Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – A sessions court in federal capital on Monday rejected three petitions filed by Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, seeking interim bail in different cases related to November 26 protest. Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka announced the decision during the hearing which was attended by Bushra […]

LAHORE (Pakistan Post) – After long winter holidays, educational activities resumed on Monday in government and private schools across Punjab. Amid the cold wave, the Education Department changed the school timings after the holidays, and new timings for both private and government schools across Punjab have been issued.  According to the notification, school timings will […]

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel on Monday remarked that crimes committed under the Army Act are applied only to military personnel. He gave the remark during the hearing of the intra-court appeal against the trial of civilians in military courts in the Supreme Court. Headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, a seven-member constitutional […]

RAWALPINDI (Pakistan Post) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar on Monday stated that the delay in the decision of the 190 million pounds reference was not the result of any deal. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail alongside PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, Gohar said incarcerated PTI founder and former premier Imran […]

LAHORE (Pakistan Post) – Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that the fate of people will be changed in five years during the PML-N government. She was addressing a ceremony held on Monday to give free homes to deserving families under the Maskan-e-Ravi project. “I am very satisfied today as 100 families got their homes […]

LAHORE (Pakistan Post) – The Punjab Apex Committee on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the province’s overall law and order situation. The committee’s meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz which was attended by senior civil and military officials. It reviewed multiple agendas, including public safety and security measures. The committee approved a comprehensive security […]

LAHORE (Pakistan Post) – An accountability court on Tuesday indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Parvez Elahi in a case related to alleged corruption in development projects. Accountability Court judge Zubair Shahzad Kayani framed the charges against the former chief minister of Punjab, who has denied the allegations.  The judge has summoned witnesses to record statement […]

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has rolled over a maturing debt of $2 billion for Pakistan, a development that would stabilise country’s foreign exchange reserves. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made the announcement as the debt repayment was due in January 2025. The development comes after he called on UAE President Sheikh […]

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – Justice Jamal Mandokhail on Tuesday remarked that the constitution is explicit that the executive cannot play the role of the judiciary. Justice Mandokhail observed during the hearing of the military courts case in the Supreme Court’s constitutional bench that the division of powers in the constitution is very clear.  The Supreme […]

ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Post) – The federal government has abolished 150,000 posts in federal ministries to reduce expenditure, says Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb. Speaking to media in the capital on Tuesday, Aurangzeb stated that 60pc of vacant positions, where no hiring had occurred, had been eliminated, with no plans to recruit for these posts in the […]