Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Tuesday said although planting trees was a necessity to reduce environment degradation among other things, it was not, nor could be the core public policy on global warming. Talking to Dawn, Sherry Rehman said this was especially true for an acutely water-stressed and climate-stressed country like Pakistan. “We literally face a clear and …

ISLAMABAD: Despite the absence of a full opposition bench, the government on Tuesday failed to move a planned resolution in the National Assembly to “condemn” President Dr Arif Alvi for allegedly violating the Constitution by delaying and then rejecting the prime minister’s advice regarding the removal of the Punjab governor. However, a small opposition group managed to disrupt proceedings of …

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price has said the United States will not let “lies get in the way” of its bilateral ties with Pakistan, a relationship he stressed it values. Price made these remarks during a press briefing on Tuesday while answering a question about former prime minister Imran Khan blaming the US for his ouster from office and running …

At least 13 people were killed and five injured when a passenger van and a truck collided head-on on the Indus Highway in Jamshoro on Wednesday, rescue officials said. The van was heading to Hyderabad from Dadu when it met the tragic fate. The injured and the dead were taken to Taluka Hospital Manjhand, Jamshoro. Fatal road accidents are common …

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday said it had decided to file a reference against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja in the Supreme Judicial Council. The announcement was made by former information minister Fawad Chaudhry, who said that Pakistan’s “biggest political party had lost trust in him [CEC]”. Chaudhry, who was speaking to the media outside the Election …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday decided against de-seating 20 dissident Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Members of National Assembly (MNAs), dismissing references against them sent by the party. The electoral body had reserved its verdict in the case earlier in the day. The matter first came to light in March after several PTI lawmakers were found staying at the Sindh House …

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the possibility of holding general elections prior to the appointment of a new army chief cannot be ruled out. In an interview with BBC Urdu, he said, “It is possible that we hold elections before the [new] army chief’s appointment, before November. There will be a caretaker government at that time. It is also possible that …

PPP co-chair Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that elections in the country would be held after the incumbent coalition government implements electoral reforms and amends the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws. “We have to change laws and improve them and then go to elections. Whether it takes 3 or 4 months, we have to work on implementation of policies …

ISLAMABAD: Taking exception to the ongoing anti-judiciary rhetoric of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and other leaders, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday asked the party’s leadership to clear its stance on judiciary. Hearing a petition filed by former information minister Fawad Chaudhry, in which he asked the court to restrain the police from arresting PTI leaders nominated …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Supreme Court on Monday expressed his dismay over the tendency of discrediting institutions like the judiciary, saying it did not behove someone to insinuate something merely because a certain judgement did not please them. “This is the Supreme Court where aggrieved parties come to seek justice,” observed Justice Ahsan, who is a member of …