Imran has been barred from holding office for 10 years as he and his wife were slapped with a fine of Rs 787 million. They are accused of retaining a jewellery set received from the Saudi crown prince against an undervalued assessment.
The rockets were fired from nearby mountains and exploded in different areas of Mach town. After firing rockets, terrorists attacked a camp of the security forces near the central jail and also entered the Mach railway station.
The wild animals have been brought to multiple PML-N public gatherings in the past. However, Nawaz Sharif was not impressed by the stunt as he ordered for the animals to be returned immediately and barred from any rallies in the future.
The accreditation cards issued to foreign journalists and international observers were only restricted to Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad. However, if any foreigner wants to visit any other city, it is being processed on a case-to-case basis, said a minister.
According to a senior police official, the explosion occurred when children, who were picking trash, were sifting through the garbage. However, it was unclear what kind of explosive device was used.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had challenged the verdict of the two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) which on Wednesday restored the cricket bat as the electoral symbol of the PTI party while validating its elections.
The appellate tribunals of the Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the returning officers' (ROs) decision to reject the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's nomination papers for two National Assembly constituencies in the Punjab province of the country.
The interior ministry, in a written response during question hour, highlighted the TTP’s reorganisation and operational expansion during the peace talks in 2022, which has significantly increased its militant activities.
The 25-year-old Parkash's nomination is historic as she is the first Hindu to contest the upcoming Pakistan general elections in the relatively conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Parkash said that if elected, she will help the problems of Hindus living in Pakistan and 'across the border'.
The verdict will determine once and for all the controversy around the period of disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution and the Elections Act 2017.
Imran Khan's lawyer, Azhar Siddique, said the rejection exposed the Election Commission’s bias. He blamed the commission and “invisible forces” for Khan’s disqualification. Another of his lawyers, Rai Muhammad Ali, described the rejection of Khan’s papers as an injustice to Pakistan.
Qureshi, along with Imran, was imprisoned in Adiala Jail in the cipher case and both secured bail last week as the Supreme Court accepted their pleas. However, Qureshi was detained and re-arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, which grants powers of preventative detention.
Qureshi could be seen in a cardigan and a shalwar kameez, attempting to speak to police personnel gathered outside the jail while he remained inside its premises. However, an official refused to listen and proceeded to shove the senior leader out the gate and toward an armoured vehicle.
Parkash will contest polls on a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) ticket, the second-largest party in the Senate. The party is currently headed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who had visited Goa for the G20 Summit this year.
The Pakistan media report also claimed that Hafiz's son Talha Saeed is also in the run. The media report claimed that Talha is contesting from the National Assembly’s constituency NA-127, Lahore.
Pakistan's caretaker ministers Fawad Hassan Fawad, Murtaza Solangi, and Jamal Nasir told reporters that all women and children had been released, except for the men who ‘could not be identified’ by the cops. However, police were seen forcibly sending women back to Quetta.
Earlier, the PML-N supremo said that neither India nor the United States are responsible for Pakistan's current problems. He blamed the country's military establishment of worsening Pakistan's economic problems and making the lives of the citizens unbearably miserable.
Imran's plans in the general elections hang in balance as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had earlier disqualified him for five years, finding him guilty of corrupt practices and his trial court conviction. The elections will be held in February 8, 2024.
Former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisa said the injured were shifted to hospital. He suspected that the attack might be carrying some serious message to him. Police reached the spot and launched an investigation.
During a conversation with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket aspirants, the party supremo, who is eying to become prime minister for a record fourth time, pointed out that he was ousted from power three times in 1993, 1999 and 2017.
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