ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Friday for the second time passed the bill seeking to declare enforced disappearances a heinous crime after removing a controversial section which provided for punishment to those filing false complaints. Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar agreed to withdraw the controversial Section 514 from the Criminal Laws (Amend­ment) Bill, 2022, after a number of lawmakers, mostly …

ISLAMABAD: The ruling and main opposition parties on Friday interpreted in their own way the decision against former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case, with the former hailing it as a “five-year disqualification”, and the latter rejecting the verdict on the basis that it would be struck down by the high court. Saying the ECP “has done justice in [the] …

PTI leaders on Saturday cast aspersions on the delay in the release of the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) written ruling that saw former prime minister Imran Khan disqualified in the Toshakhana reference. “Why is the election commission withholding the written decision? What are they cooking up now,” party leader Asad Umar said on Twitter, a day after the election commission pronounced …

Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid has accused Islamabad police of raiding his home in the early hours of Saturday, although the latter denied conducting any such activity and said the accusation was “not based on facts”. Rashid alleged that the police raided his residence in the capital at 12:30am while he was at his Rawalpindi residence, famously called Lal …

The Islamabad police have booked PTI leaders on terrorism charges in the wake of protests after former prime minister Imran Khan’s disqualification by the Election Commission of Pakistan in the Toshakhana reference, it emerged on Saturday. In reaction to the ECP decision, PTI workers across Pakistan took to the streets on Friday to protest the decision against their party chief. Party chief Imran Khan …

The Supreme Court’s Justice Qazi Faez Isa urged the public to criticise individuals instead of institutions in his speech on Saturday at this year’s Asma Jahangir Conference taking place in Lahore. “I would only request that you don’t judge us as an institution because there is good in the institution; there is also bad in the institution,” he said while reminding the attendees that …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday castigated PTI Chairman Imran Khan, calling him a “certified thief” after the latter’s disqualification in the Toshakhana reference for making “false statements and incorrect declaration”. He expressed the views while addressing a news conference in Lahore alongside Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and adviser Attaullah Tarar. Commenting on Imran’s disqualification, PM Shehbaz said that his predecessor …

PTI chief Imran Khan filed a plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday, challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to disqualify him over what the electoral watchdog cited as his failure to properly account for monetary proceeds from the sale of Toshakhana gifts while he was the prime minister. The matter will be taken up by IHC Chief …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday decried the “custodial torture” of party leader and Senator Azam Swati who was recently arrested over a controversial tweet thought to be against the armed forces. Imran was addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Swati who was granted post-arrest bail a day earlier. During his media talk, the PTI chief railed against the coalition government …

Kanye West lost his calm at an American radio host over his friendship with Pete Davidson. Ye reportedly ‘screamed’ at Charlamagne tha God for siding with Kim Kardashian’s ex-boyfriend Pete, while she was still in a relationship with the comedian. The incident took place in November 2021, as per Charlamagne. Ye allegedly told the host to “save the new Marilyn …