Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Efforts are afoot to persuade the opposition to withdraw its no-confidence motion against the chairman of the Senate, Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani. Informed sources told Dawn that the leader of the house in the Senate, Syed Shibli Faraz, held meetings with the leader of the opposition in the house, Raja Muhammad Zafarul Haq, and Pakistan Peoples Party […]

ISLAMABAD: Additional District and Sessions Judge (West) Mohammad Ali Warriach has summoned the founding member of PTI Akbar S Babar (PTI) on Sept 23 to respond to a defamation suit filed by PTI on behalf of Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Dr Arif Alvi. The party’s petition in the court termed his criticism of […]

Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was on Wednesday arrested in connection with a terrorism financing case while on his way from Lahore to Gujranwala, officials of the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department confirmed. According to a spokesperson for CTD Punjab, Saeed was sent to prison on judicial remand after the counter-terrorism department presented him before […]

The Federal Investigation Agency’s Cyber Crime Wing on Wednesday arrested Mian Tariq Mahmood, a man allegedly involved in the video scandal surrounding accountability judge Arshad Malik. Tariq, who was arrested from Islamabad, was presented before a civil judge, who approved his two-day physical remand. The suspect was shifted to FIA custody after the remand was […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa observed on Tuesday that the Supreme Court might consider ordering re-trial of the Al-Azizia reference in which former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had been convicted or re-writing of the entire verdict or simply leaving it to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to decide the pending appeal against […]

A sessions court in Lahore on Wednesday issued a notice to journalist Sami Ibrahim with regards to a defamation suit filed by Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry. On July 5, Chaudhry filed a defamation suit against the journalist for making “false allegations” against him “without any legal justification in order to defame and […]

The ruling party has linking critical coverage by the press to potential “treason” in its latest broadside against the country’s beleaguered media. The official account of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fired off over two dozen tweets in English and Urdu late Tuesday, lambasting the press for criticism, saying it can be deemed “Anti-State”. “Freedom of Expression […]

ISLAMABAD: The process of a no-trust motion, which may lead to removal of Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani from his post, commenced on Tuesday with the Senate secretariat circulating a notice about the motion among the members of the house. Mr Sanjrani, who will not be able to chair the coming session, approved circulation of the […]

The anti-government alliance will observe a countrywide “black day” on July 25 against alleged rigging in the July 25, 2018, general elections, PPP leader Waqar Mehdi announced in a press conference on Tuesday at Bilawal House, Karachi after a multiparty meeting. The opposition parties in the National Assembly also decided to hold a general convention on […]

The Punjab government on Tuesday challenged in the Supreme Court a Lahore High Court (LHC) decision to grant bail to Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who was booked for launching violent protests against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi last year. The provincial government, in its appeal, has argued that the high court “did not fulfill […]