Thursday, August 10th, 2017
GT Road Rally: Nawaz Sharif’s convoy reaches Jhelum
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s procession entered its second day on the streets as the PML-N leader resumed a long road trip back to his hometown, Lahore, via the Grand Trunk (GT) Road on Thursday after an overnight stay in Rawalpindi. Sharif’s convoy reached Jhelum at around 5pm today. Briefly addressing supporters at Sohawa, asked them: “Do you accept the court’s decision? Did you not vote for me as your prime minister? I have come out onto the streets with a case against your disqualification,” he told them from insideRead More
Internal situation not to affect Pak-China relationship: Sun Weidong
ISLAMABAD, AUG 10 (DNA) – Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan, Sun Weidong Thursday said that the internal changes in Pakistan could not affect the all weather bilateral relationship as developing relations with Pakistan was the top priority of Chinese diplomatic policy. “I called on the new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi recently, and told him that the China-Pakistan all-weather relationship is time tested, and China believed that under his leadership, Pakistani government will be committed to safeguard national unity and stability and promoting economic and social stability”, he said while addressingRead More
Historic welcome proves Nawaz is the most popular leader: Shehbaz
LAHORE, AUG 10 (DNA) – Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif reacted to the Nawaz Sharif-led GT Road ‘homecoming rally’ staged by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). He said that the historic welcome of Nawaz Sharif in different parts of Punjab has proved that he is still the most popular leader despite Supreme Court’s disqualification verdict on Panama case. People have seen the real face of those leaders who claim to bring change. “20 million people have given proof of their love for ex-PM,” he commented. Shehbaz Sharif stressed that Nawaz SharifRead More
New cabinet members take oath
ISLAMABAD, AUG 10 (DNA) – President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday administered the oath to new state ministers for federal cabinet in a ceremony at Prime Minister House. These members include Daniyal Aziz, Mumtaz Ahmad Tarar, Syed Ayaz Shah Sherazi and Mir Dostain Khan Domki who were earlier unable to take part in the ceremony due to unknown reasons. Prime Minister (PM) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was also present on the occasion. On August 4, a 43-member new cabinet that included 27 federal and 16 state ministers sworn in. Khawaja Asif becameRead More
Plea to bar PML-N from participating in elections dismissed
LAHORE, AUG 10 (DNA) – Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking ban on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) from participating in elections after declaring it inadmissible. Chief Justice of LHC Mansoor Ali said the court cannot impose ban on the whole party due to disqualification of one person. He said political party doesn’t mean that it only has one man. On July 29, the five-judge larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmed, JusticeRead More
ECP rejects Imran’s objections, says it can initiate contempt of court proceedings
ISLAMABAD, AUG 10 (DNA) – The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday announced that it was within its jurisdiction to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. A five-member tribunal of the ECP hearing the petition filed by Akbar S Babar, that seeks Khan’s disqualification, rejected the PTI chief’s objections regarding its jurisdiction to initiate contempt of court proceedings. On July 10, the PTI chief had submitted a replybefore the tribunal of the ECP, saying that the commission cannot initiate contempt of court proceedingsRead More