Shortly after obtaining bail in 11 other connected cases, including the GHQ attack case, Sheikh Rashid, the chairman of the Awami Muslim League (AML), was taken into custody on Tuesday in connection with the May 9 riots. A day earlier, the court had reserved judgment on the bail requests of twenty-four individuals, including Rashid and […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed Hafeez Shaikh as the federal minister for finance, while Sheikh Rashid was handed the interior ministry portfolio in yet another cabinet shakeup. Rashid has been replaced by Azam Swati as the railway’s minister while retired Brig Ijaz Ahmed Shah; who earlier held the interior ministry portfolio; has been appointed as […]