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 …

LAHORE , March 13, 2023: Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases surged to 1,577,647. The nationwide tally of fatalities stood at 30,645 on Monday. According to the latest figures issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 87 people were tested positive for Covid-19 …

LAHORE , March 13, 2023: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is all set to leader his party’s election rally in Lahore today (Monday) with the city administration placing barricades around Zaman Park and other areas amid imposition of Section 144. The PTI chief will lead the rally from his residence to Data Darbar at 2pm as a schedule for …

ISLAMABAD 12 March 2023: Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja has convened a meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday (March 13) to discuss the PTI’s petitions against the “illegal imposition” of Section 144 and ban on the party’s rallies in Lahore. الیکشن کمیشن آف پاکستان اسلام آباد 12 مارچ، 2023 پنجاب حکومت کی طرف سے دفعہ …

KARACHI 12 March 2023: The Karachi police on Sunday arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA and the general secretary of PTI Karachi chapter Arsalan Taj. According to a PTI spokesperson, Taj was taken into custody by plainclothes officials from his Gulshan Iqbal residence. Police also raided the residential property of Sindh MPA Raja Azhar at dawn and reportedly harassed his family. …

ISLAMABAD 12 March 2023: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has challenged Section 144 imposed in Lahore in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Talking to media, PTI leader and lawyer Babar Awan said a petition had been filed in the electoral body against the imposition of Section 144 in Lahore. Earlier PTI chairman Imran Khan had a telephonic conversation with Babar …

KARACHI , March 11, 2023: Miftah Isamil, political maverick belonging to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, advised structural changes in the country for any progress while mentioning that popular leaders, including Imran Khan and Nawaz Sharif, would not be able to make the state of affairs better. He said any popular leader from the political parties or martial law would not make …

ISLAMABAD , March 11, 2023: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday while terming Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan’s evasion of courts amounts to the height of cowardice said that the timid deposed PM did not allow the courts to search him as he is guilty. In a statement on Saturday, he said that Imran Khan …

LAHORE , March 11, 2023: The Punjab government on Saturday rubbished the claims that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker Ali Bilal died in custodial torture after he was arrested during clashes between police and workers of the political party in Lahore this past week. Ali Bilal, affectionately called Zillay Shah, was taken to the Services Hospital in Lahore on Tuesday evening, …

LAHORE , March 11, 2023: Another audio purportedly featuring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Amin Gandapur has appeared, asking local party leaders and workers to reach Zaman park, the residence of Imran Khan in Lahore. The audio surfaced when the PTI chief, who was ousted from power through no-confidence vote in April last, is facing arrest in multiple cases. A …

LAHORE , March 11, 2023: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday demanded a judicial investigation into the death of PTI worker Ali Bilal also known as Zill-e-Shah. The party claimed that Mr Bilal had been killed by Punjab police at the PTI’s rally in Lahore. PTI senior vice president Fawad Chaudhry questioned if Mr Bilal had died of an accident, why …

FAISALABAD , March 11, 2023: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz claimed that only her party could combat inflation which continues to surge, making it difficult for the poor segments of society to have a square meal. Amid spiralling food prices, the weekly inflation rate in Pakistan surged to 42.27 per cent – highest weekly YoY number …

LAHORE , March 10, 2023: Former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Friday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be responsible if any institution of the state refuses to cooperate in terms of holding the elections. Mr Elahi held a meeting with other PTI leaders to discuss the matter of elections. He said as per the constitution, no …

QUETTA , March 10, 2023: In a latest development in the Barkhan killings case, Balochistan Communications and Works Minister Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran was given bail on Friday. It was reported few weeks before that three people were reported to be illegally detained since 2019 in an unlawful prison run by Khetran, who belonhed to Balochistan Awami Party, a party …

ISLAMABAD, March 10, 2023: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday appointed district returning, returning and assistant returning officers for the election in Punjab. As per the notification released by the ECP, in the 36 districts of Punjab, deputy commissioners have been granted the status of district returning officers. The polls would be held on April 30. Deputy Secretary Irrigation …

QUETTA, March 10, 2023: The Balochistan High Court on Friday suspended arrest warrants issued by a local court for PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan in a case related to alleged hate remarks against state institutions. The high court has issued notices to the Inspector General of Police, Balochistan, the DIG, the SP legal, the SHO and the …

MULTAN , March 10, 2023: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senior leader Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday his party will contest elections with its own symbol. Speaking to media, Mr Gilani said, “Despite being the part of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the PPP has its own manifesto, and being part of the government alliance does not mean that we …

ISLAMABAD , March 10, 2023: The local court in the federal capital remanded Axact chief executive officer (CEO) and owner of a private news channel Shoaib Sheikh in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for three days in the gratification case involving an additional sessions Judge. The Sessions Court Islamabad heard the case. At the outset of the …

LAHORE , March 10, 2023: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz claimed that PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif was poisoned in captivity which made his platelets count go down. She said when Mr Nawaz was fighting for his life, it worried some people, adding that it made them allow Mr Sharif to leave the country. “Time will reveal …

ISLAMABAD, March 10, 2023: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday felicitated China’s President Xi Jinping on his reelection for the third consecutive term. Taking to Twitter, the premier wrote: “Heartiest felicitations to H. E. President Xi Jinping on his re-election as President of China. This is a reflection of the trust reposed by CPC and 1.4 billion Chinese people in …