Category: Pakistan

KARACHI: A surprising drop in political temperature in Sindh was witnessed on Monday when Prime Minister Imran Khan not only cancelled his scheduled visit to the Central Police Office (CPO) but also gave a “positive gesture” to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah’s request for replacing incumbent Inspector General of Police Syed Kaleem Imam. The prime […]

A Peshawar court on Tuesday ordered Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen’s transfer to a Dera Ismail Khan jail, a day after he was arrested and sent to Peshawar Central Jail on a 14-day judicial remand. District and sessions judge Muhammad Younis accepted the DI Khan police’s request for permission to shift the PTM […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid to submit in court a business plan to uplift Pakistan Railways from its current condition, giving the minister two weeks time to do so. While hearing a case pertaining to losses incurred by the national organisation, a three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of […]

The federal cabinet on Tuesday decided against appointing Mushtaq Mahar as the Sindh inspector general of police (IGP) after cabinet members from the province expressed strong reservations over the matter. According to Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Prime Minister Imran Khan directed Sindh Governor Imran Ismail to […]

Amid uncertainty over the future of his post, Sindh’s police chief Dr Syed Kaleem Imam on Tuesday said that he would not be transferred from his position so easily, adding that a “big conspiracy” was being staged against him. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Sindh Police Martyrs Memorial at Central Police Office (CPO) in […]

A day after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani shared his concerns over the arrest of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen, the government’s chief spokesperson Firdous Ashiq Awan deemed his comments “equivalent to interfering in Pakistan’s internal affairs”. Ghani on Monday, via Twitter, had said that he was “troubled by the arrest of Manzoor Pashteen and […]

ISLAMABAD: The Senate is once again set to take up on Monday (today) an opposition-moved constitution amendment bill seeking establishment of 10 more high court benches in all the four provinces of the country aiming at resolving the issues of pendency and delay in litigation. The bill seeking an amendment to Article 198 of the […]

LAHORE: As Prime Minister Imran Khan on his visit to Lahore on Sunday asked the party leaders to make preparations for the local government elections in Punjab, its key ally PML-Q has proposed that the government should first amend the law to remove certain flaws before announcing its schedule. “The PML-Q wants that before going […]

Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen was sent to Peshawar’s Central Jail on a 14-day judicial remand by a magistrate hours after he was arrested from the city’s Shaheen Town on Monday. The PTM leader was produced before a magistrate in Judicial Complex, Peshawar, where strict security arrangements were made prior to his arrival. […]

The Senate on Monday passed the Maternity and Paternity Leave Bill, 2018, which makes it mandatory for employers to grant 6-months paid maternity leave and 3-months paid paternity leave. As per the bill, the leaves policy will be applicable in both public and private establishments in the federal capital territory. The bill, presented by Senator […]