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Charge against Imran Khan is for not returning cipher copy, IHC told

Post Views: 2 ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) heard the PTI founder Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s appeals against their conviction in the cipher case on Thursday. A division bench of IHC, comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, conducted the hearing. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) prosecutor retired […]

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Nawaz Sharif set to ‘retake helm of PML-N’

Post Views: 0 LAHORE: In a major development, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab chapter President Rana Sanaullah on Friday announced that Nawaz Sharif would retake the ruling party’s driving seat. His remarks came as the PML-N supremo got “clean chit” from the courts and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in multiple cases lodged against him. During […]

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PTI says US report on ‘human rights violations’ in Pakistan ‘hangs our heads in shame’

Post Views: 1 After the “2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices” issued by the US State Department highlighted alleged violations of fundamental rights, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesperson Raoof Hasan backed the findings related to the country saying, “Our heads hang in shame” after reading the report. Hasan, while addressing a press conference along with PTI […]

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German envoy called out for ‘lecture’ on civil rights by pro-Palestinian protesters

Post Views: 0 Pro-Palestinian activists disrupted the speech of German Ambassador to Pakistan Alfred Grannas when he took the podium to speak at the Asma Jahangir Conference 2024 in Lahore on Saturday. The German envoy was called out by the representatives of the Progressive Students’ Collective when he began his speech during the annual conference, […]