Pakistan is ranked 101st out of 104 countries on the Henley Passport Index, a global passport assessment that highlights the challenges experienced by its holders. Only 34 out of 227 places allow entry without a visa for Pakistani nationals, according to this rating, which is based on assessment of visa requirements. Conversely, the nations with […]
The next-in-line judge to become Pakistan’s chief justice, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, abruptly quit on Thursday. Ahsan, one of the highest court’s senior justices, resigned unexpectedly and handed his letter of resignation to President Arif Alvi, sparking concerns over his sudden departure. The significant development occurs just one day after Justice (retd) Sayyed Mazahar Ali […]
MQM-P has decided against fielding candidates in 15 constituencies five national and 10 provincial of Karachi to accommodate the allied parties, mainly the PML-N. However, NA-242 remains the point of contention after both PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and MQM-P Senior Deputy Convener Mustafa Kamal filed nomination papers for the constituency. MQM-Pakistan has named Mustafa Kamal […]
The political rivalry between the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who were formerly partners, is intensifying as the polls on February 8 draw closer. This is because Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his rivals “always try to run away from polls.” The former foreign minister launched his pre-election salvo […]
On Wednesday, US Ambassador Antony Blinken informed Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas that Washington is in favor of “tangible steps” that would lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state. In subsequent discussions in the Red Sea port city of Aqaba, Abbas is scheduled to address a “push for an immediate ceasefire” alongside King Abdullah II […]
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 […]
