An accountability court in Islamabad Wednesday sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14-year jail time with rigorous punishment in the Tohsakhana reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The court has also imposed a fine of Rs1.5 billion on the couple and disqualified the former premier from […]
The former prime minister and the former foreign minister were facing trial in a cipher case in Adiala Jail from last year for ‘distorting’ the facts of the diplomatic cipher. Both the PTI leaders were accused of conspiracy to misuse the contents of the cipher to fulfill nefarious purposes. Special Court Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain […]
In a major relief to the embattled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Supreme Court on Friday approved the appeals of its candidates including President Parvez Elahi to contest upcoming elections slated for February 8. Besides Elahi, the top court approved appeals of PTI candidates Umer Aslam, Major (retd) Tahir Sadiq, Sanam Javaid Khan, and Shukat Basra […]
Shah Mehmood Qureshi had stopped the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from sharing the cipher with the US chargé d’affaires who sought a copy of it after Imran Khan waved it before a public rally he held at the Parade Ground on March 27, 2022. In their testimonies recorded before the trial court, former ambassador to […]
In the first three weeks of this month, 1,556 vehicles in Lahore were found to have phony or unusual license plates, according to the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA). The people who used fictitious license plates have been prosecuted, and the police have seized the automobiles. The PSCA actively participates in operations to identify and […]
As per details, the FBR will ‘impose’ tax on retailers operating in four provincial capitals of Pakistan in the first phase. The move will generate income of around Rs100 bln. Sources knowing the matter told ARY News that the tax will be slapped on retailers according to the size of the shop and yearly income. […]
As per reports, the ECP took notice of the aerial firing in the public gathering of GDA candidate Irfanullah Marwat in PS-105 (Karachi-East) in connection with the General Elections 2024. The ECP also asked the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh to take strict action on the matter and inform it in due course. Earlier […]
Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, has harshly condemned Iran for violating Pakistan’s airspace and called for an investigation into the events that preceded this incident. Khan emphasized the importance of determining how the situation came to such a dangerous point during an unofficial media discussion with the […]
Pakistan appears to have retaliated against Tehran for violating its airspace more than a day prior by conducting early-morning airstrikes on terrorist hideouts in Iran’s Siestan-o-Balochistan province on Thursday. Shortly afterward, the Foreign Office (FO) issued a statement confirming the unusual step. “Pakistan launched a series of precisely targeted, well-coordinated military attacks this morning against […]
China has demanded “restraint” from Pakistan and Iran in response to Tehran’s airstrike on its territory, which left two children dead and three females injured. Speaking at a routine briefing on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, “We call on both sides to exercise restraint, avoid actions that would lead to an escalation of […]
