Government
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has announced that his party has restored contacts with all its old allies, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), and will soon call a meeting of all parties to discuss the next plan of action. Elahi also claimed that
Government
The Islamabad High Court has issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for summoning former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, without following standard operating procedures in the Toshakhana case. The call-up notices, issued on February 17 and March 16, were challenged by the
Government
The Lahore High Court has struck down Section 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code, which deals with sedition. This section made it a crime to bring the government into contempt or to excite disaffection toward the government. The court's decision came in response to a set of
Government
The provincial government of Sindh, Pakistan, has announced a public holiday on April 4th, 2023, in honor of the 44th martyrdom anniversary of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. According to the notification, all offices, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, corporations, and local councils under the administrative control of the
Government
The Pakistani Supreme Court has ordered that all cases being heard under Article 184(3) of the Constitution be postponed until amendments are made to the Supreme Court Rules, 1980, regarding the discretionary powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP). This decision was made by a three-judge special
Government
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has had his request for exemption from personal appearance in a case against him rejected by a local court. The case was registered after Khan used threatening language against a female judge. Non-bailable arrest warrants were issued for Khan due to his
Government
In a recent statement, the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, urged party workers to lodge FIRs against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah across the country for threatening his life. Khan accused Sanaullah of preparing the ground for his political or physical elimination and labeled him a terrorist
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In a recent address at a workers' convention in Kasur, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz warned Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial against taking cues from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. Maryam accused Imran of humiliating his "
Government
The Senate of Pakistan has passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023, which proposes that the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) should be deprived of the power to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity. The bill was already approved by the federal cabinet and the National
Government
According to reports, Asif Ali Zardari, the former President of Pakistan, underwent eye surgery in Dubai and is now in the process of recovery. Dr. Asim Hussain, Zardari's physician, accompanied him during the procedure, and his son and Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, flew to Dubai to be
Government
Maryam Nawaz, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has vowed to expose those she claims are Imran Khan's accomplices in the judiciary. At a party spokespersons meeting, she instructed them to provide information related to the Supreme Court's verdict in the Panama
Government
The Pakistani government has made a controversial move by passing a resolution against the Judiciary. Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb introduced the resolution, which denounces the Judiciary's intervention in the legislative process. The resolution also calls for simultaneous elections of all assemblies and demands that decisions related to elections