The verdict on the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) reserved seat case was announced by a full bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa. It comprised Justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar, Yahya Afridi, Aminuddin Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Ayesha Malik, Athar Minallah, Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, […]
The commission in its report said that the common perception was that the sit-in was aimed at destabilizing the federal government. However, then-prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, and then-Punjab chief minister – incumbent Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif maintained opposite views regarding a conspiracy against the government, the report revealed. Zahid Hamid, […]
The PHC bench comprising Justice SM Ateeq Shah and Justice Shakeel Ahmed would hear the pleas filed by the newly notified MPAs belonging to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday. The PPP and PML-N jointly approached the PHC while the JUI-F filed a separate petition. The petitioners pleaded […]
We are holding consultations and groundwork in progress for a new political party,” he was talking to media while arriving for a NAB hearing. “The country needed a new political party,” he said. Abbasi, a former PML-N stalwart, requested to the president and prime minister to save the country and abolish the National Accountability Bureau […]
Marwat had asserted that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader had hired ‘contract killers’ to assassinate him. According to Marwat, the alleged contract to assassinate him was not just a verbal threat but involved tangible financial transactions. The PTI leader suggested that the chief minister’s involvement came to light through intercepted telephone conversations, which he […]
An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday canceled the perpetual arrest warrants and fugitive status of Hasan and Hussain Nawaz in Al-Azizia Steel Mill, Avenfield apartments, and Flagship references. The court approved the siblings’ bail in exchange for Rs50,000 in the three cases. They had to mark their attendance before the accountability court today to […]
According to details, the newly-elected PML-N-led government has decided to avail a fresh IMF loan program, and the Ministry of Finance has initiated actions on the directives of the premier. Pakistan is likely to seek a $6 to 8 billion loan program from the international lender and for this immediate contact will be made with […]
President Arif Alvi administered the oath to newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadar. The ceremony was attended by caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar, PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chief Ministers, governors and other dignitaries. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif was […]
Around 215 lawmakers of the PML-N and allied party lawmakers along with 98 Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and PTI-backed lawmakers were administered by outgoing speaker Sibtain Khan. Khan also issued the schedule for the election – to be held on Saturday – of the new speaker and deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly. The process […]
In a scathing criticism of the former ruling party Pakistan Tehreeke-e-Insaf (PTI) amid its electoral symbol woes, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice-President Maryam Nawaz Monday said that a “terrorist group” could not be given a political party’s electoral symbol, Geo News reported. Kicking off the party’s election campaign for the upcoming February 8 polls, […]
