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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the interior secretary to take steps  at urgently bringing back former finance minister Ishaq Dar to country.

The concern popped while Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar was heading a three-membered bench to hear a suo motu

ISLAMABAD: The nomination papers of former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi were challenged in the Supreme Court on Thursday.

The top court was moved by petitioner Masood Ahmed Abbasi in opposition to the acceptance of former premier’s nomination papers f

LAHORE: Terming arrest of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz workers in Lahore  as pre-poll rigging, former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday warned that the administration and police officer would be held

Mohri Pur: Men banned women from voting in the village of Mohri Pur sometime around 1947, and they have obeyed ever since -- until this year, when changes to Pakistan´s election laws and women´s attitudes could shift the dynamic.

At least, that is the

KARACHI: Reham Khan's controversial book, which Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith had said ‘could not be published in UK’ has been published and is available in paperback in the UK and selected territories, the writer announced Thursday.

Jemima had warned Reham

An advisory has been issued for the passengers scheduled to travel through the Lahore'a Allama Iqbal International Airport in view of Nawaz Sharif's return to the country on Friday.

According to Geo News, the passengers

More than hundred workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz including some local bodies' representatives have been arrested in what the party said crackdown launched against its supporters  preparing  to welcome the party supreme leader on

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Federeal Investigation Agency not to summon Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur before general election.

The orders came during suo motu hearing of reports about a multi-billion

Reham Khan book is finally  available for readers  who have been anxiously waiting  for its release following a fierce  debate  on the social media about  its controversial content.

Authored by the former wife of Pakistan

Reham Khan book, that had been in the midst of numerous controversies   ever since it started taking shape, has been published online and its e-version is now available for readers on Amazon.com. 

The book had been alleged to act as a ploy to deter Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief

ISLAMABAD:  Setting aside Election Tribunal's verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khawaja Saad Rafique's favour  in a case pertaining to election rigging in NA-125.

The PMLN leader had approached the SC

LAHORE:  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Saad Rafique on Thursday condemned the crackdown against the party activists  by police, terming the move as an attempt to  bar party loyalists from going to airport welcoming their leader  Nawaz Sha

MINGORA: The Buddha of Swat, carved on a cliff in the seventh century, was dynamited by the Pakistani Taliban in 2007. Now it has been restored, a powerful symbol of tolerance in the traumatised valley.

The holy figure, depicted in a lotus position at the

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman has said that two suspicious cars had been chasing her  for last two days, Geo News reported on Wednesday night.

The PPP senator, speaking on the floor of the Senate, warned that if her surveillance

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has decided to appear before Supreme Court in money-laundering case tomorrow (Thursday), sources said.

According to sources, Asif Ali Zardari decided to appear before apex court after

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chief Mustafa Kamal Wednesday claimed that the next Chief Minister of Sindh would be from his party and PSP would bring its Prime Minister in 2023.

Addressing a rally of PSP led by him, Kamal criticized his opponents for playing

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) claims that it is receiving various reports on pre-polling rigging and intimidation of party workers and candidates.

In a circular issued on Wednesday, Senator Taj Haider, who is In-Charge of PPP’s Central Election C

MULTAN: Senior leader Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Javed Hashmi said Wednesday that he would welcome former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on their arrival in Lahore on July 13.

Addressing a press conference,

BUREWALA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday said that if there had been no PTI, the country would have been left at the hands of kid leaders 'Bibi Maryam' and 'baby Bilawal'.

Addressing a rally in Burewala, the PTI chief said that the country

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting allegations of money laundering, PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari said that he would legally contest the charges.

In an interview on Wednesday, Zardari said that he was sent a notice of Rs15 million contrary to propaganda of Rs35

PESHAWAR: Wife of Haroon Bilour who died on late Tuesday night due to suicide attack at a corner meeting of Awami National Party, will contest elections from PK-78 constituency.

Talking to media men here on Wednesday, Danyal Bilour, son of slain

LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said that he was returning to Pakistan leaving his wife Kulsoom in Allah's protection and not scared of whether he is hanged, imprisoned or given any other punishment.


Speaking

ISLAMABAD: The preparations of political parties’ workers and supporters are in full swing with colorful dresses and other accessories besides flags, buntings, badges, wrist and head bands etc matching the colors of their respective party flags ahead of General Election 2018.

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement in a contempt of court case involving former state minister Muhammad Tallal Chaudhry.

Wrapping up the hearing on Wednesday, Supreme Court directed Tallal Chaudhry to ensure his presence on the date of

RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has acquired a helicopter to shift former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz from Lahore to Islamabad following their arrest upon return to Pakistan on Friday.

Sources privy

RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has acquired a helicopter to shift former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz from Lahore to Islamabad following their arrest upon return to Pakistan on Friday.

Sources privy

ISLAMABAD: Former President Asif Ali Zardari will not appear before the Supreme Court of Pakistan in connection with a money laundering case, his lawyers said.

The apex court had summoned Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur to appear before it on July 12.

Accordin

PESHAWAR: ANP leader Barrister Haroon Bilour has been laid to rest in Syed Hasan Pir Graveyard after thousands of people attended his funeral at Wazir Bagh in Peshawar on Wednesday.

Bilour, son of slain politician Bashir Bilour, was among 20 people who were killed in