On Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty that a special court had imposed on former president General Pervez Musharraf. A few minutes after it was reserved, the top court’s four-member bench—Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Aminuddin Khan, and Justice Athar Minallah—announced the verdict, upholding the […]
Aleema Khan, the sister of former prime minister Imran Khan, disclosed on Wednesday that her brother had received a message from General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, the then Chief of Army Staff (COAS), offering Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly in exchange for Imran ceasing his protests, which had started following […]
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 […]
On Wednesday, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Supreme Court, facing misconduct allegations, tendered his resignation citing ongoing proceedings against him as a reason. “It was an honor to be appointed and to serve as a Judge first of the Lahore High Court, Lahore, and then as the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In […]
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 […]
Tuesday, as part of measures to control the Gaza war, top US diplomat Antony Blinken was scheduled to meet with Israeli authorities. A day earlier, strikes in Syria and Lebanon had killed prominent figures from Hamas and its partner Hezbollah. The visit coincides with the Israeli military’s announcement that it is entering a new phase […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was questioned by the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday about why it was adamant about having a bat as its electoral symbol for the upcoming elections on February 8. “Why are you insisting on getting bat as an election symbol?” Barrister Ali Zafar, the party’s attorney, was questioned by the […]
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 […]
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has summoned the PTI founder, who is already behind bars in cipher and grafts cases, in May 9 cases on Tuesday (today). However, the PTI founder attended the court’s proceedings via video link as he could not be produced in the court by Adiala jail authorities owing to security […]
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 […]