The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against the disqualification of PML-N MPA Muhammad Kashif Mehmood. The apex court upheld the disqualification decision of Member Punjab Assembly from Bahawal Nagar, Kashif Mehmood. The Lahore High Court had disqualified him in a fake degree case. ...

ISLAMABAD – Amid the nationwide protests in wake of an increase in petrol prices, the Finance Minister hinted at an increase in the petroleum development levy on oil products. Shaukat Tarin, speaking on primetime show on Saturday, said the global lender has asked Pakistani officials to increase ...

LAHORE – Law enforcement agencies have been put on high alert in Punjab capital, fearing mobilisation of Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP) activists in the wake of the release of their chief from jail. A crackdown on TLP workers continued on Thursday following a protest by the banned outfit for the ...

LAHORE – The Supreme Court on Monday barred the authorities from implementing the Lahore High Court’s order to release Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi. A two-member bench comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar was hearing a petition ...

ISLAMABAD – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif in a money laundering and sugar mills cases. The Anti-Corruption Circle has directed the Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly to appear before the investigation team on ...

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Saturday approved 10 inquiries link against different persons, including one against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique link, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. The ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday acquitted a Christian couple, who were facing the death sentences for more than seven years in a blasphemy case. Police had arrested Shafqat Emmanuel, the watchman of a school in Gojra, and his wife Shagufta Masih, in 2013 on the charges of ...

LAHORE – The incumbent government Wednesday has withdrawn its appeal against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president and opposition leader in NA Shehbaz Sharif to travel abroad. Attorney General Pakistan withdrew the appeal after former Punjab CM assured that he would not pursue the application ...

Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has said that no single party is authorized to expel or retain anyone from the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance. While giving an exclusive interview to a private news channel, the opposition leader in National ...

ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed Wednesday recommended Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti for the post of the Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice. The name of Justice Ameer Bhatti has been recommended for the position as the incumbent LHC CJ Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan is ...