Burney was taken into custody on June 5 after he landed at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi following his US visit. Judicial Magistrate (East) Khaliq ul Zaman rejected the bail plea after the completion of arguments from Burney’s lawyer and those of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) counsel. During the hearing of the case, […]
IHC’s Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb presided over the hearing which dealt with appeals against the sentences imposed in the case alongside objections raised by the registrar’s office. In February this year after a jail trial senior civil judge Qudratullah sentenced former premier Imran and his wife to seven years in jail along with an Rs0.5 […]
Pakistan’s budget deficit is a major concern, with government expenditure soaring. The expenditure to GDP ratio is over 22%, compared to around 15% in Bangladesh. Last year, the budget deficit exceeded Rs13 trillion. This year, it is projected to be around Rs 11 trillion, despite the government’s initial estimate of Rs 6.5 trillion to Rs […]
A jeep carrying 23 people from Kail to Taobat plunged into the river when the driver lost control of the vehicle, said police. As a result, all the passengers inside drowned in the river. The bodies were retrieved later by local rescuers, the official added. Eyewitnesses said that the car was swept away by the […]
Felicitations to Narendra Modi on taking oath as the Prime Minister of India the prime minister wrote on his X timeline. Modi was sworn in as Indian PM on Sunday for a third term after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won the general election with 293 seats – a much lower margin than predicted, […]
Five days before the February 8 polls The trial court indicted former PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in an illegal marriage case after Bushra’s ex-husband Khawar Farid Manika alleged them of an “illicit relationship. The plea filed by Bushra’s legal counsel Barrister Salman Safdar requested the court to suspend February 3 verdict […]
Advocate Nadeem Sarwar filed a petition against the law on Saturday, making the chief minister, governor, and Punjab government respondents in it. The petition argued that the law goes against the constitution and existing defamation ordinances and acts. The petitioner claimed that journalists were not consulted before passing the law suggesting it was rushed to […]
The police officials stated that the PTI activist was arrested from outside the Sargodha jail. Police officials further said that Aliya Hamza was wanted by Gujranwala police in a case related to violence on May 9. Yesterday, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) approved Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists Sanam Javed and Aliya Hamza bail in the May […]
According to sources, the prime minister will engage in talks with the Commercial Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, to secure a $600 million loan. Sources said that previous negotiations with the banks had failed due to stringent conditions set by the Chinese banks. Pakistan is seeking to relax the […]
This presidential decree allows the appointment of retired judges as election tribunals without the approval of a provincial chief justice. A single-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq will hear the pleas filed by the PTI’s Shoaib Shaheen, Ali Bukhari, and Amir Mughal and also address the objections raised by the court’s registrar’s office. […]
