Omar Ayub vows to repeal 26th constitutional amendment if PTI returns to power

PESHAWAR (Pakistan Post) – Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PTI leader Omar Ayub has announced that his party would abolish the 26th constitutional amendment upon returning to power. Speaking to the media outside the Peshawar High Court, Ayub criticised the government for registering numerous “fake cases” against PTI workers and leaders. […]

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Civilians’ military trial is against fundamental rights, argues Salman Akram Raja in SC

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – During the hearing on appeal on the decision of military trials case of civilians, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan remarked that no international law explicitly prohibited the court-martial of civilians. A seven-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, is hearing intra-court appeals against the verdict on military trials of civilians. […]

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Pakistan’s diplomatic isolation has ended, says Ishaq Dar

NEW YORK (Pakistan Post) – Pakistan has broken its diplomatic isolation through active diplomacy, with the country’s economy now set to take off as a result of the hard work done by Prime MInister Shehbaz Sharif’s government, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar told members of the Pakistani community. “We are no longer isolated,” he said […]

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SHC allows physical remand of accused in Mustafa Amir murder case

KARACHI (Pakistan Post) – The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday accepted the request for physical remand of accused Armaghan, who was arrested in the murder case of young Mustafa Amir. The SHC suspended the verdict of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) and ordered police to present the accused in the ATC forthwith.   The hearing began […]

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Canada to take legal action against US for tariffs

OTTAWA (Pakistan Post) – Canada will take legal action under the relevant international bodies to challenge the 25% tariffs imposed by the United States on most Canadian goods, a senior government official said on Sunday, calling the tariffs illegal and unjustified. The comments come a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a wide array […]

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WHO proposes budget cut after US exit, defends its work

LONDON – World Health Organization member states will discuss cutting part of its budget by $400 million in light of President Trump’s move to withdraw the United States, its biggest government funder, from the agency, a document released on Monday showed. Opening the agency’s annual executive board meeting, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also […]

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ECP to hear PTI’s intra-party election case on Feb 11

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – The Election of Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) intra-party election case for hearing, scheduled to be held on February 11.The ECP has issued notices to PTI Chief Barrister Gohar, Information Secretary Rauf Hassan and disgruntled PTI leader Akbar S. Babar. It must be remembered that the […]

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Musk brands USAID ‘criminal’, Trump calls its leaders ‘radical lunatics’

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Post) – Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a “criminal organization” on Sunday, as Donald Trump said the agency was “run by radical lunatics” and said he was considering its future. The assault on the agency tasked with humanitarian relief overseas marks a significant new front in Trump’s […]

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