LAHORE – Imran Khan-led federal government on Saturday suggested making slander on social media a crime. Two significant bills dealing to the election commission’s code of conduct and defamation on social media have been sent to the federal cabinet for approval, according to Fawad Chaudhry. Defamation on social media will be a felony if one […]
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PM Imran Khan visit to Russia next week will be game changer
Imran Khan’s trip to Russia next week will be a “game-changer,” Pakistan’s Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Saturday. This month, Pakistan’s prime minister will travel to Russia. A Pakistani prime minister has not visited Russia in 23 years, but Khan will be the first one to do so. The last Pakistani prime leader […]
Pakistan repeats demand for justice for victims of Samjhauta Express
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday repeated its desire for justice for the victims of the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings, which killed 68 passengers, including 44 Pakistanis. The Indian Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Pakistani officials expressed their displeasure with the Indian government’s indifference to the situation of Pakistani […]
Peshawar BRT receives Golden Standard Service Award
On Friday, Planning Minister Asad Umar congratulated Defense Minister Pervez Khattak and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on the award of the Gold Standard Service Award to Peshawar’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system. The BRT was inaugurated by then-provincial chief minister Khattak in 2020, and it got the award on Thursday for offering passenger-oriented […]
Media personnel shot dead during botch robbery in Karachi
KARACHI: A top producer for a private channel was killed in a botched robbery in Karachi’s North Nazimabad area on Friday. According to authorities, Athar Mateen was shot and killed after ramming his car into the bike of alleged criminals who were looting a citizen. According to SSP Central Rana Maroof, as the alleged robbers […]
IHC seeks report from IG on ‘police torture’ by Mohsin Baig
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday asked the Inspector General (IG) Islamabad to submit a report by February 21 on allegations of police torture by media personality Mohsin Baig. The high court heard Baig’s wife’s petitions for the terrorism and other charges against him to be dropped. Sardar Latif Khosa, the petitioner’s lawyer, […]
Court delays indictment of PML-N Shehbaz in sugar scam case
The indictment of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and others in a money laundering case was postponed by a Lahore court on Friday, while his bail was extended till February 28. The hearing of a lawsuit against Shehbaz and others for their alleged participation in laundering over Rs16 billion in the sugar scam […]
Vawda turns to SC to challenge lifelong disqualification by ECP
ISLAMABAD: Former PTI senator Faisal Vawda filed a Supreme Court petition on Friday challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) lifelong disqualification and the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) subsequent verdict. The PTI leader appealed to the Supreme Court. Last Monday, the Electoral Commission expelled PTI leader Faisal Vawda from parliament for life after he submitted […]