The Supreme Court on Monday issued its detailed verdict on the extension of the chief of the army staff. On November 28, the top court, in its short order, had allowed the federal government to grant a six-month extension to COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa. In the detailed verdict penned by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and issued today, the court states...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been moving systematically with a Hindu supremacist agenda. The premier was referencing the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by India's upper house amid protests on Wednesday. The bill will allow the Indian government grant citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants who entered India from three neighbouring...
Britain goes to the polls on Thursday to determine the immediate future of Brexit, in a vote described as the most important in a generation. More than 4,000 polling venues across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including a windmill, several pubs, a hair salon and a chip shop, open their doors at 0700 GMT for a day of voting...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday deputed Defence Minister Pervez Khattak to rope in the opposition and the allied parties over issues relating the extension of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s office term and appointment of the chief election commissioner (CEC). The decision was taken at a meeting presided by the prime minister. According to...
LAHORE: Following the call of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA), lawyers in Lahore will observe a strike today against what they say is torture and arrest at the hand of police at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). On Wednesday, the two-hour-long talks between lawyers and city administration failed, following which the LHCBA announced they will observe a...
RAWALPINDI: Rain stopped play on the second day of the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Thursday, Pakistan's first home Test in a decade after a deadly attack in 2009. Resuming at 202-5, Sri Lanka had reached 222-5 in 7.5 overs before the umpires stopped play as rain started to pour heavily at the Rawalpindi stadium. Dhananjaya de...
