An Indian court on Tuesday bailed senior opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case brought against him for referring to the home minister as an accused murderer — his latest legal travails ahead of national elections. Critics have accused India’s government of using the justice system to target political rivals, with several opposition figures the subject of active criminal …

The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected accusations from the widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last week, after she said President Vladimir Putin was behind his death. “Of course these are absolutely unfounded and vulgar accusations against the head of the Russian state. But taking into account that Yulia Navalnaya was widowed just days ago, I will not comment,” Kremlin …

LAHORE: As the industry calculates the impact of imported urea on the local market and the cost of newly-approved gas rates on price, it says that both factors may lead to a shattering increase of Rs1,700 per bag — taking urea price from current Rs3,800 to Rs5,500 per bag. According to the industry, the government had recently imported 225,000 tonnes …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Aamer Farooq on Monday said that the dynamics of court reporting has changed over the last few years, especially the social media had enabled the court reporters to cover a case in different ways. Justice Farooq addressed the court reporters during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected office bearers of …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday blocked a bill proposing public hanging for rape offenders with a majority vote of 24 against 14. In a rare happening, all the three major political parties, including PML-N, PPP, and PTI joined hands to oppose the motion seeking immediate consideration of Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2023, moved by Senator Mushtaq Ahmad of Jamaat-i-Islami. PPP …

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Monday sealed its alliance with the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in a bid to claim its share of reserved seats in the national, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, while a delegation of PTI leaders called on the leadership of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-Sheerani) in Islamabad to seek their support for potential street protests. Later on Monday, …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday described the filing of the petition seeking fresh elections after declaring the Feb 8 elections null and void and then trying to withdraw the same as something which amounts to abuse of the process of the court. “This court will safeguard that such manipulation does not take place,” observed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Monday said judges do not have the ability to adjudicate on indeterminate matters of morality, nor were able to bifurcate morality from immorality, virtue from vice, and then proceed to meticulously weigh them. Human characteristics and qualities seldom remain static; they change even during the course of a single day, …

Thousands of passengers travelling to and from Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were stranded on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Tuesday as landslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the main artery at multiple points. Intermittent rain and snowfall have disrupted life in the region for the past three days. As temperatures dropped below zero, electricity remained suspended in several areas. According …

A terrorist was killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intense exchange of fire took place between the security forces and terrorists during the operation. “As a result, terrorist Muhammad Sohail …