Pakistan

LARKANA: Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party, has requested apex court to set a new precedent by striking down what he called Imran Khan’s coup and restore parliament to allow it go through no-confidence process. “We respect judiciary and whatever verdict the court gives we will form an awami government,” Bilawal said while speaking to a gathering at Garhi …

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz has said that the main character behind the so-called ‘threat letter’, former ambassador to the US Asad Majid, was transferred to Belgium just a day before Imran Khan came up with the conspiracy drama to gain public sympathy. “The so-called ‘threat letter’ was drafted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Pakistan’s …

ISLAMABAD: The Elec­tion Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started considering options to carry out delimitation of constituencies in the minimum possible time, sources told Dawn. The commission had earlier come under attack from the PTI after one of its senior officials claimed that there were legal challenges and logistical issues in holding elections in three months. However, the commission has now geared up …

ISLAMABAD: Interim Prime Minister Imran Khan has started preparations for fresh elections, while almost all other major political parties are awaiting the apex court decision on their challenge to the rejection of the no-trust resolution against Mr Khan by the deputy speaker just before the dissolution of the assembly. According to Fawad Chuadhry, who held the portfolios of law, information …

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties seem to be getting impatient with the prolonged Supreme Court hearing of a case dealing with the current political situation, and this was evident from the tone and tenor of the statements, press conferences and tweets issued by a number of opposition leaders on Tuesday. In a series of press statements, opposition leaders not only urged the …

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 …