ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament on Monday passed a bill to change the laws pertaining to the three branches of the armed forces, extending the fixed tenure of services chiefs from three years to five years.Extending the term of the three top commanders — including army chief General Asim Munir who assumed office two years ago —…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan authorities Thursday released Bushra Bibi, wife of jailed former PM Imran Khan, from prison in Rawalpindi, a day after Islamabad high court granted her bail in an alleged graft case involving purchase and sale of state gifts.Bibi, 50, was arrested on January 31. She and her husband were convicted of corruption and illegal…
Bushra Bibi, the wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, was released from jail on Thursday after nearly nine months in custody following her arrest in the Toshakhana corruption case.Her release followed a decision by Islamabad high court judge, Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, who granted bail in exchange for a surety bond of…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari approved on Wednesday the appointment of Justice Yahya Afridi, the third most senior judge of the supreme court, as the country’s next chief justice after he was selected on Tuesday night by a 12-member parliamentary panel.The power to appoint a chief justice has shifted to parliament following a recent…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament clipped the powers of the Supreme Court in the early hours of Monday by empowering the executive through an amendment to the constitution passed with a two-thirds majority in both the senate and the National assembly.With full backing from the powerful military, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s govt had been attempting since last…
LAHORE: Describing foreign minister S Jaishankar’s visit to Pakistan for the SCO meeting as a positive development that should provide an opening for more substantive engagements between the two countries, former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif reached out to PM Narendra Modi, saying the latter’s decision to visit Sharif’s home in 2015 was not an ordinary…
Senior directors of a Pakistan college stated on Wednesday that there was no evidence to support claims of a student being raped on campus, despite reports circulating online that led to several days of protests. The allegations, which spread through social media posts, claimed that a woman was raped in the basement of a Punjab…
Pakistan is gearing up to secure its capital, Islamabad, ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. The event, taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday, will see the attendance of key regional leaders, including India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and China’s Premier Li Qiang.In preparation for the summit, Pakistan’s government…
NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party will not be allowed to disrupt the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Head of States’ Summit, the way they did in 2014, prompting the cancellation of the Chinese president’s visit thenSharif’s statement comes in response to Khan’s call for…
PESHAWAR: Jailed ex-PM Imran Khan‘s PTI has distanced itself from a party member’s invitation to India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar to join its protest, asserting that no foreign country has a role in its political struggle.Party chairman Gohar Ali Khan said Saturday that remarks by Muhammad Ali Saif, an adviser on information to the…
