ISLAMABAD, Mar 16 (EW): Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal remarked on Thursday that PTI Chairman Imran Khan should assist with the state instead of showing resistance as his legal team seeks cancellation of arrest warrants in the Toshakhana case. Khawaja Harris is representing Mr Khan in the district and sessions court to get relief for his client after the …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 16 (EW): The government on Wednesday increased the price of petrol by Rs5 and high speed diesel (HSD) by Rs13 per litre. The new prices will be effective from March 16 (today). “In the last fortnight, Platts Singapore prices registered an increase. This along with a depreciation of Pak Rupee has resulted in an increase of POL …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 16 (EW): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said for the first time one person – ostensibly referring to former prime minister Imran Khan – considered himself above the law and is defying every institution. Talking to a delegation of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Shehbaz said Pakistan is passing through challenges and the coalition government …
After law enforcement personnel pulled back from former prime minister Imran Khan’s residence in Lahore on Wednesday, PTI supporters at Zaman Park cheered and celebrated “chasing the Rangers away”. Early morning today, Islamabad Police, backed by Punjab Police and Rangers resumed efforts — which began on Tuesday — to arrest the ex-premier in connection with the Toshkhana case. Imran …
In the wake of Pakistan’s worsening political and economic crisis, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Wednesday said the country is facing a “perfect storm”. “Unfortunately, Pakistan is facing a perfect storm. Not only do we have heightened partisanship and political polarisation, to the extent that political parties or political stakeholders aren’t even in a position to sit in a room …
LAHORE, Mar 14 (EW): A team of the Islamabad police has surrounded Zaman Park along with a heavy contingent of the Lahore police to arrest Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, whose arrest warrant is out in the Toshakhana case against him. A team of Islamabad police has been in Lahore since yesterday to comply with the court orders …
LAHORE, Mar 14 (EW): Pakistan is a ‘hostage’ to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and it is treating it like a colony, PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz says. “The IMF is not ready to trust us. Pakistan is a hostage to the IMF and it is treating the country like a colony. Even if we try to come out …
LAHORE, Mar 14 (EW): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan led his party’s election rally in the Punjab capital on Monday, the first polls-related activity in more than four months. With a major power show, Imran formally kicked off the PTI’s canvassing campaign in Punjab where elections for the provincial assembly will be held on …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 14 (EW) – A court in the federal capital suspended the non-bailable arrest warrant of PTI Chairman former prime minister Imran Khan in woman judge threatening case. Additional Sessions Judge Faizan Haider Gillani suspended the warrants till March 16 after Imran Khan challenged the decision of a district and sessions court. A legal team comprising advocate Naeem Haider Panjutha …
A district and sessions court in Islamabad issued non-bailable arrest warrants for PTI chairman Imran Khan on Monday in a case pertaining to using threatening language against a woman additional district and sessions judge and senior police officers. Senior Civil Judge Rana Mujahid Rahim has instructed the police to arrest the former prime minister and present him before the …
