ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday ordered the removal of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Zartaj Gul from the no-fly list and called for an inquiry into the 2022 arrest of former minister Dr Shireen Mazari in a corruption case. Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued these orders in their respective courts. Justice Jahangiri, while allowing Ms Gul’s petition, stated that there was no plausible reason or justification for placing the petitioner’s name on the Passport Control List (PCL). “Respondent No. 3 [Director General, Immigration and Passports Control] is directed to remove the name of the petitioner…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s fresh offer to the opposition PTI for a dialogue on Wednesday met with a strong rebuke, as the latter made it conditional with the release of the party’s founding chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders and activists. “If any hardships are being faced by your [PTI’s] founder in jail, then [let’s] talk about them,” said PM Shehbaz in the National Assembly, addressing the PTI members who kept on highlighting their alleged political victimisation and decried the alleged mistreatment of Mr Khan at Adiala Jail during their speeches on cut motions related to the federal budget. …
QUETTA: Two security personnel were martyred in a gun attack on a post guarding the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) oil and gas exploration site in the Iskalku area of Kalat district. Officials said around 50 armed men attacked the PPL project area and the Frontier Corps (FC) post in the wee hours of Tuesday. “In a heavy exchange of fire, two FC soldiers lost their lives,” Home Minister Ziaullah Langove said, adding that the attackers wanted to take all those deputed at the post hostage. Acting on the information soon after the launch of the attack, he said, more troops…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday to hear the party’s long-pending petitions regarding the May 9 operation, election symbol review, and Feb 8 “mega polls fraud” without further delay, to uncover the truth. Addressing a press conference alongside former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister Khalid Khurshid, Mr Hasan said the Constitution did not permit ignoring crucial petitions and focusing on trivial matters. He requested the CJP to fix party’s pending petitions, including the May 9 incidents, review petition, level playing fields, and Feb 8 “mega polls robbery”, for hearing. Former Gilgit-Baltistan CM questions why…
ISLAMABAD: Ahead of today’s (Thursday’s) full court hearing on the matter of reserved seats, the government informed the Supreme Court that the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) was not entitled to reserved seats, seeking the dismissal of the instant petition. Meanwhile, the PTI has sought to become a party to the case. In its submission to the top court on Wednesday, the government said the SIC did not deserve seats reserved for non-Muslim and women lawmakers as it consisted entirely of independent candidates. The SIC did not field even a single candidate in the general election or furnish a list required under…
MUZAFFARABAD: In the light of the experience gained during the recent violent protests, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) police have raised a ‘special anti-riot force’ to cope with similar situations in future more effectively by employing the latest techniques This was stated by AJK’s newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Rana Abdul Jabbar during his maiden media talk on Wednesday. The new force consists of 500 personnel, aged between 20 and 30 years, who are undergoing a specialised training by master trainers from Punjab, he said. “The idea behind raising this force is to ensure that a mob should…
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Thursday that the government would introduce a resolution in the National Assembly to counter a recently adopted US motion regarding democracy in Pakistan. His statement comes a day after the US House of Representatives had passed a resolution expressing robust support for democracy in Pakistan by an overwhelming 368-7 vote. Lawmakers supporting resolution HR 901, titled ‘Expressing support for democracy and human rights in Pakistan’, had claimed that the approval highlighted the United States’ commitment to promoting democratic values globally. The resolution — passed with 85 per cent of House members participating and 98pc voting in…
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Thursday turned down the pleas of ex-premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to suspend their seven-year sentences in the Iddat case. Additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Afzal Majoka announced the verdict today, which had been reserved on Tuesday. On February 3 — days before the general elections — an Islamabad court had sentenced the couple to seven years in jail and imposed Rs500,000 fine each for contracting marriage during Bushra Bibi’s Iddat period. The verdict had come in the same week the couple had been handed 14-year sentences in the Toshakhana case, and Imran and his…
Jeremy Allen White had nothing but praise for his costar Ayo Edebiri’s directorial debut on The Bear. At the show’s season 3 premiere on Tuesday, June 25, White recalled the excitement of witnessing Edebiri’s first day behind the camera. “It was the best,” White told Variety. “I wasn’t acting in that first day of hers, I was on set just like hanging out.” He fondly remembered watching Edebiri yell “action” for the first time, beaming with pride for his costar’s new endeavour. Even though Edebiri, who portrays his sous chef Sydney Adamu, could not provide him with official guidance for the sequences…
James Van Der Beek is soaking in every second of summer time to strengthening his family bond. On Wednesday, June 26, the Dawson’s Creek star took to Instagram to post a photo dump from his recent family getaway to Egypt. “#Egypt… With all my vocabulary, ‘Wow’ is what fell out of my mouth most of the time,” he began the caption of the post featuring his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek and their six kids. “We were gifted a magical experience; one I’m still processing – and might be for the rest of my life.” View this post on Instagram A post…
