The Superior Court of Peshawar (PHC) on Friday, through a brief order, ordered the government to releaseall doctors and paramedical personnel detained under the Public Order Maintenance Ordinance (MPO) against bonds worth Rs50,000 each, as well as written guarantees of good conduct. Detained health professionals must also commit to resume work in their respective hospitals, […]
PPP President Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari accused Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday of "undermining parliament," saying the opposition had no choice but to go outside. "If the parliament is not operated, democratic forces will be forced to go outside," he said in a conversation with journalists in Islamabad. Bilawal, who spoke after an accountability court extended
Prime Minister Special Assistant (SAPM) for Information and Broadcasting, Firdous Ashiq Awan, categorically refuted on Friday the reports of a meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and the visiting delegation of the Afghan Taliban. A delegation from the Taliban Political Commission (TPC) based in Doha is in Islamabad at the invitation of the Pakistani government
The European Union has allocated 300,000 euros to provide emergency assistance to the victims of the earthquake that shook Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Punjab on September 24. According to a press release issued by the European Commission on Friday, the funds, equivalent to Rs51.4 million, "will meet the most pressing needs of around
LAHORE: The president of the National Office of Accountability (NAB), the retired judge Javed Iqbal, expressed frustration at what he called "cold response" from other countries regarding providing the legal assistance required to proceed against the suspects who They have properties abroad. “The white-collar crime begins from Lahore and arrives in Islamabad from where it
LAHORE: Amid the "unilateral" announcement by Jamula Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to stop the closure of Islamabad (Azadi march) on October 27, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday He ordered the president of PML-N Shahbaz Sharif to develop a consensus between the opposition parties so that a joint struggle can be initiated
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court decided on Thursday to set up a special bank for the implementation of its 2014 ruling on the protection of minority rights and the promotion of a culture of religious and social tolerance. Subsequently, a three-judge Supreme Court bank, headed by Judge Umar Ata Bandial, referred the matter to the president
ISLAMABAD: A joint meeting of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, Pakistan Broadcasters Association and Pakistan Federal of Journalists (Burna, Dastoor and Workers) has unanimously rejected the government's decision to establish special media courts. The heads of all media organizations attended the meeting in Islamabad. They expressed deep concern over the
ISLAMABAD: The High Court of Islamabad appointed the eminent lawyers Hamid Khan, Khalid Anwar and Makhdoom Ali Khan on Thursday as amici curiae to assist him in petitions filed by two legislators against the appointment of two members of the Electoral Commission of Pakistan (ECP) . The petitioners, Senator Mohammad Javed Abbasi and the member
RAWALPINDI: The families of civilians, who died and suffered injuries when a small military plane crashed in a residential area near Phase 7 of the city of Bahria two months ago, received compensation. Each family has received Rs1 million, while the authorities concerned are evaluating other losses. Several people, including five crew members, had lost
