By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Tehreek-e-Insaf party will petition the Supreme Court to seek a ruling to stop an effort by the election authorities to put off Punjab Assembly elections by more than five months to October 8, calling it an unconstitutional move to favour the ruling coalition alliance.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A senior army officer was killed in an encounter with “hardcore terrorists” in South Waziristan’s Angoor Adda in the latest among several casualties amid a surge in militant attacks in the country’s restive northwest, the military said on Tuesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: At least nine people have been killed and more than 40 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after a powerful earthquake struck large parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan late on Tuesday, government officials said.
Although he was unable to attend the courtroom because of rioting in the Judicial complex compound, the court accepted Khan’s intention to appear in person in good faith, lifting the arrest order against him and putting off his arraignment until later. By Naveed Naqvi.
By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered police to postpone an operation to arrest Imran Khan for another day after violent clashes near his home in the eastern city of Lahore earlier week prevented law enforcers from detaining him.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered police to suspend an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan until 10am on Thursday, pausing violent clashes between the security personnel and his supporters that erupted the previous day.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Clashes continued between police and Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf party on Wednesday after a night of violent standoff outside the residence of former prime minister Imran Khan in Lahore as authorities attempt to arrest the cricketer-turned-politician for failing to appear in court on a corruption case.
Threatening remarks Khan made against an Islamabad district & sessions judge last August seems to be catching up with him. By Naveed Naqvi.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Punjab police on Thursday registered a case against former prime minister Imran Khan and several of his senior party leaders under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, following a clash between the two sides a day before in Lahore.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called off a rally scheduled to be held in Lahore on Wednesday after an activist of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party was allegedly killed during a police crackdown on party supporters who gathered outside his residence, defying a government ban on rallies in the city.
