Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: After the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had ordered the authorities to release them from Adiala Jail, the capital police on Tuesday re-arrested Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari and Senator Falak Naz from outside the jail and moved them to an “undisclosed” location. Apparently, a similar attempt was made to detain Fawad Chaudhry as well, who had gotten relief …

ISLAMABAD: Expressing displeasure over continuous absence of the Supreme Court’s Registrar from meetings of the Public Accounts Com­mittee, the PAC chairman issu­­ed “one last warning” on Tuesday asking him to appear before the body. The committee also asked the government to take action against ex-service members and retired government officials found guilty of involvement in the May 9 mayhem. Noor …

Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday proposed to the chief justice that a larger bench should decide a petition filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan against arrest in cases registered on or after May 9, when he was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The petition, a copy …

ISLAMABAD: The civil leadership and military top brass on Tuesday endorsed a decision made a day earlier during a meeting of corps commanders to invoke the Army Act and Official Secrets Act against people suspected of involvement in the May 9 riots which damaged the state and private properties across Pakistan. The National Security Committee chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also …

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Emba­ttled PTI on Tuesday alleged that last week’s arson attacks and shootings after former premier Imran Khan’s arrest were carried out by the “agencies men” so that a crackdown on the party could be justified. Separately, in video messages, Mr Khan said he would announce his “next plan of action” during a party protest at Muridke on Thursday (May …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has extended its order to prevent the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in cases filed against him after May 9. The extension is effective until May 31. Last week, an IHC bench accepted Imran’s bail petition in the Al-Qadir Trust case for two weeks, a day after the Supreme Court termed his arrest in the case “invalid and unlawful”. It …

Punjab Caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir on Wednesday said around “30 to 40 terrorists” who allegedly attacked military installations in the wake of PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest last week were being sheltered inside Zaman Park and the party leadership has 24 hours to hand them over. “We have intelligence that some 30 to 40 terrorists who were involved in …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir vowed on Wednesday that all those responsible for “bringing shame to the nation on the Black Day of May 9” will be brought to justice and that such “orchestrated tragic incidents” would never be allowed again at any cost. According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief …

ISLAMABAD: Demanding the resignation of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial for “giving undue facilitation” to PTI Chairman Imran Khan, the Pakistan Demo­cra­tic Movement (PDM) government on Monday warned the top judge of ‘dire consequences’ if Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was disqualified “on the pretext of contempt of the court” for refusing to comply with the court ruling regarding Punjab elections on May …

RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Police continued to crack down on the PTI members and detained former provincial minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan under the 3MPO and also shifted five party activists arrested on Sunday to Adiala Jail. The police also conducted a raid on Lal Haveli to arrest PTI leader Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, but the arrest did not take place. However, Mr Chohan was …