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 …
WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (EW): President Joe Biden declared the US banking system “safe” and vowed stiffer bank regulation, after US regulators were forced to step in with a series of emergency measures following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, threatening to trigger a broader crisis. “Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. …
CHINA, Mar 14 (AFP): China said that it will reopen its borders to foreign tourists for the first time in the three years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic by restoring the issuance of all types of visas from Wednesday. The removal of this last cross-border control measure imposed to guard against Covid-19 comes after authorities last month …
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 …
ISLAMABAD, Mar.14 (INP): Sixteen acres of mangrove forest have been successfully restored in the Sonmiani Marsh Dam area of Balochistan, as the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCSIO) has made smooth progress in the construction of the mangrove biodiversity and mangrove restoration demonstration zones in Pakistan. According to China Economic Net (CEN), …
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 …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 13 (EW): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday upheld the death sentence for Zahir Jaffer, the convicted murderer in the Noor Mukadam case. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Ijaz Ishaq Khan announced the verdict which was previously reserved on December 21, 2022. The high court also sentenced Jaffer to death in the rape case. …
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 …
