Imran’s ‘fatwa’ of treason against CEC baseless: EC on July 9, 2022The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday decreed that the PTI chief and former prime minister Imran Khan’s allegations against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja were baseless. Addressing a public meeting in Sheikhupura, Imran had alleged that the Election Commission favoured Punjab CM and PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz Sharif. However, the Commission defended […]
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to turn ties into strategic partnership on June 27, 2022Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Abdullah has conferred King Abdulaziz Medal on Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa for making “significant contributions to the defence cooperation” between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the Inter Services Public Relations said in a statement on Sunday. Gen Bajwa visited Saudi Arabia on an official tour. During the visit, Gen […]
Pak policy towards India remains unchanged: FO on June 18, 2022The Foreign Office Friday said Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks about relations with India in his address at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) were being ‘interpreted out of context and portrayed incorrectly.’ “There is no change in Pakistan’s policy on India on which there is a national consensus. Pakistan has always desired […]
Imran won’t return to Islamabad even in six centuries: Marriyum on May 28, 2022Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday said Imran Khan would never return to Islamabad with a so-called long march again as the masses did not support him anymore due to his 4-year rule of corruption, nepotism, loot and plunder. “Six days aside , he (Imran) will not return to Islamabad in the […]
Islamabad not to be a venue for future violent marches: Sana on May 28, 2022Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Friday said the government will not allow any violent political procession in Islamabad in future in guise of assembly of people and a zero-tolerance policy in this regard would be devised soon. The interior minister said this while chairing a meeting in Islamabad on the law and order situation that developed […]
NA abolishes EVMs, ‘deprives’ expats of voting rights on May 27, 2022The National Assembly Thursday passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2022 which seeks to remove the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the general elections as well as disallows overseas Pakistanis from voting. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Murtaza Javed Abbasi presented the bill that was passed by majority vote, with only members of the Grand Democratic […]
Long march ‘test’ for judges and ‘neutrals’ on May 25, 2022Pledging to go ahead with the ‘Azadi March’, PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan Tuesday said he will see whether the judiciary and ‘neutral’s will support ‘thieves and servants of America or support the real independence of Pakistan’. Addressing a press conference in Peshawar, Imran said he will lead the “biggest procession in […]
Ex-PM wants SC to take suo motu notice on May 11, 2022PTI Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to take notice of a ‘blatant violation’ of the Constitution and law in Punjab after the federal government removed Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema through a late-night notification. In a statement, Imran urged the top court take ‘immediate notice of the blatant violation of the Constitution and […]
Imran terms Hamza’s election as CM ‘sham’ on April 18, 2022PTI Chairman Imran Khan Sunday condemned the violence and ruckus that took place in the Punjab Assembly and said such an act was against the norms of democracy and the Constitution. Taking to Twitter, the PTI chairman wrote: “What happened in the Punjab Assembly was condemnable & against all democratic norms and constitutional provisions. No […]
Justice Isa questions composition of Supreme Court larger bench on March 24, 2022Senior most Supreme Court judge Justice Faez Isa says he is perplexed over Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial’s decision to hear the presidential reference for interpretation of Article 63A together with the Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) petition over the no-confidence motion. The government filed the reference for Article 63A’s interpretation on […]