Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: After spending 15 years behind bars, four men accused of murdering six police officers in a terror case have been acquitted by the Supreme Court, which found the prosecution’s case riddled with inconsistencies and lacking credible evidence. […]
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. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan and the Advocate General Punjab, seeking their help in a petition challenging the de-notification of sitting judges from election courts. The court adjourned the hearing for two weeks. Justice Khalid Ishaq was hearing the petition filed by PTI leader
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. ISLAMABAD: The federal government has called off the Pakistan Day parade scheduled for March 23 due to the ongoing oil crisis and the announced austerity measures following tensions in the Middle East, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Tuesday. “In view of the ongoing Gulf oil crisis and the austerity measures announced by
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Drone, rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad; Trump slams ‘foolish’ NATO, says US can handle crisis alone Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah’s office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024. Photo: Reuters/ File DUBAI/JERUSALEM: Iran on Tuesday rejected proposals aimed at de-escalating the conflict, as Israel
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Iran gave MT Karachi special permission to transit, vessel enters Pakistani waters with 80m liters of crude oil A vessel that sails through water. PHOTO: PEXELS The first Pakistani vessel to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after its closure has entered the Arabian Sea via the Gulf of Oman and reached Pakistan’s maritime zone
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DPM Dar chairs the review meeting, orders measures to facilitate and support Pakistanis in the region Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar chairs a meeting in Islamabad to review developments in the region. Photo: X Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday directed authorities to maintain close coordination to facilitate
The PMO says the day will be observed with dignity, respect through simple flag hoisting ceremonies The federal government has called off the Pakistan Day parade scheduled for March 23 due to the ongoing oil crisis and the announced austerity measures following tensions in the Middle East, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Tuesday.
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Islamabad says it targeted terrorist ammunition cache, Taliban use 2023 photo to claim 400 dead Red Crescent volunteers carry the body of a victim who died in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. PHOTO: REUTERS Pakistan has rejected Afghanistan’s claims that it struck a rehabilitation
Government says reserves are sufficient for now as daily monitoring begins amid oil price rises and supply risks Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the oil minister to take steps to further improve Pakistan’s oil import supply chain and that all relevant departments should remain prepared for emergency
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Officials say coordinated assault prevented; weapons recovered as security tightened across the region KP Police. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE PESHAWAR: Police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa repelled coordinated terrorist attacks on Baka Khel police station and Fatah Khel check post early Tuesday and killed one attacker in a subsequent search operation, officials said. According to the police, terrorists launched the
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