by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan wants Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq to “recuse himself” from all benches hearing cases against him, expressing “deep loss of faith” in his court. Mr Khan filed an application seeking transfer of cases before the IHC through his counsel Sardar Latif Khan Khosa. According to the petition, Justice Farooq hears almost all cases against him. It said Justice Farooq…
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report in The News, December 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: Aleema Khan, the sister of former PTI chairman, has said that they seem to be sitting in some other country and not their own. Talking to the media outside the Adiala Jail, Aleema said she did not see justice being done in the cipher case trial. She said cubicles had been made in the courtroom, and she couldn’t comprehend what fear had caused this state of affairs. Aleema…
by Khalid Iqbal & agencies in The News, Dec 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: PTI ex-chairman Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were indicted, once again, in the cipher case here on Wednesday. Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain conducted the proceedings in the Adiala Jail and issued the verdict. Both the accused pleaded not guilty. This is the second time that the PTI leaders have been indicted. Further proceedings of the case were adjourned till Thursday…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Special Court (Official Secrets Act) on Wednesday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher case, sources told Dawn. Only four members of the press corps were allowed to cover Wednesday’s proceedings inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail. Mr Khan’s legal team, however, disputed the impression, with Barrister Salman Safdar telling reporters after the trial that the court did not…
report in The Nation, Dec 14, 2023Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday that his political party was ready to form a coalition government with the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). Maulana Fazlur Rehman told the journalists that JUI-F has not held talks with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) regarding seat adjustment and electoral alliance. He said that common citizens and law enforcers were being martyred in Dera Ismail Khan, Tank…
report in The Nation, Dec 14, 2023The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to announce the schedule for the forthcoming general elections, scheduled for February 8, 2024, in ‘two days’. Sources told ARY News that the electoral watchdog has completed all the preparations for the general elections, including the appointment of Returning Officers (ROs). The ECP has also imposed a ban on the appointment and transfer of Deputy Commissioners (DCs), they said, adding that…
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in The News, Dec 14, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the schedule for the general elections on Sunday, December 17. The general election will be held on February 8, next year. Nomination papers will be received on the next day of the announcement of the schedule. Sources in the ECP told The News on Wednesday the commission had decided to give 54 days for the whole process,…
Report in Dawn, Dec 14th, 2023QUETTA: A member of the caretaker government of Balochistan on Wednesday raised eyebrows by suggesting that Pakistan should offer the United States “drone bases to target militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan”. However, caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai subsequently deleted his post on X (formerly Twitter), where he had proposed a set of seven counterterrorism measures. But when asked about his tweet and why he deleted it, at a subsequent press conference,…
By Wajid Ali Syed in The News, December 14, 2023WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, met the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Wednesday. The US Secretary of Defense hosted the Pakistan Army chief, where the two officials discussed “recent regional security developments and potential areas for bilateral defense cooperation,” according to a short statement issued by the Pentagon. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of State also stated that…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, December 14th, 2023WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir commenced his first working day in Washington on Wednesday with a meeting with the US defence secretary at the Pentagon. The Pentagon issued a brief statement after the meeting, saying: “Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin III hosted Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir at the Pentagon today, where the two officials discussed recent regional security developments and…
by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, December 14th, 2023QUETTA: A protest sit-in against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Balach Mola Bakhsh in a CTD operation continued for the second consecutive day on Wednesday in the Sariab area of Quetta. The protesters reached Quetta on Monday night after staging a sit-in in Turbat for two weeks. They have set up camps on the main highway near the Kachi Baig area and blocked the road linking Quetta with…