The 23-page detailed verdict issued by the Accountability Court judge Muhammad Bashir stated that Imran Khan and his wife were found guilty of causing damage to the national kitty and committing fraud to secure financial benefits worth Rs 1573.72 million. The verdict stated that a total of 16 witnesses recorded their statements in the Toshakhana […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has scheduled a meeting today (Thursday) to discuss the law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan ahead of the upcoming polls. An official said that taking notice of the murder of Rehan Zeb Khan, an independent candidate for NA-8 Bajaur and a member of the Pakistan […]
The Imran Khan-led party awarded tickets to Gul Zafar Khan from NA-8 and Gul Dad Khan from PK 22. Rehan Zeb Khan had raised questions on PTI’s “unfair” ticket distribution on social media. The slain candidate had also pointed out the corruption of the PTI-led government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in his last tweet on […]
The resolve was expressed during the 262nd Corps Commanders’ Conference at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, where the military leadership discussed the deployment of Pakistan Army personnel to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in the “peaceful conduct” of General Elections 2024. The forum noted that the Pakistan Army will perform assigned duties […]
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 […]
Sources said as many as 4,403 polling stations will be established in Lahore for 44 constituencies of the National Assembly and the provincial assembly. 3,540 polling stations have been declared ‘sensitive’ while 813 polling have been declared ‘highly sensitive’ out of 4,403. Pakistan Army and policemen will be deployed outside the ‘sensitive’ polling stations in […]
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 […]
Since 2014, there have been numerous delays in the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, which has resulted in heightened tensions between the two countries. Iran has made a big step by extending the deadline by 180 days, till September 2024, in response to the project’s ongoing problems. This action is coupled by a strong warning, though, […]
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 […]
