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August 30, 2024 10:25 AM

Pakistan extends formal invitation to PM Modi for SCO Summit in Islamabad

Pakistan has extended a formal invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting, scheduled for October this year in Islamabad, as reported by Geo News. While addressing a weekly news briefing, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, said that Pakistan has extended invitations to all heads of government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states, including Indian Prime Minister Nar...

Islamabad, May 28 (ANI): (File photo) Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during the first address to his nation, in Islamabad on Saturday. (ANI Photo)

June 27, 2024 9:20 AM

US passes resolution seeking probe into Pak elections, Islamabad terms it ‘incomplete understanding’

The US House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution on Wednesday, in support of democracy and human rights in Pakistan and called for a "thorough and independent investigation" into interference claims in Pakistan's 2024 elections. The resolution passed with 85 per cent of House members participating and 98 per cent voting in its favour, urged US President Joe Biden to collaborate with Pakistan in "upholding democracy, human rights, and the rule of law". The resolution, HR 901, titl...

June 3, 2024 7:37 PM

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan acquitted in state secrets case, but to stay in jail

A high court in Pakistan overturned jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's conviction on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer and his party said on Monday, but Khan will remain in prison for now due to a conviction in another case. Khan, 71, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a lower court on charges of making public a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador in Washington in 2022. He has been in jail since August last year. Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Khan's f...

May 15, 2024 8:41 PM

Islamabad court approves Imran Khan’s bail application

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday approved former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's bail application in the Pound 190 million corruption case, Pakistan-based Dawn reported. A two-member bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, had reserved the verdict on Tuesday after the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) prosecution team and Imran Khan's lawyer, Sardar Latif Khan Khosa, concluded their arguments. The court set Imran Khan's bail at...