclear and missile programmes as he responded to questions raised by PPP Senator Raza Rabbani. Speaking during the Senate’s session today, Dar said: “Let me assure you that […] nobody is going to compromise anything on the nuclear or the missile program of Pakistan — …

LAHORE: After the Lahore High Court ordered the police to put off its operation to arrest former prime minister Imran Khan till 10am today (Thursday), an eerie calm prevailed in Zaman Park — the residence of the PTI chairman — after a night of pitched battles between the police and supporters of the PTI chief. The situation could be best …

Additional District and Sessions (ADSJ) Judge Zafar Iqbal said on Thursday that he would stop the Islamabad police from arresting PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case if the ex-premier surrendered in court. The judge also urged the party to tell its political workers to cooperate with the law and not resist it. He passed these remarks while hearing …

The federal government on Wednesday transferred Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Saeed from his post in the wake of the information minister’s claim that GB police force was being used against Punjab police in the latter’s attempt to arrest PTI chief Imran Khan from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore. Saeed was ordered to report to the Establishment …