Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Ruling out any possibility of imposing martial law in the country in the wake of violent protest by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the military spokesman on Friday rejected news that made rounds in the social media that some top ranking army officials have resigned and disobeyed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir. Speaking on Geo News show ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’, …

ISLAMABAD: The PTI’s two-day-long agitation, against the arrest of its chief Imran Khan, turned into celebration on Thursday evening after the Supreme Court deemed his arrest illegal. The apex court released Mr Khan with a directive to appear before the Islamabad High Court again on Friday (today). Following the verdict, PTI shelved its plans to carry on with protests and its …

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: The PTI’s top brass, which was arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, by the police in Islamabad and Rawalpindi was moved to Adiala Jail while PTI leader and Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid was put under house arrest at the GB House. Police officials told Dawn that Asad Umar, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Ejaz Chaudhry, Qasim Suri, Ali Mohammad Khan, …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday condemned the ransacking of public and private properties by miscreants during countrywide protests triggered by the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan. In a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the president expressed anger over the way Mr Khan was arrested on May 9 from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). “I and …

ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court seeking transfer of his trial in the Toshak­hana case from the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar, accusing the latter of being biased. ADSJ Dilawar was hearing a complaint filed by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking criminal proceedings against Mr Khan …

ISLAMABAD: The audio leaks continue to spill the beans as the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf steps up its legal battle to rescue Imran Khan in various cases. Following the Supreme Court’s hearing on the PTI chief’s arrest in the Al Qadir Trust case, two lea­ked audio calls have been released to social media and aired by the mainstream electronic media. A leaked …

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­reme Court on Thursday extended ‘extraordinary’ relief to PTI chief Imran Khan as a three-member bench termed his arrest on the premises of the Islamabad High Court “invalid and unlawful”. The court directed that NAB and police would ensure “foolproof” security to Mr Khan until his production before the high court in connection with his petition against NAB …

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the ruling coalition on Thursday came out with a strong reaction over the decision of the three-judge Supreme Court bench regarding ‘release’ of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and termed it “a part of judiciary’s dual standard”. The leaders including key ministers, in their statements and news conferences, lambasted the judiciary and specifically targeted the chief …

ISLAMABAD: The heads of all parties in the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will meet today (Friday) to chalk out a course of action in the wake of the Supreme Court’s order to release PTI Chairman Imran Khan. The meeting has been called by Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who also heads the PDM coalition. In a late-night news conference after a …

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has said that Pakistan is capable of dealing with its internal matters in accordance with the Constitution and law. The remarks came in reply to the statements from the UN secretary-general, foreign countries and missions in Pakistan following the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan and the subsequent violence. “We have noted the statements that have …