ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) is set to continue hearing the matter concerning the conduct of general elections for the National Assembly and provincial legislatures today at 11:30 a.m. The case will be heard by a three-judge Supreme Court panel comprised of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice IjazRead More →
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld its earlier decision to conduct elections in Punjab on May 14. The court ruled in a three-page ruling that the April 4 order directing the ECP to conduct polls in Punjab on May 14 “remained unchanged.” The court also rejected accusations thatRead More →
LAHORE – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday announced to stage a rally on May 1, the International Labour Day. Taking to Twitter, PTI leader Hammad Azhar wrote, “PTI chief Imran Khan will lead a rally from Liberty Chowk to Nasir Bagh at 1pm. All should come out to show solidarityRead More →
ISLAMABAD – The third and final session of negotiations between the governing coalition and the PTI will take place on Tuesday at 11 a.m., after the second meeting closed on Friday with expectations of a thaw. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that the negotiations were going well. “We will putRead More →
KARACHI — Sindh police detained Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh president Ali Haider Zaidi at the party’s provincial secretariat in Karachi on Saturday, according to the PTI. According to sources, Mr Zaidi was taken to an undisclosed location after his detention. “He was arrested in connection with the case filed againstRead More →
LAHORE, Pakistan — Following the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to retrieve abductees till April 17, former Punjab chief minister (CM) complaint cell chairman Zubair Ahmad Khan was apprehended on Saturday after being missing for 38 days. Mr Niazi is connected to former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi. HeRead More →
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan summoned the secretaries of interior and finance on April 3 (Monday) after rejecting the government’s request for the formation of a bigger bench to hear the PTI appeal against the delay in elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The petition was heard byRead More →
ISLAMABAD : – A three-judge Supreme Court bench started hearing on PTI’s petition challenging the Electoral Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) delay in polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, hours after the second bench was dissolved due to another judge’s recusal. The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s four-member bench wasRead More →
ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) petitioned the Supreme Court for the postponement in Punjab elections. The joint plea was submitted by PTI leaders Asad Umar and Mian Mahmoodur Rashid, as well as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani and Punjab Assembly Speaker Muhammad Sibtain Khan. They have namedRead More →
ISLAMABAD – The Punjab elections were delayed, and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) petitioned the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. The petition was submitted jointly by PTI leaders Asad Umar and Mian Mahmoodur Rashid, as well as the speakers of the Punjab Assembly and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Legislature, Mushtaq Ahmad GhaniRead More →
