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ISLAMABAD: Mystery continues to surround the verdict announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday disqualifying Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for making false declarations. Announcing the verdict in the absence of ECP member from Punjab, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja had called it a unanimous verdict. However, the full text of the 36-page order — an unsigned …

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi signed the Islamabad Domestic Workers Bill 2022 and Dyslexia Special Measures Bill 2022 which were approved by parliament on Oct 11 in a joint sitting to protect the rights of domestic workers and take special measures regarding dyslexia, respectively. Both pieces of legislation will be implemented in the federal capital. The Islamabad Domestic Workers Bill was …

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 …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday expressed its concern over violation of the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021 by the police in the investigation of rape cases. “What is the purpose of making laws if they are not supposed to be implemented,” Justice Ali Zia Bajwa posed a query hearing a petition filed by a rape survivor against …

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commi­ssion of Pakistan (JCP) is likely to meet on Monday to complete an unfinished agenda — the elevation of four judges to the Supreme Court. Headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, the JCP may consider the elevation of IHC CJ Athar Minallah, Justice Shahid Waheed of the LHC, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Shafi …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday passed four bills, including one that — for the first time — criminalised torture of under-custody accused, as PTI lawmakers continued protest the arrest and alleged torture of Senator Azam Swati. The bill to provide protection to a person during custody from all acts of torture perpetrated by public officials — The Torture and Custodial …