Recent social media footage purporting to show Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, and his attorney Latif Khosa suggests that things are not going well in the former prime minister’s home now that he is incarcerated. The two are allegedly overheard discussing how Khan’s sisters are upset about Khosa’s supposed […]
On Tuesday, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), spoke by phone with Anwaarul Haq Kakar, the acting prime minister, to discuss the current status of the effort to eradicate polio in Pakistan. During the prime minister’s official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the conversation took place. Expanding upon […]
The appeal against former chief of staff of the army General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and former head of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hameed, was submitted on Tuesday, November 28, however the Islamabad High Court has opted not to consider it because the matter has been withdrawn from its cause list. […]
According to The News on Saturday, Pakistani model and actress Hajra Khan Panezai described Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as a “liar and a wicked person” during a discussion about her memoirs. Launched on Friday in Islamabad, the book is titled ‘Where the Opium Grows: Surviving Pakistan as a Woman, an Actress and Knowing […]
Major (retd) Adil Farooq Raja and Captain (retd) Haider Raza Mehdi, two former Pakistan Army officers, were found guilty and sentenced on Saturday for “inciting sedition” under the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, by the Field General Court Martial (FGCM), according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations. The two retired officers are accused of […]
The plaintiff dropped his case, and on Friday, a court of judicial magistrate in Islamabad dismissed a request demanding action against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for solemnizing nikah “against Sharia” with his current wife Bushra Bibi. The petitioner, Muhammad Hanif, had filed a motion in court to file a lawsuit against the former […]
Pakistan’s top military commanders declared on Thursday that despite obstacles, the nation has experienced a growing sense of stability, certainty, and optimism in recent months. They resolved that’vested efforts’ towards ‘engineering of despondency’ will be defeated through perseverance and continued positive actions, with the support of the Pakistani people. The declaration was made following the […]
In an order to maintain the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) “bat” symbol, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) declared on Thursday that the party’s internal polls were not transparent. The PTI must now hold new elections. In a reserved decision released today, the commission has requested that the PTI call new elections within 20 days. The […]
By a vote of 4 to 1, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has given Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi a thorough show-cause notice in response to misconduct allegations brought against him. By a 4-1 majority decision, the SJC, the only body authorized to investigate the behavior of superior judicial judges, ordered the jurist to […]
Chief meteorologist Chaudhry Aslam stated on Tuesday that as the government steps up efforts to reduce smog, artificial rain is anticipated in Punjab’s capital city of Lahore next month. Plans are already in place for this event. In an interview with Geo News, Aslam did clarify, though, that the government is still thinking about using […]
