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ISLAMABAD : In the lawsuit against the prosecution of civilians in military tribunals, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has retained the services of former law minister Farogh Naseem. The lawsuit challenging the military courts’ procedures will be heard by the seven-member bench of the Supreme Court, which is presided over byRead More →

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Khawaja Asif, the defence minister and head of the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), apologised for his comments on university vice chancellors in his budget address on Friday, although the speaker afterwards removed the offending phrase. Asif apologised at the beginning of the National Assembly session for labelling the vice chancellors “robbers”Read More →

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Tariq Malik, the chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), resigned on Tuesday. During a meeting at the PM House, he presented Shehbaz Sharif with his resignation. According to sources, the FIA added his name on the no-fly list, preventing him from flying internationally. The FIA and theRead More →

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Jahangir Khan Tareen suffered a setback when former MPA Lala Tahir Randhawa announced his departure from the “grandiose” party on Sunday, only days after the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) was founded. While meeting with Mr. Tareen, Mr. Randhawa made it obvious that he supports the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He alsoRead More →

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On Sunday (today), the event’s principal organiser and senior vice president of the PML-N, Maryam Nawaz, will deliver a speech at a youth convention in this place. For the gathering that will take place there, the football pitch has been readied. Information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb tweeted about the address ofRead More →

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Following an improvement in the law and order situation, Islamabad and the Punjab administration decided to end the military presence on Saturday. In the public interest, the Chief Commissioner’s office wrote to the Ministry of Interior, requesting that notifications of military deployments issued on May 10 be removed. According toRead More →

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On Wednesday, a much-anticipated meeting between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and deputy leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Lahore’s Zaman Park ended without the release of a “joint statement.” Mr Qureshi, who was freed from jail after nearly a month the other day, stayed with the party president for about anRead More →