LAHORE: The much-awaited meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Opposition leader Raja Riaz today (Wednesday), to deliberate over names of caretaker premier ahead of general elections, is yet again postponed, sources informed Geo News. According to the sources, the reason behind the delay is Raja Riaz’s busy schedule, as he is unable to meet […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Security Division, Islamabad, has announced that a new force is being set up for the safety of courts and judges, The News reported Monday. The police spokesperson said that the initiative was aimed at enhancing security measures and led to the establishment of Pakistan’s first new Judicial security Protection Unit (JPU). The spokesperson […]
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday directed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi to approach relevant authorities against his detention. “You should file an appeal with the district commissioner; he will hear your plea and issue an order on it,” LHC’s Justice Ali Baqar Najafi said while hearing a petition against Elahi’s detention order. […]
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PESHAWAR: Former prime minister Imran Khan‘s aide Pervez Khattak has formed a new party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Parliamentarians, days after being thrown out of PTI, sources told Geo News Monday. Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mahmood Khan and ex-lawmakers Shaukat Ali and Syed Muhammad Ishtiaq Urmar are among 57 ex-assembly members who have joined the […]
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured the nation that his government will hand over the reins to an interim setup next month after the completion of their tenure. “In August 2023, we will give responsibility to the interim government,” he said in a live address on Thursday. The premier repeated the circumstances in which the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Islamabad Muhammad Azam Khan Thursday declared admissible the illegal marriage case of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan with Bushra Bibi during the latter’s Iddat, The News reported. Furthermore, the court dismissed the civil court’s verdict declaring a petition challenging the legality of the marriage inadmissible. The ADSJ […]
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It is very painful to imagine what the passengers of the imploded submersible Titan had gone through when they lost contact with the outside world just an hour and a half after diving into the North Atlantic to explore the Titanic wreckage. The OceanGate Expedition-owned submersible went missing on June 18, after it was launched […]
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The top leadership of Pakistan’s two mainstream political parties, i.e., Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) with a history of love and hate relationship, met in Dubai recently and held marathon sessions on wide-ranging political issues, including the challenges the two sides likely to confront with, in the next general elections otherwise […]
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In detailed notes released Tuesday night, originally written on June 22, SC Justices Sardar Tariq Masood and Syed Mansoor Ali Shah have agreed with Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s reasoning regarding refusal to sit in the larger nine-member bench constituted to hear the petitions on military court trials of civilians. The bench was later trimmed down […]
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday filed a petition seeking the recusal of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq from the Toshakhana case. In the petition, the former prime minister — who was removed from power via a no-confidence motion in April last year — is seeking the transfer of the […]
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