Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader has submitted an application against an Awami National Party’s (ANP) leader for allegedly hurling life threats on the party’s chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan. The complaint has been filed by PTI’s Additional General Secretary Omer Ayub Khan at the Secretariat police station. The police, however, said it had sent a letter to …

KARACHI: The Foreign Office on Thursday clarified that SAPM Tariq Fatemi had undertaken a “private visit to Washington DC” and that his meetings were facilitated by the Pakistan embassy in Washington. In a statement, the FO said that the spokesperson never stated that the “Foreign Office did not play any role in his (Fatemi’s) meeting with US officials”, adding that …

ISLAMABAD: Irked by the alleged pampering of PTI chairman Imran Khan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday voiced alarm over the delay in the announcement of verdict in the prohibited funding case against PTI. “(The) foreign funding case is an example of how ‘Ladla’ is being protected. While NS (Nawaz Sharif) was convicted for not taking salary, ‘Ladla’ is untouchable. …

ISLAMABAD: The Pak­istan Tehreek-i-Insaf has alleged that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari are hatching a conspiracy against the judiciary at a time when the rupee is fast losing its value against the dollar. While speaking at a press conference along with former Sindh governor Imran Ismail in Islamabad, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry remarked there …

Awami Muslim League (AML) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid said on Friday that matters with regards to snap polls have been settled. “Instead of by-elections, matters on new elections have been settled,” he tweeted. “The nation will soon hear about the date for elections in October, formation of a new election commission and a caretaker government.” In an …

PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Friday that a delegation comprising members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, PPP and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan met Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) officials and urged them to release the verdict in the prohibited funding case against the PTI at the earliest in line with the electoral watchdog’s “constitutional responsibility”. “We told the ECP …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the National Assembly (NA) secretary and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on a petition filed against the PAC’s directive to reopen closed inquiries against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership. Acting IHC chief justice Aamer Farooq took up the petition filed by acting National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Zahir Shah along …

KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Wednesday acquitted chief of outlawed Peoples Amn Committee Uzair Baloch in three cases pertaining to kidnapping, premeditated murder and encounter with police due to “lack of evidence”. The alleged Lyari kingpin is facing trial in dozens of criminal cases pertaining to kidnapping, murder, encounter and running extortion rackets under the alleged patronage of police high-ups …

ISLAMABAD: An unusual oath-taking ceremony took place at the Presidency on Wednesday when President Dr Arif Alvi administered oath to Parvez Elahi as the new chief minister of Punjab. The ceremony was televised by the state-run Pakistan Television (PTV). The meeting that took place at 2am on Wednesday was attended by Chaudhry Moonis Elahi, Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, Chaudhry Hussain Elahi, Chaudhry …

ISLAMABAD: National Data­base and Registration Authority (Nadra) Chairman Tariq Malik on Wednesday said as many as 10 million women had been added to the electoral rolls since 2018 general election to take the total number of female registered voters to 56.95 million. He said more women as compared to the men were consistently being registered as voters as barriers in …