Pakistan

As the nation recovered from yesterday’s long and tiring National Assembly session which saw Imran Khan lose his government, politicians went about business as usual on Sunday and submitted their nomination papers for the prime minister’s election. PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi submitted four forms with the NA Secretariat, while PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, the joint opposition’s candidate for the post, …

Senior PTI leader and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry has announced that his party would resign from the National Assembly tomorrow (Monday) if the party’s reservations regarding PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s nomination as the prime minister are not addressed. The announcement comes a day after Imran Khan lost his government via a successful no-confidence move in the National Assembly. Talking to the …

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday rejected the contents of a story published by BBC Urdu on what allegedly took place at the Prime Minister House on Saturday night, terming it to be “totally baseless and a pack of lies”. In a statement, the military’s media affairs wing branded the story “typical propaganda” lacking “any credible, authentic and relevant source” and …

MUZAFFARABAD: Amid noisy disturbance, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly on Friday approved with a majority vote a resolution by treasury lawmakers expressing full confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and terming the motion for vote of no-confidence against him aconspiracy to destabilise the country. The resolution, which was jointly tabled by ministers Faheem Akhtar …

PESHAWAR: On the appeal of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl workers organised “thanksgiving rallies” across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to celebrate the Supreme Court’s verdict of denouncing the dissolution of the National Assembly. The JUI-F said in a statement in Peshawar that rallies were taken out in Malakand, Hazara, central and southern districts of the province, including …

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have withdrawn security protocol given to the cabinet members except for the federal interior minister and two advisers to the prime minister, sources told Dawn on Friday. According to the Blue Book, ministers are VIPs and entitled to the police guards and squads as per their portfolio. Besides, special advisers and assistants to the prime minister …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday stayed the appointment of dozens of law officers in BS-20 and BS-21 made by law minister Fawad Chaudhry. Mr Chaudhry, who was given the additional charge of the ministry a day before the voting on no-confidence motion, prepared a summary to denotify assistant attorneys general, deputy attorneys general and additional attorneys general …

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan, who intends to resign soon after hearing concludes on the presidential reference regarding interpretation of the defection clause under Article 63-A of the Constitution, may stay in the coveted post for a day or two more. An informed source told Dawn that the AGP met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday and the latter asked him …

KARACHI: The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) on Friday moved the Sindh High Court to become a party in the Nazim Jokhio murder case stating that there was no chance of a fair trial if the case left at the mercy of state offices. The NCHR through its Sindh member/ commissioner Anis Haroon filed an application in the SHC …

LAHORE: In anticipation of yet another siege from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers ahead of a crucial vote for the Punjab chief minister’s post, the opposition and dissident lawmakers of the PTI moved to a safer place from their Gulberg hotel to the airport area on Friday. On the other hand, the PML-N claims that over a dozen more …