Pakistan

MALAKAND: Prime Minister Imran Khan has claimed that he has been advised by party colleagues to bring the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf dissidents back into the party fold by offering the same bribe as proffered by the opposition, but he rejected the advice telling them that he would rather prefer to lose his government than taking the path of horse-trading. Addressing …

PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz told Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday that his “game is over now”. “Your electoral prospects in the wake of inflation and lack of governance are bleak. You know you have lost the game and the upcoming elections.” Talking to the media outside the Islamabad High Court, she slammed the premier for bad-mouthing the opposition in …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday served a notice to Prime Minister Imran Khan for addressing a public gathering the same day in Malakand and told him to answer for violating the code of conduct issued for local body elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the notice, Malakand District Monitoring Officer (DMO) Ziaur Rahim directed the prime minister to appear before …

Supreme Court Justice Munib Akhtar observed on Monday that after joining a political party, a member’s individual vote during no-confidence proceedings was considered a “collective right”. He said that according to Article 95(ii), which deals with the procedure to bring in a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, a member’s individual vote had no “status”, adding that the court had …

The Supreme Court formed on Monday a five-member larger bench on a presidential reference seeking its opinion on Article 63-A of the Constitution, which deals with the disqualification of parliamentarians over defection. Names of the judges who will constitute the bench are yet to be finalised. The reference was submitted by Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan earlier …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan witnessed 375 fresh Covid cases and one fatality in the previous 24 hours, according to the government’s database. The total number of confirmed cases is 1,521,888 while the death toll is 30,329. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said a total of 33,225 samples were tested during the last 24 hours, out of which 375 turned out …

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­reme Court on Saturday sought assistance from six political parties including the proponents of the no-trust motion in the National Assembly against Prime Minister Imran Khan and ordered the Islamabad police chief to come up with a comprehensive report regarding Friday’s breaching of Sindh House by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) activists. In an unusual sitting, a two-judge SC bench comprising Chief …

RAWALPINDI: As the priest (pujari) shouted Holi Hayafter completing the puja at Krishna Temple on Friday night, people from the Hindu community started splashing each other with different colours. The Hindu community had gathered at Krishna Temple in Saddar to celebrate the festival of colours and light. A large number of people from the Hindu community gathered at the temple …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday sought a report from the police about the attack on Sindh House by PTI supporters on Friday and also ordered the interior ministry to hold an inquiry into the incident. Senior police officers told Dawn on condition of anonymity that the apex court had sought the report from the inspector general of police (IGP) Islamabad. …

PESHAWAR: The opposition parties will table a no-confidence motion in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly against Chief Minister Mahmood Khan very soon and have the support of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s 45 members in the 145-strong house, said Pakistan Peoples Party provincial president Najamuddin Khan on Saturday. The chief minister scoffed at the announcement and challenged the opposition to prove its …