Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: In a landmark ruling dealing with both prison overcrowding and constitutional guarantees, the Supreme Court has called on courts across the country to decide bail applications with increased sensitivity and ensure speedy completion of trials, warning that […]
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Mahmood Khan Achakzai makes his first speech in the National Assembly as Leader of the Opposition on January 19, 2026. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: A petitioner has challenged the appointment of Mahmood Khan Achakzai as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly – nominated by PTI founder Imran Khan – in the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC).
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The Punjab police officer will brief the home ministers on the Punjab government’s Police Khidmat Markaz Global initiative Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi praised the Green Shirts for their spirited performance throughout the series. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has arrived in Italy on an important visit, where he will meet
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He noted that the official investigation deliberately skipped the critical 2022 and 2024 period Shaikh Waqas Akram said that the first phase of the civil disobedience movement is underway and it is targeting Pakistanis living abroad. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS LAHORE: PTI’s Central Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram has alleged that another nine million people have
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The Latok and Ogre peaks rise above Pakistan’s Choktoi Valley. PHOTO: EXPLORERSWEB A US-based team of climbers is preparing to attempt a new route up Baintha Brakk II, better known as Ogre II, in Pakistan’s Karakoram range. According to the website explorers web, Alaska’s Ethan Berkeland will be joined by August Franzen, a recent Piolet
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Memo makes participation compulsory from 23 Feb; party seeks family access, personal doctors PTI founder Imran Khan gestures while addressing supporters during a rally in Lahore April 21, 2022. Photo: REUTERS PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has instructed all its lawmakers to ensure mandatory attendance as the party prepares to hold daily protests outside the
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Says charge against CJ Dogar aimed at creating a hostile judicial environment ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed sacked Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri’s claim that Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar tried to negotiate with him for a post-dated resignation, terming the claim baseless and without evidence. In a detailed 116-page judgment authored
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He remained vitally stable before, during and after the procedure and was discharged with instructions for care Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Photo: File RAWALPINDI: Jailed PTI founder Imran Khan was brought to PIMS for follow-up eye treatment ie. second dose of anti-VEGF intravitreal injection in the wee hours of Tuesday (today), a press release
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that the chief justice of the court is the “Master of the Roster” and has exclusive authority to constitute benches and assign cases. In a written judgment, issued by a four-member bench hearing an internal appeal of an earlier IHC order correcting the issuance of contempt of
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PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah. PHOTO: Express ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Monday that the government had repeatedly invited the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for dialogue, but the opposition remained reluctant to sit at the negotiating table. Speaking in the Senate, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political and Public Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, emphasized that political progress
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