Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday wondered why the Constitution’s command, which clearly states that elections should be held within the stipulated period of 90 days after the dissolution of the assemblies, was being contested. Speaking at a farewell dinner hosted in his honour by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), the CJP observed that …

The PPP on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to disgruntled party leader and lawyer Sardar Latif Khosa, asking him to explain why disciplinary action should not be initiated against him for “working against the party policy”. The letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was signed by PPP Secretary General Nayyar Hussain Bukhari. “You, being a member of the …

A special court, designated to try suspects under the Official Secrets Act, rejected on Thursday the bail pleas of former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case. Earlier in the day, the same court confirmed the pre-arrest bail granted to former federal minister and PTI leader Asad Umar in the same case. …

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Thursday sent PTI leader Yasmin Rashid to jail on 14-day judicial remand in a case pertaining to remarks against state institutions and rioting in the wake of the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in May. Imran’s arrest on May 9 had resulted in widespread violence and saw important military installations come under attack, on the …

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: A day after former principal secretary to ex-PM Nawaz Sharif, Fawad Hasan Fawad, was inducted into the caretaker cabinet, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a letter to the caretaker prime minister’s secretary, advised the interim government to refrain from inducting “persons of known political allegiance”. The letter is addressed to Tauqir Shah, the caretaker PM’s principal secretary, and referred …

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has stated that it has “temporarily” grounded some of its planes, assuring that they would be back in the air once payments were made. Earlier this week, it had emerged that PIA had resorted to grounding several aircraft as it struggled to secure funds to maintain its operations for the next few months. The Ministry of Aviation issued …

At least 11 people, including Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Hafiz Hamdullah, were injured in a blast in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Thursday. Mobile phone footage broadcast on television showed a bloodied Hamdullah being supported by two gunmen as he spoke. Mastung Assistant Commissioner Ataullah Memon told Dawn.com that 11 people had been injured in the incident so far, adding that they were …

Chris Evans is ready to take the next step with his wife, Alba Baptista. The Captain America star is looking forward to start a family of his own with the Warrior Nun star, only days after the couple was reported to be married. The loved-up pair tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at a private estate in Cape Cod, Massachusetts last week, surrounded …

A preliminary investigation in the murder of a seminary head in Karachi last night has pointed towards the involvement of the Indian intelligence agency, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the police claimed on Wednesday. Unidentified assailants shot dead Ziaur Rehman, the administrator of the Jamia Abi Bakar madressah in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Tuesday night. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) East Syed Irfan Bahadur …

A Lahore anti-terrorism court (ATC) began the process of proclamation on Wednesday against several PTI leaders who could not be arrested in two cases pertaining to the May 9 episode as they had “concealed themselves”. The leaders facing proceedings in the said cases include some mainstream politicians, namely Farrukh Habib, Azam Swati, Hammad Azhar and Murad Saeed. They have been …