Pakistan

Jemima Goldsmith, the ex-wife of former prime minister Imran Khan, on Friday hit back at the PML-N after the party announced it would stage a protest outside her London residence in the aftermath of the PTI government’s ouster. On Thursday, PML-N leader Abid Sher Ali had said on Twitter that a protest would be held outside Jemima’s London home. He …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was moved on Friday to prevent the expected issuance of a diplomatic passport to PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and direct the relevant authorities to immediately arrest him upon his return to Pakistan from London. Nawaz, who is convicted in a corruption case, has been living in London on the pretext of …

US State Department spokesman Ned Price has said the United States agreed with the statement given by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) a day ago wherein he dismissed an impression of a foreign “conspiracy” to oust former prime minister Imran Khan’s government. The senior US official made this statement during a press briefing in response to a question from …

ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said he has taken the responsibility of implementing the agreements that former allies of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government signed before the vote on no-confidence resolution against ex-premier Imran Khan, adding that he was also a “guarantor” in the accord signed with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P). In an exclusive …

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) on Wednesday removed posters of Shaukat Khanum Hospital, seeking Zakat donations for the hospital after expiry of permission but it drew criticism on social media. In cantonment areas, no political and religious parties as well as organisations are allowed to display banners and posters to get donations of Zakat and charity without permission of …

LAHORE: The newly minted Shehbaz Sharif government removed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing chief Babar Bakht Qureshi, who was associated with the probes into an accountability court judge’s video scandal as well as money laundering cases against the MQM and PPP leadership. The removal of Mr Qureshi comes days after two other officers — FIA Lahore head Mohammad …

ISLAMABAD: In an apparent move to delay the election of the National Assembly speaker and using his special powers under the rules, acting Speaker Qasim Suri has changed the schedule of the sitting of the lower house of parliament from April 16 to April 22. “The National Assembly session, which was scheduled to be held at 4pm on April 16, …

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in the business capital of the country on Wednesday and in one fell swoop, promised to address the years-old issues of Karachi’s development — in what appeared to be an attempt to win hearts in the city. During a fast-paced day-trip, which saw the PM back in Islamabad before sunset, he and his team …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday visited the Peshawar Mor station of the Islamabad metro bus service at 7am and ordered an inquiry into an inordinate delay in the initiation of the service from there to the Islamabad International Airport. He resented that the project, launched by the PML-N government in 2017 with a stipulated completion time of a year, …

Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday filed an intra-court appeal against the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to restore the powers of PA Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Mazari. Yesterday, LHC Chief Justice Ameer Bhatti had set aside Elahi’s notification — whereby the powers of the deputy speaker had been withdrawn — and instructed Mazari to conduct the chief minister’s …