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.
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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.
Bihar chief minister draws outrage for forcibly lifting Muslim doctor’s niqab on stage
ISLAMABAD: India’s Bihar’s chief minister, Nitish Kumar, has drawn sharp condemnation from across India and Pakistan after a video showed him pulling down the niqab of a Muslim woman during a government ceremony, an act that critics described as a violation of her dignity and religious freedom.
IHC rejects Justice Jahangiri plea for single bench in degree validity case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday rejected objections raised by one of its own judges, Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, to a two-judge panel hearing a petition that challenges the validity of his law degree and his appointment to the bench, escalating a controversy that has roiled Pakistan’s judiciary and raised questions about judicial accountability.
Pakistan pushes for Russian oil deal to cut import costs, diversify supply
KARACHI: Russia and Pakistan are negotiating a potential agreement in the oil sector that could expand cooperation in exploration, production and refining, as Islamabad pushes to cut import costs and Moscow hunts for new markets amid Western sanctions.
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.
Gunmen kill police constable, civilian in attack on polio vaccination team in Bajaur
PESHAWAR: A police constable and a civilian were killed on Tuesday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a polio vaccination team in a remote village in the restive northwestern Bajaur district, officials said, dealing a blow to the country’s latest drive to eradicate the crippling disease.
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.
SBP cuts interest rate by 50 basis points, defying IMF guidance
KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank on Monday unexpectedly lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 10.5%, defying analyst expectations and recent IMF guidance to hold off on further easing amid risks to inflation and external balances.
Minister Chaudhry accuses PTI of using foreign firms to run social media propaganda
ISLAMABAD: A government minister accused the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Monday of hiring foreign companies to orchestrate paid social media campaigns, spreading what he described as selective narratives and propaganda through fake accounts operated from abroad.