LAHORE – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) dismissed 22 leaders from South Punjab on Tuesday for breaking party rules. PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub’s signature appeared on the notification. Former Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, Sardar Muhammad Khan Leghari, Khusro Bakhtiar, Javed Akhtar Ansari, Farooq Azam Malik, and Muhammad AkhtarRead More →

ISLAMABAD – On Tuesday, an extra district and sessions court granted pre-arrest bail to Soumya Asim, the accused in the rape of minor maid Rizwana. The hearing on Soumya Asim’s temporary bail application was held in Islamabad, where Additional District and Sessions Judge Dr Abida Sajid granted the accused interimRead More →

Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, has arrived back in London from Dubai. After a few days, Nawaz Sharif is anticipated to travel to Europe, according to PML-N sources. Mian Nawaz Sharif will spend a few weeks with his family while onRead More →

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) shortlisted five candidates for the position of caretaker prime minister, according to defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif. The PML-N stalwart stated that all of the individuals who have been shortlisted are politicians in a statement. He added that he hadRead More →

Former KP chief minister Pervez Khattak’s membership in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was terminated by the party on Wednesday. The PTI has taken action against Khattak for failing to respond to the show-cause notice. According to a notice from PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan, Khattak’s basic membership has beenRead More →

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved the technical supplemental funds for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Frontier Corps (FC) and the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP). The Department of the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has been given a technical extra grant of 200 million rupees to cover employee-relatedRead More →

ISLAMABAD : In order to smooth the way for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif’s entry back into the nation, the legal committee was established on Sunday. Azam Nazeer Tarar, the law minister, is expected to lead the committee, according to sources. Along with other attorneys, the committee alsoRead More →

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 →

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 →