File photo of Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari. He was elected as the Pakistan’s 14th President becoming the head of state for second time. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was elected as Pakistan’s 14th President on March 9, becoming the head of state for a second time. … Read more
File photo of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. A special court on August 30, 2023 extended the judicial remand of Mr. Khan till September 13. | Photo Credit: PTI A special court on Wednesday (August 30) extended till September 13 the judicial remand of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case related to the … Read more
Pakistan’s Imran Khan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan claimed on May 15 that the country’s powerful military establishment has planned to keep him in jail for the next 10 years under sedition charges and vowed to fight against the “assortments of crooks” till the last drop of his blood. … Read more
In a major relief for Imran Khan, Pakistan‘s Supreme Court on Thursday declared the former prime minister’s arrest “illegal” and ordered his immediate release after he was produced before a bench on its orders. The order to produce 70-year-old Khan was issued by a three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice … Read more
People walk past a public bus, which was set afire by supporters of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a protest against his arrest, in Karachi, Pakistan on May 10, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehrreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has called for a nationwide ‘shutdown’ on May 10 against the arrest of … Read more
Citing security and financial reasons, Pakistan’s defence authorities and election officials have urged the Supreme Court to reconsider its order to hold elections in the politically crucial Punjab province on May 14. A three-member panel of the court led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on April 4 in its judgment ruled that elections should … Read more
Pakistan’s Parliament on March 30 passed a Bill to curb the powers of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court regarding suo motu cases and the constitution of benches, in a significant move to rein in the top judiciary amid criticism by the Opposition. Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar introduced ‘The Supreme … Read more
Pakistan’s ruling party PML-N’s chief organiser Maryam Nawaz. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s ruling party PML-N’s chief organiser Maryam Nawaz has spoken out her mind regarding her and her father former premier Nawaz Sharif’s “tormentor” former spymaster retired Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and demanded his “immediate” court martial. Earlier, ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan had … Read more
Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi. File | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan President Arif Alvi has come under scathing attack from ministers of the ruling coalition for allegedly acting on former premier Imran Khan’s advice to put pressure on the country’s electoral watchdog to announce poll dates for provincial assemblies in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. President Alvi, who … Read more
