ISLAMABAD: The opposition has said that nobody but the jailed Imran Khan can call off a planned march on the capital, confirming that the interior minister met opposition leaders in private just days before publicly promising to stop the protest by force of law.
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Islamabad braces for showdown as minister Naqvi vows to stop Imran Khan’s supporters reaching capital “in every possible way”
ISLAMABAD: The government has vowed to stop supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan from marching on Islamabad “in every possible way”, warning that security forces have been given clear rules of engagement and will not stay silent if they come under fire.
Rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and husband re-arrested shortly after Supreme Court ordered their release
ISLAMABAD: A human rights lawyer and her husband were back behind bars within hours on Thursday, after Pakistan’s Supreme Court suspended the 17-year prison sentences that had made their case a rallying point for press freedom campaigners and UN officials.
Pakistan’s top court frees rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and husband after eight months in jail in social media case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday suspended the 17-year prison sentences imposed on the prominent human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband over social media posts critical of the country’s powerful military, ordering the couple released on bail after nearly eight months in custody.
Supreme Court voices unease over Constitutional Court’s bid to seize Imran Khan hospital case, but holds off for three weeks
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday voiced open unease at an attempt by the country’s newly empowered Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) to take over proceedings concerning the hospital transfer of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, but chose to defer its own hearing for three weeks rather than confront the tribunal head-on, saying it could not disregard another court’s directive.
Top constitutional court seizes control of Imran Khan hospital case after inmates seek same treatment
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court has summoned the complete case record concerning former prime minister Imran Khan’s transfer to a private hospital, stepping into a matter that has been before the Supreme Court and setting up a fresh test of which institution now holds authority over Pakistan’s constitutional disputes.
Police surgeon who exposed autopsy flaws in Mir Raza Ali case says she was stalked and threatened
KARACHI: A police surgeon whose findings blew apart the official account of a young Karachi businessman’s death told a judicial commission on Monday that she had been followed, threatened and subjected to an online smear campaign after she disputed the results of his first post-mortem examination.
Methane blast kills four, injures five at Balochistan coal mine
A methane gas explosion collapsed a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing four workers and injuring five others, the latest in a string of fatal accidents that has drawn attention to weak safety enforcement in the country’s coal-mining sector.
Balochistan chief minister rules out talks with militants, backs new provinces on administrative lines
QUETTA: Balochistan’s chief minister has ruled out any negotiations with those waging an armed insurgency against the Pakistani state, declaring that the province’s security forces would continue their campaign against militancy until, in his words, the “last terrorist” had been eliminated.
Lahore High Court halts order to expel Afghan medical students
LAHORE:Â A Lahore High Court judge on Friday suspended government directives ordering Afghan medical students to leave Pakistan, granting at least temporary relief to 13 students who argued they had been expelled from their colleges without being given a chance to respond.