Pakistan

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, …

Leader of the Opposition in the outgoing National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Bajwa and Director General ISI Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum to present evidence of any alleged treason committed by the joint opposition. National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri had on Sunday dismissed the opposition’s no-trust move against the now …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman asked the military authorities on Monday to clear their position on the government claim that the National Security Committee (NSC) had declared the opposition’s resolution a “part of foreign agenda”. Opposition parties have also drawn the attention of the judiciary and military establishment towards the …

A crucial session of the Punjab Assembly (PA) to vote for the province’s next chief minister was on Tuesday postponed till April 16, according to a notification issued by the assembly secretariat. The notification, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, said PA Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari moved the assembly session to the rescheduled date at 11:30am. The …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court did not interfere in matters of state and foreign policy and would only determine the legality of National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s ruling on a no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said this while hearing arguments from PML-N’s counsel Makhdoom Ali …

LONDON: President Vladimir Putin’s rouble payment scheme for natural gas is the prototype that the world’s largest country will extend to other major exports because the West has sealed the decline of the US dollar by freezing Russian assets, the Kremlin said. Russia’s economy is facing the gravest crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union after the United …

ISLAMABAD: A number of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) members and former ministers on Sunday defended Prime Minister Imran Khan’s action of dissolving the National Assembly and claimed that the ruling of the deputy speaker could not be challenged in any court of the country. Talking to reporters outside the Supreme Court, former information minister Fawad Chaudhry said the parliament was a separate institution …

ISLAMABAD: Unprecedented increase in the cost of steel scrap globally, steep rise in freight charges and devaluation of the Pakistani rupee were the reasons for increase in prices of steel used in the construction sector. This was pointed out by representatives of the Ministry of Industries and Production in the National Assembly (NA) session. “Rise in cost of gas, electricity …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has requested Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) to help it in getting an early delivery of 30 buses from China so that the Metro Bus Project from Peshawar Mor to Islamabad Airport could begin. Meanwhile, the CDA is also going to open financial bids on Monday (today) for installation of equipment at seven bus …

PESHAWAR: In the wake of serious developments on the political front at the Centre, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has ruled out the dissolution of provincial assembly at the moment, claiming that he has not received any instructions from the prime minister in this regard. KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, who has the constitutional authority to advise the KP …