Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed PTI chairperson Imran Khan to submit a reply to allegations on the ‘forging’ a No-objection Certificate (NoC) for the construction of his Banigala house. Counsel for PTI chief Chaudhry Faisal Hussain appeared in court and requested time to submit a reply regarding a government …

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday said, “Pakistan and China have made a beautiful example of friendship”. Addressing the media after a China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) event in Islamabad, the minister said President Xi Jinping’s “one belt, one route” vision will benefit 65 countries in the region. Asif further …

ISLAMABAD: Former Principal Information Officer of the Ministry of Information Rao Tehsin filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the January 27 decision of the court where they dismissed his petition seeking a copy of the Dawn Leaks inquiry report A two-member bench comprising of Justice Athar …

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday criticised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) for electing a ‘controversial’ figure as party head. Speaking to the media, Bilawal said that PML-N has elected a ‘controversial’ figure in Shehbaz Sharif, who is accused of corruption in Ashiana Housing scandal and …

ISLAMABAD: Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mian Tariq Mehmood, who parted ways with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) last week, joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday. Tariq Mehmood was elected MNA from NA-98 constituency of Gujranwala. He had parted ways with PML-N last week along with two former MPAs belonging to …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday gave Muttahida Qaumi Movement-P PIB faction leader Farooq Sattar till March 1 to submit his response in a petition filed against him by the Bahadurabad faction in the party. During the hearing, Bahadurabad faction lawyer Farogh Naseem argued that the intra-party …

LAHORE: The PML-N Central Working Committee (CWC) has elected Nawaz Sharif as the party “Quaid for Life” and Shahbaz Sharif as the interim president. A meeting of the CWC of which the Central Executive Committee (CEC) is a part was convened in Model Town on Tuesday. The meeting started at …

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique has on Sunday served Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry with a defamation notice worth Rs 5 billion for leveling baseless allegations against him during a media talk on February 22. According to details, Fawad Chaudhry had alleged Saad Rafique of owning …

Sargodha: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif continued her country-wide social media conventions with an address to a gathering in Sargodha on Saturday, where she lashed out against the judiciary, referring to the Supreme Court’s latest decision against the ruling party leadership as a joke with the Pakistani public. “This joke …

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned PTI leader Aleem Khan to appear on Monday along with all the details regarding his offshore companies disclosed in Panama Papers. The PTI leader had appeared before the probing committee on January 23, where he was asked to present details regarding Hexam …