Pakistan

A day after PTI Chairman Imran Khan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the capital police on Wednesday arrested party secretary general Asad Umar from the same place. Umar was heading to the Supreme Court to challenge Imran’s arrest, when he was taken into custody by the police in cases pertaining to causing damage to state property, …

Unprecedented drama was witnessed at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday over the Tyrian White case against former prime minister Imran Khan when the majority judgment of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Arbab Tahir dismissing the petition was deleted from the court’s website minutes after it was uploaded. The majority judgment, authored by Justice Kayani and assented to …

An accountability court on Wednesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) eight-day remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who was arrested a day earlier from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust case. Separately, a sessions court also indicted the PTI chief in the Toshakhana case. Both the hearings were held at the Islamabad Police …

The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday that May 9 will be remembered as a “black chapter”, referring to the protests “targeting army property and installations” that took place after PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest a day earlier. “We will not allow anyone to take the law into their hands,” it said in a statement. The military media …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) while expanding its scope of work is going to launch mega development projects in rural areas and has called bids in this regard. The engineering wing has called tenders from construction firms to award contracts of 17 projects worth Rs2.8 billion in the first phase of the total Rs10 billion projects for rural areas. …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said upholding the Constitution was the responsibility of all segments of society as the document not only guaranteed political stability but also ensured citizens’ fundamental rights. “The supremacy of the Constitution is vital as its pillars set out the goals for basic rights in various areas, including education, health, employment, and social and …

GILGIT: Sajid Ali Sadpara, a Pakistani climber and the son of legendary mountaineer late Mohammad Ali Sadpara, is set to summit the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest (8,848.86 metres), in Nepal without the use of supplemental oxygen or Sherpa support. His ultimate goal is to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without the aid of supplemental oxygen. Currently, he is in Nepal …

ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development was informed on Monday that the members of EOBI Board have not been replaced since 2013 as the institution was still a federal subject due to differences among provinces over its devolution. The meeting was informed that since the devolution, both the Punjab and Sindh provinces have refused to accept …

TOBA TEK SINGH: Dr Dina Khan, the daughter of the late nuclear scientist and chairperson of the Dr AQ Khan Foundation, has said she was shocked to know the quantum of corruption in the social welfare projects initiated in the name of her late father, and has now practically taken control of these projects. She was addressing the business community …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on a petitioner for filing a frivolous petition for the restoration of the Punjab Assembly. Petitioner Sharafat Ali contended through his counsel that former chief minister Parvez Elahi had dissolved the provincial assembly unlawfully. He said people of the province had been deprived of their mandate through …