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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Paying rich tribute to our forefathers who rendered immense and everlasting sacrifices for the creation of Pakistan and the martyred who laid down their lives for the stability and survival of the motherland, acting president and Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Monday urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to ensure the establishment of memorials of national […]
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ISLAMABAD: The government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif further amended the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws, allowing the antigraft watchdog to detain accused for 30 days. Acting President Sadiq Sanjrani signed the NAB (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 in the dead of night after the federal cabinet’s approval. According to the ordinance, the NAB chairman can issue […]
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MUZAFFARABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Sardar Ziaul Qamar on Thursday came out the winner in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) LA-15 by-election, the unofficial result suggested, according to The News. The PPP and PML-N, which are allies in the centre, are among several others vying for the seat that fell vacant after Ilyas was […]
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