ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, on Friday asked the Islamabad High Court to immediately schedule their long-pending appeals to overturn a graft conviction and suspend their sentences in a separate corruption case, accusing the prosecution of “inordinate delays” and “dilatory tactics” that have kept them behind bars for years.
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Five killed in Karachi as torrential rains trigger electrocutions and building collapse
KARACHI: At least five people died in the sprawling port city of Karachi on Thursday as unusually heavy rains triggered a series of deadly electrocutions and sent part of a three-story building crashing onto a passerby, officials said.
Security forces kill 13 militants in two operations in northwest province
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 13 militants in two separate intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Wednesday, part of an escalating counterterrorism campaign against a resurgent insurgency that has claimed more than 2,300 lives in the region over the past year.
Pakistan reopens Torkham border crossing for first repatriation of undocumented Afghans in months
PESHAWAR: Pakistan reopened the Torkham border crossing on Tuesday under temporary arrangements, allowing the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals for the first time in months after a security incident and a series of border clashes halted the process.
Heavy rains kill at least 21 across Pakistan as forecasters warn of fresh deluge
ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people have died and dozens more were injured in rain-related disasters across Pakistan’s northwest and southwest since late last week, officials said, as a new wave of storms threatened to bring widespread flooding, landslides and structural collapses to much of the country in the coming days.
PCB fines Naseem Shah Rs20 million over social media post on Maryam Nawaz
LAHORE Fast bowler Naseem Shah was on Monday handed a Rs20 million fine by the Pakistan Cricket Board for breaching multiple clauses of his central contract after a social media post that criticised Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
A court acquits two lawmakers and six others in 2018 triple murder of political family in Sindh
KARACHI: A court on Monday acquitted all eight defendants — including two members of the Sindh provincial assembly — in the 2018 assassination of a former union council chairman from the Pakistan Peoples Party and his two sons, ruling that prosecutors had failed to present sufficient evidence to secure convictions.
PTI demands hospital care for Imran Khan’s imprisoned wife, citing vision loss and medical neglect
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Sunday demanded that Bushra Bibi, the wife of the party’s jailed founder and former prime minister Imran Khan, be immediately transferred to a hospital for diagnosis and treatment after a medical document describing her deteriorating vision began circulating on social media.
Pakistan debunks weekend lockdown claim as fuel crisis deepens
ISLAMABAD: The information ministry on Sunday branded as fake a widely circulated notification that claimed the government had ordered a complete weekend lockdown to conserve fuel, urging citizens to stop sharing unverified social media posts that could sow confusion during an acute energy crisis.
Pakistan rejects Indian criticism of its treatment of Shia Muslims as cynical deflection, points to mob lynchings in India
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Saturday dismissed as “cynical and diversionary” India’s expressions of concern over the treatment of Pakistan’s Shia community, framing the remarks as an attempt to deflect attention from New Delhi’s own record of violence and discrimination against religious minorities.