Pakistan

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) why it didn’t advise President Arif Alvi regarding holding polls across the country on one day. The question was raised as a three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) heard the electoral body’s petition asking the top court to revisit its April 4 …

Preparations for the biggest Bollywood film awards, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2023, have been completed in Abu Dhabi By: Raja Zahid A Khanzada Dubai: Preparations for the biggest Bollywood film awards, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2023, have been completed in Abu Dhabi. Once again, Abu Dhabi is ready to dazzle as the host of …

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan reported another case of monkeypox on Monday, two days after a woman tested positive. The victim, a 50-year-old male who arrived from Kuwait to Islamabad, tested positive for the virus, taking the total number of cases to five. The patient was identified as a suspect of monkeypox (mpox) at the Islamabad Airport and referred to the Pakistan Institute …

RAWALPINDI: A priva­­te company plans to introduce the country’s first air taxi service in Karachi next month, the firm’s chief executive officer (CEO) said after signing an agreement with a foreign investor on Sunday. According to Imran Aslam, the CEO of Sky Wings, people will be able to book the taxi through a mobile app. “The fare for the air …

ISLAMABAD: The Su­­preme Court on Monday clarified that it did not provide the Mercedes car for for PTI Chairman Imran Khan to appear before the court. On May 11, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial ordered the Islamabad police to present Mr Khan, two days after he was arrested from the premises of Islamabad …

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Monday approached the Supreme Court against the federal government’s decision to prosecute civilians under the Army Act, carry out crackdown on supporters over violence on May 9, and summoning of the military under Article 245 of the Constitution. The former ruling party urged the court to declare the government’s decision to try civilians in military courts …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appears to have put the intra-party polls case against the ruling Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) in cold storage after the party ignored several deadlines set for the exercise. ECP sources said that PML-N intra-party polls were due in March 22 last year, but the ECP extended the date on the party’s request …

LAHORE: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday advised supporters to remain peaceful even if he is arres­ted by the NAB authorities on Tuesday (today) when the Al Qadir Trust corruption case would be heard. “I urge people to remain peaceful because if you get violent, they will get a chance for crackdown again. We have to always protest peacefully,” Mr Khan …

Supreme Court’s Justice Munib Akhtar said on Tuesday that the rights of millions of people in the country were linked to elections and stressed that the public interest was in holding polls within 90 days. “The rights of the people of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are connected to elections,” he remarked. The judge passed these remarks as a three-member bench …

Four Frontier Constabulary personnel and two private guards were martyred in an overnight attack on a Hungarian-owned oil and gas exploration site in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district on Tuesday, police said. Thal Deputy Superintendent of Police Irfan Khan told Dawn.com, “Late at night, terrorists opened indiscriminate firing at the security personnel posted at MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company’s plant at …