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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the provincial government to decide the petitions of several lawmakers-elect and PTI leaders against the recommendation of authorities to put their names in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Disposing of those pleas, a bench consisting of Justice Shakeel Ahmad and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah referred the matter to the provincial additional chief secretary (home) for looking into their grievances as well as for decision in accordance with the law. Noted among petitioners were former National Assembly speaker and MNA-elect Asad Qaiser, MNA-elect Junaid Akbar, MPAs-elect Amjid Ali, Iftikhar Mashwani, Tufail Anjum, Mian Sharafat Ali, Abdul...
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Restricted access to social media platform X, formerly known Twitter, has caused outrage in Pakistan amid accusations that authorities are interfering with the political process in the aftermath of the country's disputed national elections. NetBlocks, an internet watchdog that tracks cyber security and digital governance, reported the restrictions on Sunday, the latest in a series of disruptions since the elections on February 8. “Metrics show that X/Twitter has now been restricted in Pakistan for 24 hours, the latest and longest in a series of nation-scale internet censorship measures imposed by authorities as reports of election fraud emerge,” NetBlocks reported on the platform. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the...
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اکستان تحریک انصاف کے مرکزی ترجمان معظم بٹ نے کہا ہے کہ حکومت بنانے کیلئے ہمارے پاس نمبر پورے ہیں، آرٹیکل 17 کے تحت اپنے امیدواروں کا گروپ بنا کر حکومت قائم کر سکتے ہیں۔ جیونیوز سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے معظم بٹ نے کہا کہ صوبے اور وفاق میں حکومت بنانے کیلئےمختلف آپشنز پر غور و غوص جاری ہے، وفاق اور صوبےمیں ہم اکثریتی پارٹی ہیں، کسی سے اتحاد کر کے حکومت قائم کرنا قبل از وقت ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ الیکشن کمیشن ہمارے امیدواروں کو آزاد کہہ رہا ہے تاہم پی ٹی آئی کے نامزد امیدواروں نےکاغذات نامزگی میں پی...
Continue readingPESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Friday issued contempt notices to Sindh inspector general of police and three other officers and sought their response to a petition of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Sindh president Haleem Adil Sheikh against his arrest by the provincial police despite the grant of a protective bail to him by the court. Justice Shakeel Ahmad of a single-member bench examined the records produced by the petitioner’s lawyer, Mohammad Muazzam Butt, and decided to issue notices to Sindh IGP Raja Riffat Mukhtar, DIG of South Karachi police Irfan Baloch, Karachi SSP (operation) Sheraz Nazir Kolero and SHO of Karachi’s Ferozabad...
Continue readingPESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Thursday declared as not maintainable and rejected plea of a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader, challenging the last month Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notifications of appointing executive officers as district returning officers and returning officers. A bench consisting of PHC Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad referred to an order of Supreme Court of December 15 and ruled: “In view of the above, we are of the view that Hon’ble Supreme Court has already taken cognisance of the matter, in which final judgment is yet to be passed, therefore, we lay our hands off...
Continue readingPESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Friday stopped the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa law-enforcement agencies, including police, from arresting former woman lawmaker of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insafand independent election candidate Shandana Gulzar Khan in any of the cases registered against her until further orders. Also, Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Wiqar Ahmad directed the federal and provincial governments to produce details of the cases registered against Ms Shandana by the police, Federal Investigation Agency, anti-corruption establishment and other law-enforcement agencies. It ordered the fixing of the case for hearing next week. Ms Shandana, who was an MNA on reserved seats for women...
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