Category: Pakistan

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is currently in a fix with its heavyweights got engaged in a rift over party tickets to compete in the upcoming elections, scheduled to take place on February 8, The News reported citing sources on Wednesday. The party has, therefore, not yet resolved the tussle between these party leaders for the […]

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday reserved the verdict on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition challenging its single-bench ruling on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) electoral ‘bat’ symbol and intra-party polls. A single-member bench comprising Justice Ejaz Khan conducted a hearing on the matter.  ECP’s lawyer Sikander Bashir Mohmand and PTI’s legal team comprising Advocates […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP), chief secretary and advocate general on  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) petition seeking level-playing field ahead of the February 8 general elections. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar […]

RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday indicted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and former information minister Fawad Chaudhry in a case of contempt against the electoral body and the chief election commissioner. A four-member bench of the electoral body conducted the hearing of the case in Adiala jail, Rawalpindi. 

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) will hear the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition challenging its single bench ruling on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) electoral ‘bat’ symbol and intra-party elections on Wednesday (tomorrow). The electoral body had filed a review petition at the high court against its December 26 decision which had suspended the ECP’s […]

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) Central Senior Vice President Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has raised concerns over the “unprecedented uncertainty” prevailing in the country ahead of the February 8 elections, which he said was never seen before.    Ostensibly, the comments came echoing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s fear that he expressed a day […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has said the Supreme Court will try to conclude the hearing on the lifetime disqualification case on January 4 (Thursday) — an important judgment that will determine whether lawmakers’ ineligibility to contest polls should be for a lifetime or five years under the amended Election Act […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa Tuesday maintained that private militias are illegal and they cannot be against the state, as the Supreme Court conducted the hearing of a case pertaining to missing persons and enforced disappearances in the country. The case was taken up by the apex court following petitions filed […]

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Tuesday reminded that the extended deadline to apply for the centralised test for the graduates of computer science (CS) and information technology (IT) to get apprenticeships at the top IT companies in the country would expire tomorrow (January 3). Last month, the commission extended the registration deadline for the test […]

ISLAMABAD – A seven-member Supreme Court bench will hear the lifetime disqualification case on Tuesday as the country is heading towards the much-awaited general elections on Feb 8, with three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the race for a record fourth term. Chief Justice Faez Isa will head the bench which also comprises Justice Mansoor […]