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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday fired off another broadside at his predecessor Imran Khan, calling him a “fraud and a liar” as he excoriated the PTI chief for “bidding in the PM House”. “Pakistan’s prime minister was bidding [for people] in the PM house,” PM Shehbaz said outside Special Central Court in Lahore. “He had set up a market …

A Rawalpindi court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah in a corruption case. The order, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was passed by the court of Senior Civil Judge Ghulam Akbar. It states that Sanaullah was nominated in an first information report (FIR) and his arrest “is necessary in the case, so non-bailable …

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan wondered on Thursday whe­ther “wiping out” of a conviction to an accused after entering into plea bargain, under the recent amendments in the National Accountability Ordi­nance (NAO), was akin to the presidential pardon, even though the former was awarded by a court of law for corrupt practices. “It’s something even the president, by exercising his …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday faced an embarrassing situation after a majority of treasury and opposition members refused to stick around for his constitutionally mandatory address to a joint sitting of parliament. Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the three services chiefs, besides provincial governors and chief ministers, were also conspicuous by their absence from the …

An Islamabad court on Friday cancelled the arrest warrant issued for Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in an assets-beyond-means case. The court had issued a perpetual warrant for his arrest in May this year. Dar, who has been accused of accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income, was declared an absconder in the case in 2017 after he failed to join the …

Another alleged audio of former prime minister Imran Khan was released on Friday, the latest in a series of leaks from the Prime Minister’s Office, purportedly featuring the PTI chief talking about horse-trading in parliament. In the audio recording, a voice believed to be Imran’s says: “You have a misunderstanding that now the number game is complete […] don’t think …

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday insisted that no internal or external agency was involved in the security breach at the Prime Minister’s Office that led to audio leaks, saying the probe was pointing toward “individuals” who could be involved in hacking and leaking of private conversations at the PMO. The statement from the minister comes hours after yet another audio …

PTI leaders on Friday claimed that senior party member and Senator Saifullah Khan Nyazee has been “picked up” by “unknown men” from outside the Senate premises in Islamabad. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, PTI General Secretary Asad Umar said: “I have just received news that Saifullah Nyazee has been picked up from the Senate. “If this news is correct, …

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday observed that the matter pertaining to the acceptance of resignations of a few National Assembly members — belonging to the PTI — was a political dispute while observing that the “place to resolve such disputes is parliament”. The IHC chief justice issued these remarks while hearing a petition filed by the PTI on …

An Islamabad district and sessions court granted on Thursday interim bail to PTI chairman Imran Khan in a case linked to his controversial remarks against Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Zeba Chaudhry at an August 20 public rally. Last week, Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim issued arrest warrants for Imran on September 30. After the Islamabad High Court had struck down …