Imran Khan returned to Adiala jail after government reroutes court-ordered hospital visit
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was returned to Adiala prison in the early hours of Friday after a night-time medical examination, following a chaotic sequence of events in which the government appeared to sidestep a Supreme Court order requiring his transfer to a private Islamabad hospital.
PTI warns it may quit parliament as Imran Khan’s sister reveals chaotic hospital transfer
ISLAMABAD: Uzma Khan, the sister of jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan, gave a detailed and at times bewildering account on Friday of the events surrounding her brother’s overnight hospital transfer, telling reporters in Islamabad that police repeatedly withheld information from her and that she was left waiting in darkened corridors before finally being reunited with him — an account that has fed a sharpening political row, with PTI’s chairman accusing the government of violating a Supreme Court order and warning the party could withdraw from parliament altogether.
Opposition parties agree in principle to form ‘united front’ against coalition government
ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in parliament moved a step closer to forming a joint political front on Thursday, after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman held talks with National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas in Islamabad.
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- Mobile broadband services restored
- LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
- Cabinet swells to 75 members
- Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
- World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
- PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
- Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
- Shahbaz Gill declined bail
- IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
- Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
- Punjab gets new policy chief
- Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
- Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
- Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
- Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
- Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
- ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
- Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
- CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
- Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
- IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
- Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
- Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
- Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
- Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction
Pakistan raises fuel prices as Trump’s Iran threats push oil to three-week high
Pakistan raised petrol and diesel prices for delivery Friday, the Petroleum Division said on Thursday, as crude oil climbed to a three-week high after President Donald Trump threatened sweeping economic measures against countries that continue trading with Iran.
Five militants killed in intelligence-led raid in restive Balochistan province
QUETTA: Security forces have killed five militants during an intelligence-based operation in the Killi Suran area of Panjgur district in southwestern Balochistan, officials said on Thursday, the latest action under a wider campaign against armed groups in the mineral-rich but long-troubled province.