Pakistan

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking suspension of the trial court verdict in the Toshakhana case. The move comes more than a month after the IHC had suspended Imran’s three-year sentence in the Toshakhana case. On August 5, a trial court in Islamabad had found the PTI chief guilty of “corrupt practices” in a case pertaining to concealing …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed a lawyer of the Punjab caretaker government to seek instructions from the authorities concerned regarding the possibility of a meeting between Barrister Hassaan Khan Niazi, the nephew of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, and his father in the army’s custody. During the Sept 28 hearing of a petition by Hafeezullah Khan Niazi, the father …

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab cabinet which met for the first time in the garrison city on Tuesday with caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi in the chair approved a number of schemes for Rawalpindi, including the Safe City project. The caretaker chief minister expressed the hope that the project would help reduce crime in the garrison city. The meeting also gave go …

ISLAMABAD: A complaint filed with the Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA) over the death of a patient on the operation table has put a question mark on the health system of Pakistan besides exposing the cruelty and non-professionalism of health professionals. According to the decision of the IHRA on the complaint, the patient twice suffered a heart attack while undergoing …

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) on Tuesday vowed to continue their “struggle” against the Pakistan Peoples Party from a common platform to become its alternative in Sindh in the next general election. The leaders of the three parties met here and discussed the overall political situation in the province. Later, speaking …

ISLAMABAD: Three months after declaring that the foreign observers would be invited to monitor the upcoming general polls after the annou­ncement of election date, the ECP on Tues­day changed its mind and sent a letter to the Foreign Office to take all necessary steps to invite international observers. The Election Commis­sion “intends to send invitations to international observers/media through the …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Tuesday questioned the many legal challenges to parliament’s legislative authority, saying there has been much nit-picking over laws enacted by assemblies, but in the face of martial laws imposed in the country, there is always a complete surrender. “We pick errors whenever parliament made a law, but surrender ourselves completely when martial laws were imposed …

ISLAMABAD: The full court meeting of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the serious flaws found in the construction of the newly-built court building and deliberated upon conducting an in-depth inquiry through a reputable firm. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq presided over the full court meeting. The meeting also deliberated upon the live streaming of the court …

Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir and US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin discussed “areas of mutual interest as well as recent regional developments” in a telephone conversation, the US Department of Defence has said. “Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone today with Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir,” it said in a press …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday said the hearing of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s bail plea in the cipher case would be held in an open court, but would be in-camera when “sensitive information” is discussed. The decision came as the IHC disposed of the application filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking in-camera proceedings of the PTI chief’s bail plea in the case. …