ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s top electoral watchdog has formally started proceedings to remove Imran Khan from the party chairmanship after his disqualification in the Toshakhana reference. It was reported that the Election Commission of Pakistan sent a notice to the ousted Pakistani premier ...

ISLAMABAD – As the Supreme Court has overturned a four-year-old high court order and endorsed the government's earlier decision to ban motorcyclists on motorways, heavy-bike riders are being denied permission to ride on motorways. A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Sardar ...

ISLAMABAD –Finance Minister Ishaq Dar called on President Dr Arif Alvi in Islamabad on Friday. During the meeting, the finance minister briefed the president on the overall economic and financial outlook of the country. Dar also briefed Alvi on various steps taken by the government to ...

RAWALPINDI – Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq on Friday said that there were fears of an attack on PTI chief Imran Khan as he cautioned the federal government and the state to look into this aspect while citing the intelligence reports. The newly appointed top judge of IHC ...

ISLAMABAD – Three high court judges took oath as Supreme Court of Pakistan judges after their elevation was approved by President Arif Alvi earlier this week. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial administered oath to Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi of Sindh High Court, ...

ISLAMABAD – Justice Aamer Farooq Friday took oath as the new chief justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). President Arif Alvi administered oath to Justice Farooq during a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Saddar. Number judges, lawyers and other people attended the oath-taking event. Earlier ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved an amendment in country’s laws introducing seven-year jail term for people involved in spreading hateful content on social media. The cabinet has proposed the inclusion of Section 505 of the Pakistan Penal Code in the Federal ...

ISLAMABAD – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned PTI Chairman Imran Khan in cases related to cipher audio leak and prohibited funding. The investigation agency has directed the PTI chief, who is leading a long march to Islamabad against the government, to appear in the FIA ...

KARACHI - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned PTI Chairman Imran Khan for investigation in a money laundering case.  The former prime minister has been asked to appear before the investigation team at FIA's Karachi office on October 31 (Monday). Earlier this month, FIA ...

ISLAMABAD – The lawyer of senior journalist Arshad Sharif, who was killed in Kenya on Sunday night, has requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to form a judicial commission to probe the reason behind the anchorperson’s decision to left Pakistan and what he was doing in the East ...

ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah Monday ordered the federal government to establish a human rights court within this week. The IHC chief justice issued the order while hearing a case related to the torture on prisoners in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail. Last ...

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday de-notified former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan as Member of National Assembly (MNA) from NA-95, Mianwali. The top election body has declared the seat as vacant in the latest notification that comes after Imran ...

ISLAMABAD/NAIROBI – Kenyan police have said that Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif was shot dead in a case of 'mistaken identity' along the Nairobi-Magadi highway. Kenyan local publication, The Star, quoting law enforcers said Arshad Sharif was killed in last night's shooting, saying the ...

RAWALPINDI – Islamabad High Court on Monday ordered the Interior Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to approach the family of senior journalist and TV host Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead in Kenya’s capital. The court issued directives as a plea was filed, urging senior court of ...

RAWALPINDI – The Islamabad High Court has dismissed ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s plea to void the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) ruling of his disqualification, however clarified that the ruling does not restrict the PTI chief from taking part in future polls. IHC ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to disqualify him in the Toshakhana reference. Barrister Ali Zafar, on behalf of Imran Khan, requested the court ...