LAHORE , March 16, 2023: In a major development, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday barred the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from holding a public gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan on March 19 (Sunday). IHC’s Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh issued the ruling on a petition filed by PTI leader Hammad Azhar against the imposition of Section 144 in the Punjab capital. He …

LAHORE , March 16, 2023: Police have registered a case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders over violence at Zaman Park. The case has been registered at the Racecourse police station under various sections including terrorism, interference in state affairs, illegal gathering and refusing to receive court summons on the complaint of SHO Rehan Anwar. …

ISLAMABAD , March 16, 2023: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has once again extended an offer for dialogue to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan, saying all political parties should sit together take the country forward. Talking to a delegation of Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said the federal government was committed to fulfill its constitutional obligation …

RAWALPINDI , March 16, 2023: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday hit out at the government over an inaction as economic crisis continues to deepen amid delay in bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a series of tweets, the former interior minister said: “Our economic crisis has become a question mark in the …

LAHORE , March 16, 2023: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday extended its order till Friday, asking police to stop operation at Zaman Park for arresting PTI Chairman Imran Khan. The LHC deferred hearing of the case filed by PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry till Friday against police operation at Zaman Park. As the proceedings started on Thursday, the counsel …

LAHORE , March 15 , 2023: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered the law enforcers to stop the operation at Zaman park initiated a day earlier to arrest PTI chief Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. LHC Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh ordered that the operation should be stopped till the decision of the Islamabad High Court in a …

LAHORE , March 15, 2023: Pakistan’s Imran Khan said on Wednesday he would heed a court summons, as his supporters continued to clash with security forces that had come to arrest the former prime minister for not showing up in a case against him related to selling state gifts. The violence, which erupted on Tuesday and involved security forces firing …

LAHORE, March 15, 2023: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice president Maryam Nawaz lambasted on Wednesday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, saying the latter was doing politics on women and children. Ms Nawaz presided over the meeting of Lahore Division, during which she said that his party will contest the elections and win. “We will not accept selection like …

LAHORE , March 15, 2023: A fresh round of clashes erupted between protesters and law enforcers on Wednesday after another attempt is being made to arrest PTI Chairman Imran Khan to implement arrest warrants issued by an Islamabad court in the Toshakhana case over no show-up. A heavy contingent of police and rangers are advancing towards the residence of the …

ISLAMABAD , March 15, 2023: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq will take up a petition filed by the PTI legal team seeking suspension of arrest warrants issued against Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. PTI lawyer Khawaja Harris took to rostrum after the chief justice wrapped up hearing of another case and pleaded him for early hearing …

LAHORE, March 15, 2023: The caretaker Punjab government has deployed Rangers in Lahore till March 22 to maintain law and order situation in the provincial capital after violent clashes between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and police on Tuesday, Dunya News reported. According to sources, the Punjab Home Department had requested the Centre to deploy Rangers in Lahore after day-long …

LAHORE, March 15, 2023: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said his arrest is a drama; the real intent is to kidnap and assassinate him. Imran took to twitter to vent his anger at the police action against the unarmed PTI workers outside his Zaman Park residence in Lahore on Tuesday. The clashes continued on …

LAHORE, March 15, 2023: An alleged audio featuring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Dr Yasmin Rashid and Ijaz Shah has surfaced online. In the leaked audio clip, both bigwigs of the PTI can purportedly be heard discussing the possible arrest of Imran Khan. It surfaced at a time when law enforcers and PTI workers have come face to face to block …

RAWALPINDI , March 15, 2023: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed warned on Wednesday that the government would have to pay a heavy price if anything bad happens to PTI Chairman Imran Khan as clashes between party workers and law enforcers are under way in Lahore over ex-prime minister’s possible arrest. In a series of tweets, the former …

LAHORE , March 14, 2023: A heavy contingent of the Islamabad police on Tuesday had a clash with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters outside party chief Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence. A number of people gathered on Canal Road despite obstructions put up by police hours earlier. The police team from the capital city reached Lahore to arrest …

SHEIKHUPURA, March 14, 2023: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice president Maryam Nawaz said on Tuesday that her party had geared up to win elections.” Addressing a convention, Ms Nawaz lavished praise on the PML-N supporters, saying, “The passion of the workers is forcing me to contest elections from Sheikhupura. Reminding the deposed premier about “making a case against the …

ISLAMABAD , March 14, 2023: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali on Tuesday finally announced that elections to the provincial assembly would be held on May 28. The governor announced the date while speaking to media here after a meeting with President Arif Alvi at the Aiwan-i-Sadr. The governor expressed the hope that the elections would be held in a …

ISLAMABAD , March 14, 2024: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry appreciated the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not succumbing to pressure for delaying elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The former information minister made the dramatic political volt-face weeks after he secured bail in a sedition case filed against over criticism of ECP boss and members over …

SHEIKHUPURA, March 14, 2023: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah vowed on Tuesday to put Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to the test. Addressing the participants, Mr Sanaullah took a jibe at Mr Khan, saying, “Imran Khan is responsible for spreading incitement in the country.” If Imran will not be contained through the power of vote, then the country might have …

KARACHI, March 14, 2023: Violent clashes erupted between the police and protesters after the latter gathered to demonstrate against an anti-encroachment drive in Gulistan-e-Johar on Tuesday. When officials of the anti-encroachment department and Karachi Development Authority (KDA) launched the operation in line with the orders of the Sindh High Court (SHC), shopkeepers staged protest in order to obstruct the operation. …

LAHORE , March 14, 2023: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claims to have arrested a human trafficker who was involved in the Italy boat mishap case. According to a spokesman, suspect Obaidullah, who was taken into custody from Gujrat, is the brother of principle accused Afaq. The arrested suspect used to receive money from Pakistan and send it to his …

ISLAMABAD , March 14, 2023: Three separate bills seeking to take away prime minister’s powers to retain retiring services chiefs and chairmen of the joint chiefs of staff committee have been submitted to the Senate Secretariat. The bills are the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, the Pakistan Air Force (Amendment) Bill, and the Pakistan Navy (Amendment) Bill. Jamaat-i-Islami’s Senator Mushtaq Ahmad …

RAWALPINDI , March 14, 2023: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has asked the government to take public into confidence over conditions laid forth by the US for providing aid to the cash-strapped Pakistan. The statement comes amid reports that Pakistan has approached the United States, seeking its help to secure funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

ISLAMABAD, March 14, 2023: The federal government has implemented a new policy for retaining gifts from Toshakhana, the state depository where gifts received by the government officials from foreign countries and dignitaries are kept. The development comes as the government, in a historic move, released the record of Toshakhana gifts since 2002 that revealed how the former rulers and bureaucrats …

ISLAMABAD , March 14, 2023: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqaban Abbasi claimed that recipients were the owners of the gifts presented to them by foreign countries or dignitaries and not the government. He stated this while talking to media outside Judicial Complex in Islamabad a couple of days after the federal government shared record …

ISLAMABAD , March 14, 2023: An Islamabad district and sessions judge has extended the physical remand of Shoaib Sheikh, chief executive of Axact, in a case of allegedly bribing a judge for acquittal in the fake degrees’ scam. The FIA arrested Shoaib Sheikh on March 9 for allegedly giving Rs1.5 million bribe to an additional district and sessions judge. It …

LAHORE , March 14, 2023: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Parvez Elahi said on Tuesday the Sharif family treated the Toshakhana gifts from 1990 to 2001 as its personal property while saying if the complete record of Toshakhana became public, it would create trouble for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. He said there was fear among the PML-N leaders after the rally of …

LAHORE, March 13, 2023: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz lambasted on Monday Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, saying the latter had acquired properties for his generations by selling the Toshakhana gifts. Addressing an event in Lahore, Ms Nawaz took a dig at the deposed premier over the electoral campaign, saying, “Imran Khan says that I …

ISLAMABAD , March 13, 2023: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) upheld Zahir Jaffar’s death sentence in Noor Muqaddam’s murder case in the verdict it pronounced on Monday. A two-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan announced the verdict the court had reserved on Dec 21. The court awarded two death counts to the …

ISLAMABAD, March 13, 2023: A district and sessions court in the federal capital on Monday restored the arrest warrants issued against PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal announced the verdict reserved earlier in the day after hearing arguments from the PTI chief’s lawyer. The judge turned down his exemption plea and ordered the …

LAHORE, March 13, 2023:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Monday he had no trust on the incumbent government, which was why he urged the Supreme Court to provide him with security. Speaking to foreign media, the deposed premier claimed that there was a threat to his life from the prime minister and interior minister. Expressing his views over …

ISLAMABAD , March 13, 2023: The district and sessions judge in Islamabad on Monday turned down PTI chairman Imran Khan’s plea for exemption from appearance and issued his non-bailable arrest warrants in the judge threat case. The court, while hearing a case pertaining to extending threats to a woman judge by the PTI chief, said he would issue non-bailable arrest …

LAHORE, March 13, 2023: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Hamza Shehbaz will return to the country on Monday night in a bid to play an active role in his party’s electoral campaign. Sources privy to the development said in connection with the elections, Mr Shehbaz would be given a key responsibility get the PML-N leaders and workers active for …

ISLAMABAD , March 13, 2023: The federal government has declassified the Toshakhana gifts’ records since 2002 for the first time in country’s history. A 446-page record of Toshakhana gifts from 2002 to March 2023 has been released and it includes details of the gifts of the presidents, prime ministers and federal ministers. During the ongoing year, the incumbent government received …

ISLAMABAD , March 13, 2023: A district and sessions court in the federal capital reserved a verdict on a petition filed by PTI Chairman Imran Khan seeking exemption from appearance in the Toshakhana case owing to security threats. Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from Mr Khan’s lawyer, Khawaja Harris, on the petition. He would …

RAWALPINDI ,March 13, 2023: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has predicted that the caretaker Punjab government will flee after 90 days and the country will be ruled by the masses (Khalq-e-Khuda). The former minister took to twitter to express his fears about the political turmoil in the country. “It seems that 90 days of April, May, and June …

ISLAMABAD , March 13, 2023: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Nazir Ahmed Butt has appointed Amjad Majeed Aulakh as director general of the Lahore bureau. “Chairman NAB has been pleased to approve posting of Mr. Amjad Majeed Aulakh, Director (BS20), National Accountability Bureau (Lahore) as Director General, NAB (Lahore), in his own pay and scale (OPS), with …

LAHORE , March 13, 2023: The city district administration in Punjab capital has ordered closure of all the schools and colleges located on the route designated for the rally of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf owing to security threats by 12pm today (Monday). Lahore Commissioner Muhammad Ali Randhawa issued the directives. He also asked people to keep their shops located on Circular …

LAHORE , March 13, 2023: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday challenged the imposition of Section 144 in Lahore after issuance of election schedule for general polls. PTI leader Hammad Azhar filed the petition through his counsel Azhar Siddique. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Punjab government and others have been made party in the petition. The petitioner contended that after …

KARACHI , March 13, 2023: An Indian commercial flight made an emergency landing at Jinnah Terminal International Airport in Karachi after a passenger passed away. Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCCA) sources said the aircraft was en route from New Delhi to Doha when a medical emergency was reported on board. After the health conditional of a passenger deteriorated, the captain …