Pakistan

The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf to seek directions from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over the PTI’s demands regarding its Azadi March. A three-member bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan, and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, issued the directives while hearing the petition filed by Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) President …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday summoned Jang/Geo media group owner Mir Shakilur Rehman over anti-judiciary advertisements published in English daily The News International over the past two days. The court, which had taken notice of the matter, also asked Rehman and the newspaper’s editor, Amir Ghauri, to submit affidavits tendering an apology. The advertisements in question were printed in the …

As PTI’s Azadi March began on Wednesday, tensions in Punjab rose after police made use of tear gas and arrested several PTI marchers in cities across the province as activists attempted to remove the shipping containers blocking routes to Islamabad. Imran Khan reaches Swabi with an eye on D-Chowk PTI activists clash with police, Ali Asjad Malhi, Jamshed Cheema among …

ISLAMABAD: While the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) for Covid-19 has been reconstituted at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on the prime minister’s direction, an alert was also issued to the health authorities and professionals for monkeypox after which screening arrangements were made at airports on Monday to spot suspected cases. In Pakistan, according to the NIH, no …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued notices to the federal government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on a petition challenging appearance of former finance minister Ishaq Dar in the media. Advocate Azhar Siddique filed the petition on behalf of a citizen, pleading that Dar had been declared a proclaimed offender by different courts for …

ISLAMABAD: Despite the mercury expected to further rise in the next few days, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) hopes it will be able to gather a historic crowd in the capital that will shatter the government’s expectations. The Islamabad district administration has been apprised of a planned public meeting and sit-in at the Srinagar Highway — formerly known as Kashmir Avenue. …

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital is likely to be cut off from the rest of the country on May 25, no matter who controls its entry and exit points – government or Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Officers of the capital police told Dawn that two plans had been made under the direction of the government: either to allow the PTI marchers to enter the …

Federal ministers and PTI leaders blamed each other on Tuesday in the aftermath of the killing of a policeman who was gunned down during a raid in Lahore against people “taking the law into their own hands” last night. Kamal Ahmad, a police constable, was killed during an operation in Lahore’s Model Town locality last night after an unidentified person …

PTI general-secretary Asad Umar on Tuesday said to the PML-N-led coalition government that its crackdown on the party’s leadership would not help run the country, but would instead bring it to a halt. “I want to the tell you that what happened last night has just increased the enthusiasm and passion among our workers,” Umar said at a news conference …

Earthquake tremors were felt in Islamabad, parts of Balochistan and other areas of the country on Tuesday. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake of 5.3 magnitude jolted Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan at 12:36pm. It had a depth of 10 kilometres. However, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said the epicentre of the quake was Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region and …