Though it’s still unclear if he will run for office, President Dr. Arif Alvi declared on Thursday that he will swear in Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif should he be chosen as the nation’s next prime minister. The article requires it. I’ll carry out my post’s responsibilities. In an interview with Voice of […]
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the acting prime minister, stated on Wednesday that in order to have normal relations with the Indian government, it was difficult to have normal relations with the dispute in Kashmir, and that discussion of the conflict was thus necessary before forging trade linkages with India. The Kakar discussed the potential for connectivity with […]
Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was granted bail on Wednesday in the Toshakhana case by the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The reserved ruling was announced by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq of the IHC. Furthermore, because the former prime minister had already been arrested in the £190 million settlement case, the high […]
The trial of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan in the cipher case has been put on hold, according to a ruling issued by the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday. The ruling was made public at the PTI chief’s intra-court appeal hearing, where he asked for the suspension of his jail trial in the cipher case. […]
Due to the accused’s non-appearance, the electoral commission panel postponed the contempt case against Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and two former federal ministers, Asad Umar and Fawad Chaudhry, on Monday. The case was taken up by a four-person commission headed by Nisar Durrani, a member of the Election Commission of […]
At a summit conference on Saturday in the Saudi capital, Iranian President Hassan and other Arab leaders are expected to reaffirm their demands that the violence in Gaza cease before the Israel-Hamas war enlists the support of other nations. The Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are holding an emergency conference in […]
In a rare step, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said on Wednesday that a “political engagement committee” has been formed to reach out to opposition parties ahead of the 2018 polls, as political parties prepare for the general elections. Senators Ali Zafar, Dr. Humayun Mohmand, Ali Muhammad Khan, Ali Asghar Khan, and Raoof Hasan are among […]
The Pakistani Election Commission (ECP) filed a notification with the Supreme Court on Friday, February 8, one day after agreeing to hold general elections on that day. The statement stated that the poll date had been “set in stone.” A copy of the notification is available to Dawn.com. It states, “… the Election Commission of […]
According to officials on Thursday, a huge exodus of over 165,000 Afghans left Pakistan as a result of the government’s orders to deport up to 1.7 million illegal migrants. Islamabad gave undocumented immigrants living in Pakistan an ultimatum last month: leave by November 1 or risk being arrested and deported. Most of them hurried to […]
Awami Muslim League (AML) president Sheikh Rashid said on Monday that he was “treated properly and no harm was inflicted” upon him during the period he was AWOL, and he vowed to run in the upcoming elections even if he was “arrested again.” Rashid, a PTI ally, was allegedly taken into custody on September 17 […]