Pakistani sweetheart Mehwish Hayat had defended former military dictator and President General (r) Pervez Musharraf in a recent tweet. “This man was our President and guided us through some very difficult times. Like him or loathe him, he deserves the opportunity to be heard,” she wrote ...

ISLAMABAD - A special court in Islamabad would be hearing a high treason case against former president (r) Gen Pervez Musharraf on a daily basis from October 24. The decision was made by a three-member bench headed by Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth on Tuesday which also instructed all parties to submit ...

ISLAMABAD - A special court in Islamabad cancelled former president Gen Musharraf's right of defence due to his continued absence before the court in the high treason case. During the hearing on Wednesday, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Tahira Safdar also rejected Pervez Musharraf's plea for ...

ISLAMABAD - Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf will likely return to Pakistan on May 1, his counsel Salman Safdar announced on Saturday. Talking to newsmen in Islamabad, Safdar said despite his deteriorating medical condition, the former president was determined to appear before the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court ordered former president Pervez Musharraf on Monday to appear before a special court hearing a treason case against him otherwise he would lose the right of defence. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was hearing a petition ...

ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday approved appointment of Brigadier (r) Ijaz Shah as federal minister for parliamentary affairs. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry, in a tweet Friday, confirmed that Shah’s appointment was approved by President Alvi on ...

ISLAMABAD - A special court hearing a case pertaining to charges of high treason ordered former president Pervez Musharraf to appear before it on May 2. During the case hearing on Thursday, the counsel for Musharraf contended that his client wished to appear before the court on May 13, however, the ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Friday disposed of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case against Pervez Musharraf, Asif Ali Zardari and former attorney general Justice (r) Malik Mohammad Qayyum. A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, observed that the apex court shall ...

ISLAMABAD - The supreme court accepted a slew of conditions put forth by former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf for returning back to the country as it resumed hearing into the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case. During the hearing of the case on Tuesday, Musharraf's counsel ...

LONDON - Former president Pervez Musharraf has tendered his resignation as the chairman of All Pakistan Muslim League, a party he formed in 2010. Dr Amjad, who previously served as the secretary general of the party, has replaced the former dictator as the chief of the party, struggling to contest ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar retracted a conditional permission granted to General (retd) Pervez Musharraf to contest the upcoming general election after his counsel informed that the former president will not return to the country today. Musharraf's counsel ...

LAHORE - The Supreme Court has ordered the National Database and Registration Authority to unblock the national identity card (NIC) and passport of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. During the hearing of the treason case against Musharraf on Monday, NADRA chief Usman Mubeen informed ...

ISLAMABAD - Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif expressed on Wednesday that the legal cases against him were punishment for his pursuit of a treason case against the former president, Pervez Musharraf. In an explosive press conference in Punjab House, the supreme leader of ruling Pakistan Muslim ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to former military and civilian rulers and other in a petition against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, hearing the petition filed by Feroz Shah Gilani served notices ...

ISLAMABAD - In a surprise move, the special court hearing high treason case against General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has directed the federal government to take measures for the arrest of the former president, subject to certain conditions. The court also gave a go-ahead to the government for ...

LAHORE - Lawyers have warned of a countrywide movement seeking the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif “if the premier does not step down in seven days” in the wake of Panama probe. Both major lawyers’ bodies - the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) and the Supreme Court Bar ...