Pakistan

The Lahore High Court on Tuesday confirmed the pre-arrest bail of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in a case linked to concealing facts and evidence about the death of a PTI worker, Zille Shah, in a road accident. The death of PTI worker Ali Bilal, also known as Zille Shah, during the party’s rally on March 8 had sparked strong protests in Lahore when …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) was informed on Tuesday by the Punjab government that efforts to find anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan, whose whereabouts remain unknown since his arrest on May 11, were under way as his lawyer contended that their patience was “wearing thin”. The remarks came as the LHC resumed hearing a plea seeking to find the anchorperson, who …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial on Monday observed during hearing of a Jamaat-i-Islami petition challenging the 2005 privatisation of K-Electric that the Supreme Court would not interfere in economic policies of the country since the court lacks expe­rtise on financial matters. CJP Bandial asked senior counsel Rasheed A. Razvi and Salahuddin Ahmed representing Jamaat-i-Islami to appro­ach the …

RAWALPINDI: Khaqan Murtaza, the director general of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), on Monday criticised Customs, Airport Security Force (ASF) and Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and accused them of harassing passengers at airports. The DG CAA said this while addressing the Senate Standing Committee’s meeting on Aviation held at Parliament House, Islamabad. The DG CAA alleged that they continue to collect …

Geo News executive producer Zubair Anjum was purportedly picked up from his residence in Karachi’s Model Colony area, it emerged on Tuesday. A report published by Geo.tv quoted residents of Anjum’s neighbourhood as saying that two police vans and double-cabin vehicles arrived at his home near the Model Colony intersection late on Monday night and “took him away”. The report also quoted Anjum’s …

The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi and barred police from arresting him under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Qureshi was arrested last month by the Islamabad police on multiple charges, including “inciting violent protests”, following PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case on May 9. On May …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa excise department has recovered its official vehicle allotted to former chief minister Mahmood Khan from the roadside, claim officials. They told Dawn that it was not the job of the excise department to recover such vehicles from former lawmakers and government functionaries but the recovery of ex-CM Mahmood Khan’s vehicle came on the orders of the excise secretary. …

ISLAMABAD: Islam­abad High Court (IHC) Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani has stopped television channels from quoting his remarks during the hearing of an ongoing case, moments before requesting the case to be taken away from him. On Monday, the judge took up the habeas corpus petition for the recovery of Murad Akbar, brother of the ex-aide of Imran Khan, Shahzad Akbar. …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday announced its candidates for the June 15 elections of mayors, deputy mayors and district council chairmen. Other than Karachi where a close contest is expected between the PPP and Jamaat-i-Islami, the ruling party is confident for a smooth sailing to key slots of municipal administrations in other urban and rural parts of …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday asked if the government had utilised its resources to trace those behind recording and leaking audios of conversations. He passed these remarks as a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court (SC) resumed hearing pleas challenging the formation of a judicial commission led by Justice Qazi Faez Isa to probe audio …