ATC Judge Khalid Arshad approved the physical remand while hearing the May 9 cases registered in different police stations in Lahore. The court also allowed the investigation team to interrogate Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Adiala Jail until June 10. Qureshi’s virtual appearance from Adiala Jail was conducted via WhatsApp call. The development came days after […]
As per details, the anti-terrorism court heard the bail pleas of Sanam Javed and Aliya Hamza in three cases of May 9 violence. The anti-terrorism court approved bail pleas in three cases whereas interim bail was approved in the fourth case registered at police station Musa Khel Sargodha. On April 17, the same court sent […]
Imran Khan, the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the party’s leader, were cleared by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday in the Cipher case. While it considered the arguments of the imprisoned former prime minister Imran and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the court suspended their ten-year sentence. […]
Judicial Magistrate Ehtesham Alam heard the case filed against the PTI leadership booked on charges of vandalism and violation of Section 144. PTI leaders Ali Muhammad Khan and Asad Umar appeared before the court while all others had filed acquittal pleas. In a sigh of relief to party leaders facing multiple cases, the court acquitted […]
Pakistan is among the countries from the so-called Global South invited to the Ukraine Peace Summit to be held in Switzerland on June 15 and 16. Islamabad was extended an invitation for the first time to such an international conference on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch confirmed at the weekly briefing […]
Expressing its dissatisfaction over the Islamabad administration’s denial of issuing a rally permit at the desired location the PTI has not only changed its venue but announced that it would challenge the decision in court as well. While moving from Rawat to Swat the party declared that it had the fundamental right to hold rallies […]
The Supreme Court judges have expressed annoyance over Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent “black sheep” remarks, asking him to file a reference against such elements. The remarks from the judges came during a hearing of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) amendment case earlier today. Addressing an event on Tuesday PM Shehbaz said You are Pakistanis […]
A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and including Justices Athar Minallah, Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhail, and Hasan Azhar Rizvi resumed hearing the case. At the outset of the hearing, Justice Minallah said the hearing should be broadcast in the same manner earlier hearings were. If the case […]
The district and session court heard the case where Judge Shahrukh Arjumand was expected to announce the reserved verdict today. During the hearing, Khawar Maneka’s counsel requested the court to transfer the case to another judge. as Maneka “don’t want the case verdict from you.” The judge remarked that the no-confidence plea had already been […]
As part of its campaign against unauthorized structures and encroachments, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) closed the PTI Central Secretariat in Sector G-84 of the federal capital on Thursday night for breaking building bylaws. A large police presence was present outside the PTI Secretariat while the unlawful buildings were destroyed. In addition, a second story […]