ISLAMABAD: Ishaq Dar, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister, will travel to the United Kingdom this week for a five-day diplomatic mission that will put him face to face with the officials he hopes can help free ten Pakistani sailors still held captive by Somali pirates more than four months after their ship was seized.
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Imran Khan’s family files contempt petition against PM Sharif and officials over ignored medical transfer order
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s family and party filed a contempt of court petition against prime minister and a string of senior officials on Saturday, accusing them of defying a Supreme Court order that directed the jailed former leader be moved to a private hospital for treatment.
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.
Parliament pushes through military command overhaul amid opposition walkout
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament pushed through sweeping changes to the country’s military command structure on Thursday, passing legislation that formally hands the newly created post of Chief of Defence Forces sweeping powers over the armed services, hours after the bills cleared the federal cabinet and over strong objections from opposition lawmakers in both houses.
PML-N govt moves to block Imran Khan’s hospital transfer, calls Supreme Court order “discriminatory”
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has asked the Supreme Court to overturn its own ruling ordering the transfer of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital in Islamabad, setting up a fresh legal confrontation just a day after the original order was issued.
Supreme Court orders Imran Khan’s transfer to Shifa hospital within 48 hours
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the government to move jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within two days, delivering a ruling his party had sought for months amid mounting concern over his eyesight and general health.
PML-N claims two-thirds majority in Kashmir assembly after independent’s defection
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling party moved a step closer to a supermajority in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir assembly Monday, as a newly elected independent lawmaker announced he was joining its ranks, a defection that party officials said would help push their seat count toward two-thirds of the legislature.
Security forces kill seven terrorists in Balochistan intelligence raid
QUETTA: Security forces killed seven terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Kharan district on Sunday, according to state media, in the latest of a string of raids conducted across the province this month as the security situation there continues to deteriorate sharply.
Nawaz Sharif warns against political ‘animosity’ as PML-N edges towards Kashmir election victory
MURREE: Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister and president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, has called for political rivals to set aside “animosity” as his party moves towards a majority in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s fraught legislative assembly elections, a contest marked by weeks of unrest, an internet blackout and mounting allegations of rigging.
Murder inquiry turns to dead entrepreneur’s bank records and smartwatch
KARACHI: The team investigating the murder of a 25-year-old Karachi dessert entrepreneur are examining a trail of drained bank accounts and deactivated social media profiles in the days before his death, as a dispute has broken out between his family and police over who has had access to a smartwatch that may hold crucial digital evidence.