Category: Pakistan

Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan on Thursday said that to legislate on the matter of an army chief’s appointment and extension of tenure “will be a matter of honour for the government”. “This is not a matter of adversity for the government,” said AG Khan, as he addressed a press conference following the court’s verdict […]

A special court in Islamabad, which was halted from announcing its judgement in the long-drawn high treason case against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, on Thursday expressed its displeasure at the non-submission of a written response by the former military ruler’s government-appointed lawyer, Raza Bashir. While reserving its verdict in the case earlier this […]

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday asked the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Care Commission (HCC) to extend action against illegal private health facilities and human organ trade to the entire province and produce detailed reports about it. A bench consisting of Justice Qaiser Rasheed and Justice Ahmad Ali observed that […]

The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has announced that lawyers will observe a countrywide strike on Thursday to protest what it called the “unconstitutional moves” of the federal government regarding Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure extension and the high treason case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. According to a press release issued by […]

A day before a special court was set to announce its judgement in the long-drawn high treason case against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday stopped it from issuing the verdict. The IHC order came on a petition filed by the interior ministry which had requested it to […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to former Pakistan State Oil (PSO) managing director Sheikh Imranul Haq in the LNG terminal case. While Mr Haq, along with ex-premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former finance minister Miftah Ismail, has been behind bars for the past four months, the National Accountability Bureau […]

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Mufti Kifayatullah was injured in an attack on Baidra road in Mansehra early Wednesday morning. Along with Kifayatullah, two of his sons — Shabbir Mufti, Hussain Mufti — and friend Jan Mohammad were also injured in the attack. They were taken to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital. Police spokesman Mohammad Sohail confirmed […]

ISLAMABAD: National Party (NP) president Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo has said that his party has no rivalry with the government and demanded that true representatives of people be allowed to rule the country. Speaking at a news conference at the Parliament Lodges here on Monday, the NP chief said that election reforms should be made […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday filed a supplementary reference against former president Asif Ali Zardari and 24 other suspects, including a son-in-law of real estate tycoon Malik Riaz, for having connections with various companies of Omni Group and Zardari Group. The original reference was filed a couple of months ago under the […]

At least nine individuals lost their lives while 29 others were injured when a coach en route from Ormara to Karachi developed a mechanical fault and fell into a deep ditch. According to Assistant Commissioner Bela Jameel Baloch, 38 individuals were travelling from Ormara to Karachi. Travelling through the dangerous turns in the Buzi Top […]