Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s petition seeking disqualification of party MNA Ayesha Gulalai. The PTI chairman had filed a review petition with the apex court against an earlier verdict of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) which ruled …

ISLAMABAD: After the election of Senate chairman and deputy chairman, the opposition parties, mainly Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), have started lobbying to secure the support of maximum number of senators for the position of leader of the opposition in the Upper House. At a party meeting …

LAHORE: At least nine people including five policemen were killed and 35 others injured in a suicide attack near a police check post in Raiwind on Wednesday. “Police appears to be the target,” Lahore DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf told Daily Times. He confirmed that it was a suicide blast …

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday appeared before the accountability court for the Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investment reference cases. The reference cases filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Nawaz Sharif in Al-Azizia Steel Mills case are being heard by Justice …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) adjourned on Wednesday the hearing of Interior Minister and Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Tallal Chaudhry’s contempt of court case for one day. Tallal and his attorney appeared in the court where a bench of three members headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal heard …

ISLAMABAD: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday said that his country was ready to cooperate if Saudi Arabia gets serious in resolving the differences. “We have always said stability of Saudi Arabia is in our interest. Similarly, the stability in the region is also in Iran’s interest. We …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Privatisation Minister Daniyal Aziz was indicted on contempt charges by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The development came as a three-member bench, headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, heard the contempt case against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader. As the hearing went underway, Justice Mushir Alam read …

ISLAMABAD: Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Republic of Kyrgyzstan Major General Rayimberdi Duishenbiev called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters (GHQ) on Tuesday in Rawalpindi. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest including military-to-military relations, regional security situation and measures …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Tuesday categorically said that the party will not compromise on the 18th Amendment or the 1973 constitution. “There seems to be a lot of conspiracy theories about the fate of the 18th amendment. Let me make #PPP position clear; the fundamentals …

Karachi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked during a hearing that marriages could not be considered dissolved without completion of legal procedures, holding that a verbal divorce held no legal value. The SC Karachi registry was hearing a case of a woman demanding monthly expenses from her husband. The court …