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Toshakhana case: IHC declares session court's order on maintainability 'illegal'
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday ruled that a session court's order on the Toshakhana case's maintainability was "illegal", ordering the lower court to rehear the case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. IHC Ch...
Will not allow army to take any unconstitutional steps, says CJP Bandial
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a set of petitions challenging the trial of civilians in military courts for an indefinite period. In a remark during the course of proceedings, CJP Umar Ata Bandial...
President Alvi confers Hilal-e-Pakistan award to Chinese vice-premier
ISLAMABAD: A historic ceremony took place at the President’s House, where the Vice Prime Minister of China – He Lifeng – was awarded Pakistan’s second-highest civil award Hilal-e-Pakistan. According to the details, President D...
SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22pc
KARACHI: The central bank on Monday announced that the key policy rate - the cost of banks’ lending - would remain unchanged at 22 per cent. Notably, in its first meeting after a new loan programme by the IMF, the SBP was scheduled&nb...
40 dead, several injured in blast at JUI-F convention
BAJAUR: At least 40 killed and 150 injured in a bomb blast that took place in Khar tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Sunday said Rescue 1122. Rescue teams and police contingents rushed to the scene and started shifting the injur...
Modi govt faces no-confidence vote over ethnic clashes
NEW DELHI: India's parliament on Wednesday authorised a no-confidence vote against Narendra Modi's government by an alliance of opposition parties, to force the prime minister to address in detail concerns about ethnic clashes in a northeastern state...
SC rejects Imran Khan’s plea to stop trial proceedings in Toshakhana case
The Supreme Court (SC) rejected on Wednesday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's request to stay criminal proceedings against him in the Toshakhana (gift repository) criminal case, but urged the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to de...
COAS, Centcom chief reiterate desire to enhance bilateral relations
ISLAMABAD: US Central Command General (CENTCOM) Michael Erik Kurilla called on Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, the military’s media wing stated on Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), regional...
PML-N, PPP top brass to discuss caretaker set-up in Dubai meet-up again
DUBAI: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz arrived in Dubai as Pakistan Peoples’ Party and PML-N gear up for another huddle in UAE. PPP co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign...
No plan to impose new taxes on agri, real estate sectors Dar tells NA
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday assured the National Assembly that no new taxes would be introduced for the agricultural and construction sectors as part of the nine-month Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) with the International Mo...
