The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is set to hear the interior ministry and former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s pleas today, requesting it to stop the special court from announcing its verdict in the high treason case against the former president. A three-member bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah will hear the plea. The special court constituted to …

Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday suspended the notification confirming the extension of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa for another three years after his term expires on November 29. According to reports, the Supreme Court has converted a petition seeking to dismiss a case against the extension of the army chief into a suo-moto, the first by …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday removed its objections against the plea filed by former president Pervez Musharraf seeking the court’s intervention in stopping the special court from announcing its reserved verdict in the high treason case against the former army chief. During today’s hearing LHC’s Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi accepted the petition and sought replies from the …

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a clarification about a fake notification being circulated on social media regarding suspension of telecom company Telenor in Pakistan. In a statement, PTA said, “It is aware of a false advertisement circulating via WhatsApp chat groups for users of a mobile operator. PTA clarifies that the aforementioned advertisement is fake.” PTA also urged the …

Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday disposed off the contempt of court petition filed against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Earlier, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah had reserved its verdict after hearing the initial arguments regarding the maintainability of the petition. The petition filed by former inspector general police Saleemullah Khan contends that Prime Minister Imran Khan in his speech on …

A shooting suspect was arrested early Monday after he led officers on a chase from Pleasant Grove while he had a small child in the car, Dallas police say. Maj. Israel Herrera said that shortly after police were called to the 6800 block of Barrett Drive, near C.F. Hawn Freeway and Lake June Road, at about 4:20 a.m., officers learned …

A man was wounded when people on motorcycles opened fire on him outside a fast-food restaurant in Fort Worth, authorities say. Officers were called about 8:30 p.m. Sunday to a Jack in the Box in the 4600 block of South Hulen Street, near Interstate 20. The man was in the parking lot when several people drove up on motorcycles and …

Two people were wounded in a drive-by shooting Sunday night in southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas police say. Dallas officers were called about 10 p.m. to the 3500 block of Simpson Stuart Road, near Bonnie View Road, where callers had reported a drive-by shooting. Officers found a 32-year-old woman who had been shot in the lower back and a 61-year-old man …

A shooting victim drove himself to the hospital Sunday evening after he was wounded during an attempted robbery, Dallas police say. Officers were called about 7:30 p.m. to the 1200 block of Leafwood Drive, in the Rylie area in far southeast Dallas. The victim, who was shot in the leg, had driven himself to Parkland Memorial Hospital, about 20 miles …

Dallas activist Dominique Alexander was indicted Monday on a felony family violence charge, Dallas County court records show. Alexander, 30, was arrested in April after his longtime partner, Keyaira Saunders, told police he had shoved her around his home and tried to strangle her, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. But days before a Dallas County grand jury delivered the …