By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended a training session for returning officers on Thursday after a court order challenged its decision to appoint bureaucrats to oversee the elections scheduled for Feb. 8 next year.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A special court conducting the trial of former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on charges of leaking classified information has ordered a media blackout of its proceedings, barring journalists from reporting any details of the case.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court sentenced a man to death on Thursday for killing his Canadian wife in a high-profile murder case that has drawn international attention to the plight of women in the country who face violence at the hands of their partners.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A special court on Wednesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for a second time on charges of violating the Official Secrets Act, a colonial-era law that carries the death penalty.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday reversed its own decision that had barred the trial of civilians by military courts, paving the way for the army to resume hearing cases of 103 people arrested for vandalizing military installations during nationwide protests in May.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Military said on Tuesday that 25 of its soldiers were killed and several others wounded in three separate terrorist attacks in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near the border with Afghanistan.
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main opposition party accused the country’s election commission on Saturday of delaying its poll symbol, a bat, to hurt its chances in the upcoming general elections.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin said on Friday he was quitting politics for good, citing health and financial reasons, in a latest blow to Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party that has faced a wave of defections and arrests.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The World Health Organization on Thursday issued an alert about several contaminated syrups and suspension medicines manufactured by a Pakistani company that have been found in countries in the WHO regions.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), a prominent civil society organization, expressed alarm on Wednesday over the restriction of civil liberties and the possible rollback of constitutional reforms ahead of the general elections scheduled for February 8, 2024.
