ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday ordered the immediate removal of one of its own judges, Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, declaring that his law degree was invalid at the time of his appointment and confirmation.
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Taliban denials deemed ‘not credible’ as UN flags Afghanistan as regional terrorist hub
ISLAMABAD: A United Nations Security Council report has dismissed the Taliban’s insistence that no terrorist groups are using Afghan soil to launch cross-border attacks, labelling the claim “not credible” and highlighting growing fears among neighbouring countries that Afghanistan has become a hub for regional instability.
Imran Khan’s sisters charged with terrorism after protest over denied jail meeting
RAWALPINDI: The sisters of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister, were among 400 people charged with terrorism and other offences on Wednesday after the police dispersed a sit-in outside the jail where he is held, escalating a confrontation over access to the jailed opposition leader.
Pakistan says India and Israel fueled false narratives after Sydney terror attack
ISLAMABAD: The information minister on Wednesday accused India and Israel of orchestrating a disinformation campaign that falsely linked one of the suspects in the deadly shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach to Pakistan, calling the effort a deliberate attempt to tarnish his country’s reputation amid its long struggle against terrorism.
In Pakistan, the military’s grip on power is tested by Trump’s push for troops in Gaza
KARACHI: As Pakistan’s military consolidates unprecedented control under Field Marshal Asim Munir, the general now confronts a pivotal dilemma: whether to heed pressure from Washington and commit troops to a contentious stabilisation force in Gaza, a step that could inflame domestic unrest in a nation already roiled by political and militant tensions, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Police use water cannons to break up protest over denied access to imprisoned Imran Khan
RAWALPINDI: Police deployed water cannons early on Wednesday to break up a sit-in by supporters of the imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan outside Adiala jail, where his family and party members have been repeatedly denied court-ordered meetings, escalating tensions over what his party calls a blatant disregard for judicial authority.
Imran Khan’s sons plan January trip to Pakistan, voice concern over father’s prison conditions
KARACHI: The sons of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former prime minister, said they had applied for visas and were preparing to travel to Pakistan in January to visit their father, even as they voiced deepening alarm over what they described as his deteriorating conditions in a “death cell” at Adiala jail.
Supporters, sisters of Imran Khan hold sit-in outside jail, demanding court-ordered visits
RAWALPINDI: Sisters of Imran Khan, the imprisoned founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, and hundreds of party supporters staged a sit-in outside Adiala jail on Tuesday, pressing for access to the former prime minister in line with a court order that has gone unheeded for weeks.
Indian father and son kill 15 in ISIS-inspired Bondi beach massacre; Indian media deliberately spreads disinformation targeting Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Misinformation exploded across social media and seeped into mainstream reporting in the hours after a father-and-son duo inspired by Islamic State ideology carried out Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in nearly three decades, killing 15 people and wounding dozens at a Hanukkah celebration near Sydney’s Bondi Beach, complicating investigations and stoking ethnic tensions.
Security forces kill 11 militants, lose soldier in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa operations
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed at least 11 suspected militants and lost one soldier in a series of operations across the restive northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, as the military presses a broad counterinsurgency campaign amid a sharp rise in terrorist attacks.