SWAT – An earthquake tremors jolted Swat and its adjoining areas on Friday. The magnitude of the quake on the Richter scale was recorded at 4.4. The National Seismic Monitoring Centre said that the quake took place at a depth of 203 kilometers, while the epicenter of the quake was located ...

Islamabad will ask the secretive supreme leader of Afghanistan's Taliban to rein in militants in Pakistan after a suicide bombing killed scores of police in a mosque, officials said Saturday. Since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul, Pakistan has witnessed a dramatic uptick in attacks in ...

ISLAMABAD – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued schedule for by-elections on 33 seats of the National Assembly fell vacant after National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf accepted resignations of PTI lawmakers and AML chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed earlier this month. An ...

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Senator Azam Swati, in the controversial tweet case. IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq announced the reserved verdict, granting bail to the defiant politician against surety bonds of ...

The Islamabad High Court on Monday issued notices to the state and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) while hearing a bail petition filed by PTI Senator Azam Khan Swati seeking his release in a case related to controversial tweets. Swati was arrested on November 27 after the FIA booked him in ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf Senator Azam Swati can be sentenced to a minimum sentence of 7 years behind bars or life imprisonment, a Special Central Judge ruled in a detailed verdict in the case of a controversial tweet. The special court in the federal capital issued a detailed ...

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Senator Azam Swati in the case of the controversial tweet. Islamabad Special Judge Central Azam Khan remarked that same crime has been committed twice. During today's hearing, the prosecutor maintained that the ...

The Qamber police have started making arrangements for the shifting of incarcerated PTI Senator Azam Swati to Sukkur as he is to be produced before the Islamabad High Court tomorrow (Thursday). Sources have divulged that police are making arrangements to shift Swati to Sukkur from Qambar as the ...

KARACHI – Sindh High Court on Monday restricted the authorities from arresting Azam Khan Swati in more cases, as the defiant politician is facing a flurry of cases after his tweets against military officials. Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha of the SHC also directed IGP Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon ...

LARKANA – A local in the country’s southeastern region remanded PTI Senator Azam Swati in Sindh police custody for three days in case of obnoxious tweets against senior military officials. Reports in local media said a judicial magistrate in Qambar approved three-day physical remand of ...