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ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties seem to be getting impatient with the prolonged Supreme Court hearing of a case dealing with the current political situation, and this was evident from the tone and tenor of the statements, press conferences and tweets issued by a number of opposition leaders on Tuesday. In a series of press statements, opposition leaders not only urged the …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on the suo motu notice — taken by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial — on the events of April 3 when National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Qasim Shah Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion against the prime minister and President Dr Alvi dissolved the NA on the premier’s advice. A five-member bench, …

Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa and Director General ISI Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum to present evidence of any alleged treason committed by the joint opposition. National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri had on Sunday dismissed the opposition’s no-trust move against the now …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman asked the military authorities on Monday to clear their position on the government claim that the National Security Committee (NSC) had declared the opposition’s resolution a “part of foreign agenda”. Opposition parties have also drawn the attention of the judiciary and military establishment towards the …

A crucial session of the Punjab Assembly (PA) to vote for the province’s next chief minister was on Tuesday postponed till April 16, according to a notification issued by the assembly secretariat. The notification, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, said PA Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari moved the assembly session to the rescheduled date at 11:30am. The …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court did not interfere in matters of state and foreign policy and would only determine the legality of National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling on a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said this while hearing arguments from PML-N’s counsel Makhdoom Ali …

ISLAMABAD: Only a day after Fawad Chaudhry as the law minister issued directives for formation of a commission to investigate the alleged foreign conspiracy behind the no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Imran Khan, Qasim Suri in his controversial ruling declared that “circumstances show that there is a nexus between the no-confidence motion, foreign intervention and the activities of the state’s representatives deputed to Pakistan”. …

Imran Khan will continue to serve as the prime minister of Pakistan till the appointment of a caretaker premier under Article 224-A(4) of the Constitution, according to a notification issued by President Dr Arif Alvi ‘s office. Article 224(A) deals with the procedure of the appointment of the caretaker prime minister in case the leader of the house and leader …

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday urged the Supreme Court to “stop Imran Khan’s coup” and form a “full court bench to address the political crisis” in Pakistan. Addressing a presser in Islamabad, he asserted that what happened in the National Assembly on Sunday was a blatant violation of the Constitution. “There is one legal way of removing the prime …

President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif to propose names of suitable persons for appointment as caretaker premier under Article 224-A(1 )of the Constitution. The development comes a day after the NA deputy speaker disallowed a no-trust confidence motion against PM Imran and …