Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: As the government and top court lock horns over the formation of a bench to hear the case about a delay in elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) stepped up contacts with political parties to take them into confidence over political and economic turmoil as well as a tiff between the judiciary and the top court. PTI President Parvez Elahi, …

PESHAWAR: A court in Nowshera district on Saturday granted an interim pre-arrest bail to a nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan in a case of sedition and other offences. Additional district and sessions judge Mohammad Asif fixed April 19 for next hearing into the petition of suspect Hassaan Niazi and ordered the local police to produce case records. He …

PESHAWAR: Unidentified gunmen killed another member of a minority community in Pishtakhara area of the provincial capital on Friday, the police said. Pishtakhara police station officials said that Kashif Masih, a sanitary worker and a resident of Banaras Abad locality of the Academy Town, was on his way back home from work when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at him in …

QUETTA: Three children were killed and five others, including women, were injured when a low-intensity earthquake jolted the areas along the Pak-Afghan border, destroying a house on the outskirts of Chaman on late Friday night. Officials in the border town said the tremor that struck the hilly area at aro­und 10pm was also felt in Qila Abdullah, Gulis­tan, Pishin, and …

LAHORE: The constitutional crisis in Pakistan deepened on Saturday as the ruling coalition in the Centre, led by PML-N, hinted that it would not accept the decision of the Supreme Court bench hearing the case regarding provincial polls, and also alluded to the possibility of moving a reference against Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and two other members of the …

ISLAMABAD: The crises for the government emanating out of acute shortage of forex reserves seem to keep coming, as empty coffers are now set to impact arrangements for the upcoming Haj. The ministries of finance and religious affairs are mulling solutions as the country has no dollars to pay Haj expenses to Saudi authorities. The development came after Finance Minister …

LAHORE: As he reiterated his demand for elections within 90 days of the dissolution of provincial assemblies of Punjab and KP, former prime minister Imran Khan taunted the ruling coalition for saying they would not accept the decision of the CJP-led bench. He said Pakistan was facing a ‘defining’ moment and asked his supporters, particularly the legal community, to be prepared …

PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday told political parties — in particular the PPP — to announce whether they were standing with the Constitution or abrogating it as the Supreme Court deliberates on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s delay to polls in Punjab. The constitutional crisis in Pakistan deepened on Saturday as the ruling coalition in the Centre, led by …

Justice Musarrat Hilali was sworn in as the first woman chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) — a role she will have until the judicial commission appoints a regular top judge — at a ceremony held at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor House on Saturday. Administering Justice Hilali’s oath, KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali congratulated her and conveyed his …

LAHORE: PTI Chair­man Imran Khan has said PML-N is trying to create a 1997-like situation when its workers attacked the Supreme Court to pressurise the then chief justice Sajjad Ali Shah hearing a contempt petition. In a tweet on Friday, the ex-premier said the PML-N is targeting the incumbent chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) exactly as it targeted the then …