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 […]
Caretaker Minister for IT Dr Umar Saif said on Friday that they have successfully implemented various key initiatives, such as routing freelancers’ remittances through third parties with PayPal’s assistance and enabling private companies to utilize low-orbit satellites for swift internet services. The minister further mentioned that following the cabinet’s approval of the National Space Policy, […]
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 […]
The Senate approved a motion on Friday asking for a postponement of the upcoming general elections, citing security concerns, even though they are only about a month away. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Afnan Ullah Khan and Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi opposed the resolution, which was put out by independent senator Dilawar Khan. Just […]
The case is being heard by a seven-member bench led by Chief Justice Prashant Isa and consisting of Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, and Justice Musarrat Hilali. Live coverage of the case hearings is available on SC’s YouTube channel and website. […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) intra-court appeal was accepted by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday, upholding the electoral watchdog’s ruling against PTI’s intra-party polls. The ECP had appealed the high court’s ruling on December 22 that declared the PTI’s internal elections invalid and that the party should not have continued to use […]
The case is being heard by a three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, and Justice Musarrat Hilali. The court asked the commission, headed by Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, to submit its report to the Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) within 10 days. During the proceedings today, […]
However, he cautioned against politicizing the matter. “We cannot grant you permission to make the matter political.” Earlier today, Baloch protestors announced a shutter-down demonstration for tomorrow (January 3) across Pakistan, stating that government officials have been trying to label the Baloch Yakjehti’s Committee’s (BYC) long march and demonstration in Islamabad as ‘propaganda’. The hearing […]
The head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman, stated about 24 hours after vehicles in his convoy in Dera Ismail Khan came under attack, that he does not think the February 8 elections should be held because of the nation’s security condition. Fortunately, the JUI-F emir was not in the vehicles when the veteran […]
Kim lashed out at Washington in lengthy remarks wrapping up five days of ruling party meetings that set economic, military, and foreign policy goals for the coming year. “Because of reckless moves by the enemies to invade us, it is a fait accompli that a war can break out at any time on the Korean […]
