ISLAMABAD — In a fresh violent incident, at least 15 people including a woman and a child were killed on Thursday after assailants opened fire on passenger vehicles in Ochat area of Kurram district, police told Geo News. Police said the convoy travelling from Parachinar to Peshawar was targetted in the attack, which has left […]
ISLAMABAD — The chances for the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan vanished after he was arrested in a protest case hours after getting bail in a case of alleged corruption, a media report said on Thursday. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted him bail in the second Toshakhana case related […]
ISLAMABAD — Information Minister Ataullah Tarar has said that PTI founder Imran Khan is unlikely to walk free from prison despite securing bail in new Toshakhana case. “There is no chance of PTI founder’s release,” the information minister said while speaking to Geo News on Wednesday. Tarar said the state gifts case against the PTI […]
RAWALPINDI — In a major development ahead of the looming November 24 protest by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday approved the bail plea of party founder Imran Khan in the new Toshakhana case. IHC’s Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb accepted Khan’s bail plea against two surety bonds worth Rs1 million each, […]
ISLAMABAD — Former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday told party leaders and ticket holders to “disassociate themselves from the party” if they could not participate in the PTI’s announced power show for November 24. On Nov 13, Imran issued a “final call” for nationwide protests on Nov 24 (Sunday), denouncing what he described as […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan federal authorities have outlawed all sorts of public gatherings in the capital region for two months ahead of a planned protest by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) last week announced to protest in Islamabad on November 24 to force the government to release its jailed founding […]
ISLAMABAD — Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairman Dr Raghib Hussain Naeemi on Monday gave a clarification on the body’s fatwa (Islamic decree) regarding VPN, an encrypted internet network, saying its nature of being Islamic or un-Islamic mainly depended on its usage. “No matter if VPN is registered or unregistered, it will be un-Islamic if […]
SRINAGAR — About 1,500 people died in protests that brought down Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina this year, and as many as 3,500 may have been forcibly abducted during her 15-year rule, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said on Sunday. The estimate by the economist and Nobel peace laureate, who is due to organise elections, is […]
LONDON — Hasan Nawaz Sharif, who is the son of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been declared bankrupt by the London High Court, according to the court papers. Hasan has been declared bankrupt in a tax and liability case of the UK government’s tax and revenue department, Geo News understand. The official UK Gazette, […]
LONDON — In response to concerns raised by British MPs regarding the imprisonment of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a letter to a Labour MP issued a detailed statement, saying there is “no indication” that Mr Khan will be tried in military courts. The letter was made public […]