Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: PML-N secretary general Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging an accountability court’s decision to reject his plea for quashing a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) reference against him over the alleged misuse of power as a former planning and development minister. The accountability court had dismissed Mr Iqbal’s petition on February 22. In the reference …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) is all set to open seven new schools and colleges in August this year after getting approval from the Ministry of Education. The FDE notified opening of seven new institutions in August. “These institutions were in the pipeline for years. But, now, their construction has been completed and we are going to start …

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Tuesday lambasted the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for plunging the country into a deep constitutional crisis and hoped that the Supreme Court would soon decide the matter and uphold the constitution. Speaking at a news conference, PPP information secretary Shazia Marri and senior party leader Faisal Karim Kundi alleged that Imran …

ISLAMABAD: The female voters’ turnout remained 30pc compared to 41pc of males during the second phase of the local government (LG) elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The Free and Fair Elections Network (Fafen), in a report, said statistics were based on the gender-disaggregated data available for 49 tehsils. It said none of these tehsils reported women turnout less than 10pc …

LARKANA: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, has requested apex court to set a new precedent by striking down what he called Imran Khan’s coup and restore parliament to allow it go through no-confidence process. “We respect judiciary and whatever verdict the court gives we will form an awami government,” Bilawal said while speaking to a gathering at Garhi …

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz has said that the main character behind the so-called ‘threat letter’, former ambassador to the US Asad Majid, was transferred to Belgium just a day before Imran Khan came up with the conspiracy drama to gain public sympathy. “The so-called ‘threat letter’ was drafted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pakistan’s …

ISLAMABAD: The Elec­tion Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started considering options to carry out delimitation of constituencies in the minimum possible time, sources told Dawn. The commission had earlier come under attack from the PTI after one of its senior officials claimed that there were legal challenges and logistical issues in holding elections in three months. However, the commission has now geared up …

ISLAMABAD: Interim Prime Minister Imran Khan has started preparations for fresh elections, while almost all other major political parties are awaiting the apex court decision on their challenge to the rejection of the no-trust resolution against Mr Khan by the deputy speaker just before the dissolution of the assembly. According to Fawad Chuadhry, who held the portfolios of law, information …

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties seem to be getting impatient with the prolonged Supreme Court hearing of a case dealing with the current political situation, and this was evident from the tone and tenor of the statements, press conferences and tweets issued by a number of opposition leaders on Tuesday. In a series of press statements, opposition leaders not only urged the …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday resumed hearing on the suo motu notice — taken by Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial — on the events of April 3 when National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Qasim Shah Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion against the prime minister and President Dr Alvi dissolved the NA on the premier’s advice. A five-member bench, …