KABUL: Delegates at a Pakistan-Afghanistan track-II dialogue in Kabul have backed the recently launched bilateral dialogue mechanism and urges both countries to avoid blame game. The dialogue issued a joint declaration, urging Pakistan and Afghanistan to sign an agreement for repatriation of citizens and prisoners. The Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Committee (PAJC) Beyond Boundaries Phase=III was […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar Monday criticised the caretaker government for failing to complete the cabinet. “How expectations could be attached with the caretaker government, which had failed to complete the cabinet,” said the CJP while heading a three-member Supreme Court bench hearing a suo motu case pertaining to acute shortage […]
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday dismissed three petitions seeking delay in the General Election 2018. The chief election commissioner had earlier in the day reserved the verdict on the petitions. However, shortly after he dismissed the petitions. During the hearing, Kamran Murtaza, the counsel for the petitioners, said, “We do not […]
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Syed Ali Zafar on Monday asserted that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a long term project that ensures development and progress of Pakistan as well as enhancing regional connectivity. While addressing a concluding session of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) in Islamabad, he said that […]
LAHORE: Commissioner Lahore Division Dr Muhammad Mujtaba Paracha on Monday directed all District Monitoring Officers (DMOs) regarding General Election 2018 to implement the code of conduct devised by the Election Commission of Pakistan in letter and spirit. He has instructed to remove all banners, panaflexes, billboards, material etc advertised by candidates in violation of ECP’s […]
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid has demanded of the caretaker government to suspend all local bodies in order to hold free, fair and transparent general elections in the country. PMLQ’s senior central leader and former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said that free, fair and transparent elections cannot be held without suspending local […]
LAHORE: Accountability court on Tuesday approved a 14-day physical remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Engineer Qamarul Islam and Waseem Ajmal accused in Saaf Pani Company corruption case. Former Chief executive officers (CEO) of the company Islam and Ajmal were arrested on Monday and appeared before the accountability bureau’s Lahore office. During the hearing, […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday demanded from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to extend the time of general elections 2018. In his letter to ECP, PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhary maintained that due to harsh weather conditions in the country, the ailing and aged voters would face trouble to cast their votes, therefore the polling […]
An accountability court hearing corruption reference against the Sharif family Monday allowed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz to stay in London for three more days. The court was initially requested to grant a seven-day extension, however, both Nawaz and Maryam were granted three-day extension in London where they had earlier […]
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Monday revealed that the watchdog had received threats that its headquarters would be blown up, a private TV channel reported. He said the threats had been received after the bureau initiated investigations in mega corruption scandals. However, he did not specify a time period. The […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday announced that it has put restrictions on purchase of PSX shares by foreign investors. From now, foreign investors, other than foreign anchor investor, have been restrained from collectively – directly or indirectly purchase PSX shares. Senior Manager Operations at PSX, Naveed Akber Raja said the aggregate […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing of the suo motu proceedings on the implementation of the 2011 Memogate verdict. The three-member bench led by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar inquired about the steps taken by the government to bring former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, back to Pakistan. Advocate Ahmer Bilal Soofi, […]
Yousaf Saleem on Tuesday took oath as the Pakistan’s first visually impaired judge. Saleem, who hails from Lahore, was earlier denied the position despite being a topper but was reconsidered and recommended for the position of civil judge after intervention by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar last month. The CJP had recommended […]
LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that Begum Kulsoom’s condition was deteriorating due to infection. While talking to the media outside Harley Street Clinic, the former premier said that the infection was a setback for his wife’s already unstable condition. He added that “Doctors are trying their best but everything rests with […]
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