The capital’s high court will hear former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi’s appeals against their conviction in the £190 million case on March 31. The court will also address the couple’s applications seeking sentence suspension on the same date. On January 17, 2025, an accountability court convicted Imran, sentencing him to […]
The Supreme Court will take up on March 31 a review petition filed by PTI founder Imran Khan concerning his right of defense in a defamation case instituted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. A fresh three-member bench has been constituted to hear the case, headed by Justice Hashim Khan Kakar and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan […]
A fact-finding report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has warned that the shrinking of civic space in Punjab and increasing curbs on rights-based NGOs reflect a deepening trend of democratic backsliding in Pakistan. The report, titled ‘Regulation or Restriction?’, states that NGOs are being subjected to multiple and complex approval requirements. These […]
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Friday that Pakistan was playing a very “pivotal role” in ending the war between the United States and Israel. Speaking in an interview on programme ‘Naya Pakistan’ on a private media outlet, he said Egypt, Turkiye and Pakistan were involved in the effort to stop the war and prevent […]
France started their preparations for the World Cup in convincing fashion as Kylian Mbappe inspired them to a 2-1 friendly win over Brazil despite being reduced to 10 men early in the second half on Thursday. Captain Mbappe, showing no sign of the knee problems that had troubled him in recent weeks, opened the scoring […]
World number one and defending champion Aryna Sabalenka subdued second-ranked rival Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to book a Miami Open title clash with American Coco Gauff. Sabalenka, who fell to Rybakina in the Australian Open final before turning the tables on the Kazakh in the Indian Wells title match this earlier this month, […]
The New Zealand Olympic Committee on Friday acknowledged the amount of work that went into developing the new Olympic policy on the protection of the female category in elite sport and said it would apply it with “respect and care”. The policy, unveiled by the International Olympic Committee on Thursday, introduces gene testing which will […]
This is similar to what happened during COVID times, when silence prevailed in the stadium. There were no chants or applause echoing around, and the surrounding roads were deserted. It still feels the same now except for one difference: people are no longer wearing masks. If I ask you whether you would prefer no cricket […]
Israel’s army chief warned that the military could face internal collapse if the government fails to address a growing manpower shortage, media reports said. Speaking during a security Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said: “I am raising 10 red flags before the IDF collapses into itself,” according to The […]
The United Nations rights chief urged Washington to conclude its investigation into a fatal strike on a primary school in Iran at a UN Human Rights Council meeting on Friday, with some states voicing outrage over the incident. Iran called the emergency debate at the Geneva council to discuss the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh […]