World
Former US President Donald Trump is set to surrender himself in court on Tuesday, facing charges related to hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 election. Trump, who will be the first former US president to face criminal charges, plans to plead not guilty to the undisclosed
Government
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has reserved its verdict on the petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) regarding the postponement of polls in Punjab. The decision will be announced on Tuesday, after a full day's hearing on Monday. The three-member bench hearing the case
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
National
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has promised to address the issue of gas load shedding during Ramadan, following complaints from the public. Responding to a question from an MP, the Prime Minister assured the National Assembly that he had already taken notice of the issue and would do everything possible to
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
Government
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