ISLAMABAD: Taking exception to the ongoing anti-judiciary rhetoric of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and other leaders, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday asked the party’s leadership to clear its stance on judiciary. Hearing a petition filed by former information minister Fawad Chaudhry, in which he asked the court to restrain the police from arresting PTI leaders nominated …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Supreme Court on Monday expressed his dismay over the tendency of discrediting institutions like the judiciary, saying it did not behove someone to insinuate something merely because a certain judgement did not please them. “This is the Supreme Court where aggrieved parties come to seek justice,” observed Justice Ahsan, who is a member of …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday adjourned hearing of appeals of former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-minister Asad Umer, challenging the fine imposed on them over violation of code of conduct during the recently-held second phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) till May 12. The decision came when PTI counsel argued before a …

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) former director Mohammad Rizwan who probed the money laundering charges against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz died of a heart attack on Monday. Rizwan went on long leave just before the formation of the PMLN-led coalition government and was later transferred from the office of FIA Lahore director last month. His …

LAHORE: Federal Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said circular debt has more than doubled during the past four years to reach Rs2.460 trillion due to bad governance and incompetence of the previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government and termed it “the biggest challenge” for the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government to control it before the next general election. “In May …

ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of shortage and rising prices, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Monday decided to beef up wheat stocks by ordering three million tonnes of imports and at least 1.5m tonnes of domestic procurement by the public sector. A meeting of the ECC, presided over by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, also decided to reduce the …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to take notice of what he described as a “blatant violation” of the Constitution and law in Punjab after a late-night federal government notification saw Omar Sarfraz Cheema removed as the province’s governor. In a statement, Imran demanded the top court take “immediate notice of the blatant violation of the …

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Security agencies have released a Baloch student who was taken into custody in connection with a suicide blast at the University of Karachi (KU) on April 26, Baloch Council chairperson Ahsan Baloch told Dawn.com on Tuesday. Bebgar Imdad, a seventh-semester student at Numl in Islamabad and a native of Balochistan’s Kech area, was picked up by security agencies on April 27 from Punjab University (PU), where …

Justice Ijazul Ahsan said on Tuesday that a lawmaker would remain disqualified until a court cancelled the declaration for his disqualification. He made the comments as a five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, and also comprising Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, resumed hearing the presidential reference seeking the apex …