Pakistan

PTI leader Azam Swati on Friday held two military officials responsible for his custodial torture and called for them to be removed from their posts. Swati, who was arrested earlier this month in a case registered against him over a controversial tweet thought to be against the armed forces, made the remarks at a press conference in Islamabad ahead of the PTI’s …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud would soon be visiting Pakistan, adding that he has expressed willingness to support development projects in the country. The premier’s remarks come days after he concluded a three-day trip to the kingdom during which the two leaders resolved to upgrade bilateral ties …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Wed­n­esday removed administrative objections fro­m the petition filed by former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Cha­i­rman Imran Khan against his disqualification. The registrar office is, however, yet to fix the petition before a single-judge IHC bench for regular hearing. Since the Judicial Com­mission of Pakistan (JCP) has recommended Justice Minallah’s …

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said Pakistan’s core problem was creation of a system by a few thousand elite families that worked too well for them and delivered too little to others. He was speaking at a seminar at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) arranged by QAU History Society and hosted by the School of Economics. The seminar was …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Com­mission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday hinted at indicting PTI Chairman Imran Khan and two other leaders of the party in a contempt case next month. “We will have no other choice after Nov 10, but to charge-sheet Imran Khan, Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhry if they fail to appear in the contempt case,” ECP member from …

ISLAMABAD: A medical board, comprising eight doctors, that conducted autopsy on the body of slain journalist Arshad Sharif at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has sought a detailed postmortem report of the deceased that was conducted in Kenya. Officials of Pims told Dawn that the medical board approached the authority concerned with a request to seek and arrange the autopsy …

TOBA TEK SINGH: Faisalabad’s Madina Town police on Wednesday recovered a nine-year-old maid from a house in Eden Valley locality, who was allegedly kept in chains by her employers to prevent her from leaving the place. Faisalabad City Police Officer (CPO) Omer Saeed Malik told the media that a call was received on police helpline 15 about a minor maid, …

LAHORE/SIALKOT/ISLAMABAD: As he termed his imminent protest one of the “biggest freedom movements” in Pakistan, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman spent a busy Wednesday in Lahore assigning party leaders different tasks to ensure maximum participation of supporters in the long march likely to reach Islamabad on November 4 after spending a week on the road. Former prime minister Imran Khan …

ISLAMABAD: A day after former prime minister Imran Khan announced his much-awaited march on Islamabad which will commence from Lahore on Friday, the capital administration has stepped up preparations to counter the protest and multiple arrest teams have been formed to deal with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) protesters. Islamabad police officers told Dawn that the police have started gathering intelligence regarding the preparations …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday urged the world to not “turn a blind eye” to human rights abuses in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK), adding that the “urge for freedom cannot be suppressed for long”. He made the remarks to mark the anniversary of the valley’s occupation by Indian forces in 1947. In his message, PM Shehbaz highlighted …