Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: As the Supreme Court resumes hearing on Tuesday (today) of a case relating to alleged meddling by spy agencies in judicial affairs, more petitions are pouring in one after another with a request to become a party in the matter. On Monday, Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) Presi­dent Rehan Aziz Malik requested the top court to declare that it was …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the release of the final $1.1 billion tranche by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the stand-by arrangement (SBA) would bring more economic stability. On Monday, the Fund had approved the immediate disbursement of approximately $1.1bn to Pakistan. Its executive board met in Washington and completed the second review under the SBA, bringing total …

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court was “empowering the judiciary” as it took up a suo motu case pertaining to allegations of interference in judicial affairs. A six-member bench has resumed hearing a case pertaining to allegations made by six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges regarding interference by the country’s security apparatus in judicial matters. Headed by …

ISLAMABAD: Clearing the air after months of confusion and speculation, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Mon­day finally designated Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and parliamentary opposition leaders Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz to hold talks with the military establishment. Their names were confirmed by PTI founding chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan while speaking to media persons …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has condemned the use of force against the farmers who arrived in Lahore to protest, as the government neither offered a genuine price for their produce nor purchased wheat at all. A party spokesperson noted that the farmers were coerced to sell wheat in the open market at a much lower rate than the officially fixed rate due …

LAHORE: As farmers from across the province thronged The Mall to record their protest against what they believe to be an unfair wheat procurement policy, a heavy contingent of Punjab police in anti-riot gear rounded up scores of their number, on Monday. The farmers had taken to the streets against an inordinate delay in the purchase of grain and the …

LAHORE: Dozens of students of a private medical college located in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Monday staged a demonstration against what they said death of a female peer under mysterious circumstances and accused the college owner and some teachers of creating ‘rigorous discipline’ on the campus. The death of the student and the subsequent protest by her peers …

ISLAMABAD: While simultaneously working on proposals for expenditure control, the government is ready to hire around one and a half dozen technical experts and consultancy firms from the market at special remuneration packages, starting with the ministries of energy and finance. The recruitment model for ‘technical advisers’ would subsequently be replicated in 10 other economic and technical ministries in due course, …

PESHAWAR: Three persons were killed and 10 received injuries in roof collapse incidents in Bajaur and Swat districts as heavy rain lashed different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. In Bajaur, two women were killed and five people including four children were wounded when roof of a house collapsed in the hilly Gielle area of the district due to heavy …

ISLAMABAD: Even though most of its members are the ones who agitated the matter publicly, it took judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) nearly a month to come up with a ‘unanimous proposal’ on ways to end external meddling in judicial affairs. But while there are few doubts about their resolve to tackle this longstanding issue, the suggestions put …