LAHORE- The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) imprisoned 123 members after the party protested Imran Khan’s detention, and the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday ordered their release. On a case brought by PTI leader Farrukh Habib, Justice Anwarul Haq of the LHC ruled that the government’s notice of their imprisonment wasRead More →

In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, a group of Canadian legislators stated their “grave concern over the situation unfolding in Pakistan” and urged him to address the growing human rights breaches in the nation. The MPs’ worries coincide with the Pakistani government’s on-going crackdown on theRead More →

KARACHI – The National Accountability Bureau made the decision on Friday to launch an investigation into corruption and irregularities in the free flour programme in Punjab. In this respect, the NAB Chairman instructed the DG NAB Lahore to launch a thorough investigation in order to hold individuals responsible for corruptRead More →

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China said on Friday that it will not go to the G20 tourism summit that would be held the following week in India’s disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. In preparation for the G20 summit in New Delhi in September, India, which is serving as the organization’sRead More →

ISLAMABAD: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F faction and the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), has ‘decided’ to hold a sit-in at Islamabad’s D-Chowk. The PDM chairman held a sit-in last week in front of the Supreme Court (SC) to protest the legal system’s “favours” given to Imran Khan,Read More →

To discuss the nation’s present political and constitutional crises, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a special meeting of the federal cabinet for today (Monday). The federal cabinet meeting, where crucial national problems will be discussed, will reportedly take place in Parliament House. The meeting will be presiding over byRead More →

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has asked the governing political coalition to avoid conducting a sit-in against the court for allegedly preferring PTI chairman Imran Khan, which might jeopardise the judiciary’s integrity and functioning. To avoid any untoward event, Supreme Court Registrar Ishrat Ali convened a meeting of theRead More →

On Sunday, Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rahman issued the Punjab Agricultural Marketing Regulatory Ordinance Authority (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 and the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 2023. As a result of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc), the governor issued the first ordinance. It was not practicableRead More →