ISLAMABAD: The Peshawar High Court has fixed 20 October for the first hearing of petitions challenging the federal government’s imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days after a joint sitting of Parliament endorsed the move over fierce opposition protests.
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Joint session of parliament votes to strip Imran Khan’s party of power in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD: A joint session of parliament voted on Thursday to endorse emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formally stripping jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party of control of the northwestern province.
Imran Khan’s party challenges emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: The chairman of Pakistan’s largest opposition party has asked the Peshawar High Court to strike down the federal government’s imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, calling it unconstitutional and demanding the immediate reinstatement of the province’s detained chief minister.
Parliament weighs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emergency with opposition members in custody
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf asked the National Assembly speaker to issue production orders for nine detained lawmakers so they can attend Tuesday’s session, where the government is seeking parliamentary approval for its takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will last until security improves, minister says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s opposition and its lawyers are taking the federal takeover of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the courts, challenging whether Islamabad had constitutional grounds to remove an elected provincial government and hold its chief minister in preventive custody.
Pakistan deploys army to province under emergency rule, Peshawar sealed off
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: The federal government has authorised the deployment of army troops and assets across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hours after imposing emergency and governor’s rule in the province run by Imran Khan’s party.
PM Sharif backs Saudi Arabia under Makkah pact after Houthi airport strike kills 12
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the Houthi attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport that killed at least 12 people and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to Saudi Arabia’s security under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, with the Saudi-led coalition vowing a decisive response.
PTI vows to march on despite threat of emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
PESHAWAR: The chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has vowed to resist any attempt by Islamabad to impose emergency rule, a week into a march by supporters of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
PM Sharif calls Pakistan’s commitment to Saudi security “resolute” after deadly Houthi attacks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has pledged to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Saudi Arabia after a run of Houthi missile attacks on the kingdom’s airports, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declaring his country’s commitment to Riyadh’s security “resolute”.
“Fake and fabricated”: Islamabad rejects claim of Pakistani air power in Yemen war
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday denounced as “fake and fabricated” a New York Times report that Pakistan Air Force fighter jets were being used against Yemen’s Houthi movement in Saudi Arabia’s escalating war.