Category: Pakistan

PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz on Saturday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking the removal of her name from the Exit Control List (ECL). The application, filed through Advocate Amjad Pervaiz, has listed the federal government, Federal Investigation Agency, and chairman and director general of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as respondents. […]

Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Friday directed the chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA) to launch a criminal investigation against officials suspected of being involved in misconduct. The judge, who is set to become the Chief Justice of Pakistan on December 21, also told the chairman to recover money from those officials who have caused financial […]

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday challenged in the Supreme Court the bail granted to PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz by the Lahore High Court (LHC). Last month, Maryam had been granted bail in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM) case, in which she is a suspect, for an indefinite period by the LHC. While the […]

Interior Minister retired Brig Ijaz Ahmad Shah on Friday assured the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) of the government’s “complete cooperation” in the matter of the alleged arrest last month of four women in Balochistan’s Awaran district. The assurance came after a delegation led by BNP-M President Sardar Akhtar Mengal called on National Assembly Deputy Speaker […]

The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Friday directed Islamabad police to look into the siege of Dawn’s Islamabad offices by a mob earlier this week, adding that if there was a “criminal element” it should be investigated. The mob on Monday had staged a demonstration against the publication of a news report regarding the […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday pledged transparency and merit as the cornerstones of the Kamyab Jawan loan programme. At a ceremony held in Islamabad, the premier distributed the first set of cheques — worth Rs5 million in total — among successful applicants of the programme. According to Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on […]

Islamabad’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday approved the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) request for recording the statements of 32 British witnesses via video link in the murder case of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq. ATC Judge Shahrukh Arjumand presided over the case. FIA prosecutor Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmed presented a list of witnesses, […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday constituted an eight-member committee headed by Law Minister Farogh Naseem apparently to make fresh legislation/amendment to the Constitution regarding the appointment of the army chief and extension in his tenure as directed by the Supreme Court. The Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC) was constituted in terms […]

Members of the PML-N parliamentary group departed for London on Thursday to meet ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and to consult party president Shehbaz Sharif on important issues, said party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb. Speaking to DawnNewsTV, Aurangzeb said the PML-N delegation will seek the leadership’s guidance on parliamentary matters. According to party sources, a meeting […]

Journalists across various cities protested on Thursday against the siege of Dawn’s Islamabad offices by a mob earlier this week. The mob on Monday had staged a demonstration against the publication of a  regarding the origins of the London Bridge attacker who stabbed two persons to death last week. The charged mob, carrying banners and […]