Afghanistan’s acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has again reiterated his country’s earlier stance, saying “Afghanistan doesn’t have any intention of causing damage or creating problems for any of their neighboring countries, including Pakistan”. “Afghanistan is governed by an Islamic Sharia. We deal with every issue as per the Islamic Sharia and Sharia doesn’t […]
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has summoned the PTI founder, who is already behind bars in cipher and grafts cases, in May 9 cases on Tuesday (today). However, the PTI founder attended the court’s proceedings via video link as he could not be produced in the court by Adiala jail authorities owing to security […]
Pakistan called the US State Department’s designation of it as “a country of particular concern” on Monday, emphatically rejecting it as “detached from ground realities.” Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, and a few more governments were all named as nations of special concern by the State Department last week for “having engaged in […]
Following the declaration that Fawad Chaudhary’s wife was unable to run for office due to “hiding facts,” the order authorizing the candidate’s nomination papers was rescinded on Saturday. Following the confirmation of complaints regarding three unannounced international travels and nine bank accounts against Hiba Chaudhary, the election tribunal barred her from running in the provincial […]
A important development is that an application for contempt of court was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday, raising a legal challenge against the Senate’s resolution voted on Friday to postpone the impending elections. The resolution was unexpectedly enacted in the midst of full-fledged election preparations, clouding the previously decided election date of February […]
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stated on Saturday that the general elections will take place on February 8 as planned, despite the possibility that “they” will receive resolutions approved by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) or the United Nations (UN). This statement came amid concerns about potential delays in the elections. […]
The former MNA Najeeb Haroon joined MQM-P after meeting with party convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, Farooq Sattar, and Mustafa Kamal. The development was also shared by MQM-P senior leader Faisal Sabzwari on his official X handle. Former SVP of @PTIofficial & MNA Najeeb Haroon joins @MQMPKOfficial. Najeeb bhai, a self made successful businessman is considered […]
Amid strong criticism from all sides on the Senate resolution calling for a delay in elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb blamed rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the move and said her party was the only one which opposed it in the upper house of parliament. Talking to the media after appearing […]
If Imran Khan gets elected again, he has promised to file treasonous charges against the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). When he was being accused of contempt in an Adiala Jail in-camera hearing, he said he would do this. The former prime minister was charged by the ECP late on Wednesday in […]
Pemra’s counsel Haroon Duggal said this during the hearing of a petition filed by the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) last year against Pemra’s decision to bar all TV channels from airing Imran’s speeches and press conferences. The hearing was presided over by Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza. After the hearing, Justice Mirza directed the media […]
