Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Hours after a shoe was hurled at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif at a seminary in Lahore, Maryam Nawaz slammed those who ‘hate’ the former prime minister, claiming the episode was part of a ‘planning against the leader’. Addressing the party’s social media convention in Rawalpindi, Maryam …

LAHORE: A man was beaten up and handed over to police for allegedly trying to hurl a shoe at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as he was getting into his vehicle to leave the venue of a political rally he addressed in Faisalabad on Sunday. The suspect was caught …

ISLAMABAD: The government is considering appointing Ali Jahangir Siddiqui, the son of a renowned businessman, as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, sources said. However, there was no official confirmation of the development. Both the Prime Minister Office and foreign ministry were tightlipped. It is also not clear whether the government …

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar Friday said that he does not care about people mocking his use of the term Baba Rahmatay. While presiding over the hearing of a suo motu case related to fee hike in medical colleges at Supreme Court’s Lahore registry, the CJP …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Friday claimed to have the required number of votes to elect its own chairman and deputy chairman in the Upper House. PPP leader Dr Qayyum Soomro, who is leading the efforts to garner maximum support from smaller parties for the Senate top slots, told …

BAHAWALPUR: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday slammed the trend of ‘disrespecting the vote’ that had emerged during the past 70 years. “No stone was left unturned to destroy Pakistan in the last 70 years … I rebel against whatever has been happening during the past 70 years,” he told …

ISLAMABAD: In a highly questionable interpretation of Article 5 (loyalty to the state) the Constitution, Justice Shaukat Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court has held that it is mandatory for every citizen of Pakistan to declare their ‘true faith’ to the State. He made this observation in his short order …

ISLAMABAD: As a last-ditch attempt, two petitions challenging the election of PML-N leaders – former finance minister Ishaq Dar and Hafiz Abdul Kareem – on Senate seats were moved in the Supreme Court on Friday. Mian Nawazish Ali Peerzada filed the petitions, requesting the apex court to declare the senators-elect …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s continuing operations in the war against terrorism ‘have had some success in reducing violence’ from militancy and sectarianism, said a report prepared by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) and submitted to the US Senate’s Armed Services Committee. “The country desires operations against the anti-state elements present in Afghanistan …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday wondered how former finance minister Ishaq Dar was re-elected in the Senate elections when he has been already declared an absconder by the judiciary. The apex court made this observation as it extended the deadline for the accountability court hearing three references against the …