by Wajih Ahmad Sheikh in Dawn, December 8th, 2023LAHORE: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday petitioned the Lahore High Court challenging his five-year disqualification in the Toshakhana case by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the cancellation of PTI’s party polls held last year. In the petition, the former prime minister, presently confined at Adiala Jail, said the National Assembly speaker forwarded a reference against Mr Khan in August last year, alleging…
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by Shahbaz Rana in The Express Tribune, Sept 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to further beef up security to safeguard the commercial interests of China after both the sides acknowledged a challenging security situation being faced by the strategic ally’s citizens, projects and institutions in the country. Islamabad and Beijing have agreed to further deepen their cooperation in the security horizon as well as to jointly defeat any conspiracies sabotaging the friendship and amicable cooperation…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Registrar Office has returned a petition challenging the trials of civilians in the military courts after raising objections to it. Petitioner Col (retd) Inamur Rahim had requested the apex court to declare the trials held during the tenure of the PTI chairman null and void. The registrar office objected that the petitioner had not pointed out what questions of public importance in the case…
report in The Express Tribune, Sept 3, 2023LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: In Islamabad, a special court has postponed the hearing of post-arrest bail applications submitted by PTI Chairman Imran Khan and Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the diplomatic cipher case till the Islamabad High Court (IHC) decides a plea challenging the court’s jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the Lahore High Court (LHC) is scheduled to address petitions filed by Imran Khan against the rejection of his pre-arrest bail applications in…