ISLAMABAD — An Islamabad court has acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the iddat nikah case and also issued their release orders. Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka admitted the appeals and pronounced his reserved verdict. With the appeals admitted, the decision of the trial court was set aside. Civil […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Imran Khan’s party was eligible for more than 20 seats reserved for women and minorities in Parliament, in a major legal victory for the jailed former prime minister, who demanded the resignation of the election commission chief. Candidates backed by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, who […]
LAHORE — The Punjab government in Pakistan has sent recommendations to the Federal Interior Secretary to ban social media from 6th to 11th Muharram to control hate material, misinformation to avoid sectarian violence, Dunya News reported. According to the details, the Punjab government has decided to ban the social media along with tightening the security […]
NEW DELHI — India on Thursday categorically rejected “unwarranted” references to Jammu and Kashmir in a latest joint statement by China and Pakistan and asserted that the Union territory and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain its integral parts. The joint statement was issued in Beijing on June 7 following talks between Pakistan […]
ISLAMABAD — A missing Kashmiri poet has been traced to be in the custody of police in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Islamabad High Court was informed on Wednesday, two weeks after he disappeared from Rawalpindi. Ahmad Farhad’s wife had filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) claiming that he had been abducted […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in the Supreme Court on Thursday by video from prison, in connection with a case he has filed against amendments to Pakistan’s anti-graft laws. This will be Imran’s first public appearance since his arrest in last August in a Toshakhana case. Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Iran have agreed that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through “peaceful means based on the will of the people” of the region, said a joint statement issued by the two countries after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s maiden visit on Wednesday. President Raisi paid an official visit to Pakistan from April […]
TAIPEI — Four people were killed and 97 others sustained injuries after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Hualien in Taiwan on Wednesday morning, local media reported. A red alert for tsunami has been issued after the earthquake. The temblor was epicentred at 23.81 degrees north latitude and 121.74 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 12 […]
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani high court on Monday suspended the 14-year sentence given to former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana corruption case. The two were sentenced in the case by an Islamabad accountability court on January 31, days before the general elections. On Monday, the Islamabad High Court […]
THIMPHU — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alongside his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay, inaugurated the Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother and Child Hospital, emphasizing its significance as “a beacon of hope for several families.” This state-of-the-art hospital, constructed with the assistance of the Indian government, symbolizes a commitment to nurturing a healthy future generation. “Inaugurated the […]