Imran to be indicted in Toshakhana case today By: Agencies on February 7, 2023A local court in Islamabad will frame charges against former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in Toshakhana case on Tuesday (today). At the previous hearing, Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal, while hearing the criminal proceedings against the PTI chief, had announced the date for the indictment of the deposed premier – […]
IHC suspends FIRs against Sh Rashid in Karachi, Lasbela By: Agencies on February 7, 2023The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered police to not take further action against Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid in cases filed against him in Karachi and Balochistan in connection with alleged defamation of the PPP leadership. The Islamabad police had arrested the PTI ally on February 2 for remarks he made […]
LHC irked over interior ministry’s ‘incomplete’ report on Gill By: News Desk on February 7, 2023The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday expressed displeasure over incomplete details of a report submitted on behalf of the federal interior ministry about a record of first information reports (FIR), registered anywhere, against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill. Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh presided over the hearing of protective bail filed by Gill after […]
PTI yet to take final decision on attending APC: Farrukh By: Agencies on February 7, 2023The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Farrukh Habib on Monday said the party had not taken final decision on attending the all parties conference (APC) called by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on February 9. Speaking to a private news channel, he said a suitable environment was needed to be created before calling [PTI] to the APC. […]
Senate expresses solidarity with quake victims By: APP on February 7, 2023The Senate on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to express solidarity with the devastating earthquake-hit people of Türkiye, Syria and Lebanon. The Upper House in the motion urged the prime minister, government and non-governmental organisations to rush medical and other humanitarian assistance to the affected people of Türkiye. The chairman Senate requested Senator Yusuf Raza […]
NEPRA’s fuel adjustment charges declared illegal By: News Desk on February 7, 2023The Lahore High Court on Monday disposed of more than 3,000 petitions filed against the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (NEPRA) mandate to collect fuel adjustment charges in electricity bills. The LHC in its verdict declared the NEPRA’s act, which allows authority to collect FDA charges from electricity users, as illegal. The petition was filed […]
Accused in Sarah murder case indicted in arms case By: News Desk on February 7, 2023A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Monday indicted Shahnawaz Amir – the prime accused in the Sarah Inam murder case – in an illegal weapon case. The Islamabad Police arrested Amir – son of veteran journalist Ayaz Amir – on September 23 last year for allegedly killing his Canadian national wife at a […]
Police says improving security at F-9 Park after rape incident By: News Desk on February 7, 2023The Islamabad police said on Monday that it was improving security arrangements at the capital’s F-9 Park, where a woman was raped at gunpoint last week. On Feb 2, a first information report (FIR) was registered at the Margalla police station under Section 376 (punishment for rape). According to the complainant, she had gone to […]
PTI should review its politics of chaos: Sherry By: APP on February 7, 2023Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Monday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) should review its politics and find an alternative to the politics of chaos, protest and instability. In a series of tweets, the federal minister said after the failure of the last ball and last card, Imran Khan had announced the […]
PM orders restoration of Wikipedia: Marriyum By: News Desk on February 7, 2023Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to immediately restore the online encyclopaedia website Wikipedia across Pakistan, days after it was blocked for failing to remove “sacrilegious content”. “The prime minister has also constituted a cabinet committee on matters related to Wikipedia and other online content,” Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said […]