The Pakistani Election Commission (ECP) filed a notification with the Supreme Court on Friday, February 8, one day after agreeing to hold general elections on that day. The statement stated that the poll date had been “set in stone.” A copy of the notification is available to Dawn.com. It states, “… the Election Commission of […]
On Tuesday, the trial of Imran Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the vice-chairman, began in a special court established under the Official Secrets Act. Despite filing a petition under CrPC 265-D to stop the indictment, the pair was indicted in the cipher case on October 23. The Federal Investigation […]
Awami Muslim League (AML) president Sheikh Rashid said on Monday that he was “treated properly and no harm was inflicted” upon him during the period he was AWOL, and he vowed to run in the upcoming elections even if he was “arrested again.” Rashid, a PTI ally, was allegedly taken into custody on September 17 […]
In a suspicious transaction investigation, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has cleared Sabir Hameed, also known as Mithu, a close relative of former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, according to a story published in The News on Saturday. The FIA ended its investigation against the well-known businessman because they were unable to find […]
The former prime minister Imran Khan was charged with leaking state secrets, and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) denied him bail on Friday. The IHC noted that Khan appeared to have committed the crime, which carries a potential 14-year jail sentence or death penalty. The PTI chairman also attempted to have the FIR in the […]
Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has denounced the “total breakdown of our legal system” and referred to Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), as carrying out a “deal” from London. The former prime minister, who lost his position in parliament in April of last year, claimed in […]
Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, had his bail request in the Cipher case denied by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday. Chief Justice IHC Aamer Farooq made the decision he had previously reserved regarding Imran’s bail application public today. Additionally, a petition to quash the […]
NAB stated it had “no objections” to the petition made by the ousted prime minister, and the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday extended PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s protective bail in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia cases—in which he had been found guilty—until October 26. The verdict was made in response to Nawaz’s pleas for protective bail […]
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif delivered a speech on Friday at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan. Given that the former prime leader has just returned to the nation after a four-year absence, his speech is significant. After being granted permission to visit the British capital in 2019 on the basis […]
Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), ended his four-year self-imposed exile in London on Saturday by returning to Lahore’s renowned Minar-e-Pakistan monument. The PML-N organized a sizable assembly at the Minar-e-Pakistan site as a show of their political strength and to commemorate the return of their leader. Party members from all […]
