The military trials of most of 103 civilians, allegedly involved in the 9 May attacks, have almost been completed, it is learned. An informed government source confided to The News that in around 90 percent of such cases, the suspects have been found involved in the May 9 attacks on military installations. However, the verdicts […]
The Senate has been notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that all preparations for the elections scheduled for February 8 have been finished and that postponing the voting will not be “advisable.” The ECP released a statement in response to the Senate resolution, introduced by Senator Dilawar Khan on January 5 and approved […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered a significant blow just before the polls on February 8 when the Supreme Court on Saturday overturned the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) January 10 ruling, eliminating the party’s famous “bat” emblem. Following a full day of hearings, a three-judge panel led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa […]
Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa expressed grave concern over the “attack” at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Gohar Ali Khan’s residence, warning that “heads may roll”. Gohar got to know about the house raid while he was assisting PTI’s Barrister Zafar Ali during a hearing about the party’s bat allotment symbol at the Supreme Court earlier […]
As the controversy surrounding Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) intra-party elections and iconic electoral symbol of a cricket bat deepens, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa remarked on Friday that the party will have to “face consequences if the intra-party polls don’t align with the law. The remark came during the hearing of hearing of […]
In a major legal victory for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday reinstated the “bat” symbol for the party and declared the “null and void” the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) order that had deprived the party of its traditional electoral symbol. The verdict was announced after PHC had reserved […]
Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Tuesday were indicted by an accountability court in Rawalpindi in the Toshakhana case. The decision was announced during a hearing in the case today which was conducted in Adiala jail where the former prime minister is currently incarcerated in the case. A […]
Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was briefly detained and then arrested in connection with the GHQ attack case pertaining to the violent protests that broke out on May 9 across the nation last year. The PTI founder, who is currently incarcerated in connection with cipher and graft allegations, was summoned by […]
Major political parties, such as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), have welcomed the Supreme Court’s (SC) historic decision to end politicians’ lifetime disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution, especially in light of the upcoming elections on February 8. The highest court revoked its earlier ruling prohibiting politicians from […]
In the Mamund tehsil of the Bajaur district, a bombing on Monday targeted a police car, resulting in at least five police officials being martyred and 22 injured. The police announced that they would guard the polio vaccination crews. They stated they feared more deaths from the tragedy. They further said that the injured and […]
