Putin foe Alexei Navalny dies in jail, West says Russia is responsible – World
Alexei Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent, collapsed and died on Friday after a walk at the “Polar Wolf” Arctic penal colony where he was serving a three-decade jail term, the Russian prison service said. The death of Navalny, a 47-year-old former lawyer, robs the disparate Russian opposition of its most courageous leader […]
Role in Imran’s ouster: Fazl retracts allegation against Gen Faiz, says ex-spymaster’s name uttered by mistake – Pakistan
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman on Friday clarified his remarks regarding the role of former Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed — the then-Peshawar corps commander — in the no-confidence vote against former prime minister Imran Khan and the PTI government, saying that he had mistakenly uttered the ex-spy […]
PTI says Feb 8 polls to be remembered for ‘biggest voter fraud’ – Pakistan
PTI Central Information Secretary Raoof Hasan on Friday said the February 8 general elections would be remembered due to the “biggest voter fraud” in Pakistan’s history against the party and its candidates. Nearly 60.6 million Pakistanis voted in the country’s 12th general elections last week. However, the poll day was marred by a day-long suspension […]
No political revenge upon returning to power: Imran
Former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan declared on Friday that his party will adopt a “Fatah-e-Makkah” approach upon returning to power, vowing not to seek political vengeance. “We will not take any political revenge, but we will take the country and the nation forward for the sake of the development of the country […]
PTI ready to talk to establishment: Raoof Hasan
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson Raoof Hasan affirmed the party’s readiness for dialogue with the establishment, emphasising that the purpose of contacting political parties is not to form an electoral alliance but to bring all political forces together on a unified platform. Speaking on the Express News programme ‘Center Stage’ on Friday, Hasan highlighted that PTI’s […]
Gen Bajwa urged withdrawal of no-confidence motion against Imran Khan, claims PML-N’s Malik Ahmad – Pakistan
PML-N leader Malik Ahmad Khan has claimed that former army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa had advised the then-opposition to withdraw the vote of no confidence (VONC) against former prime minister Imran Khan. His statement comes a day after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman claimed that Gen Bajwa and ex-spymaster Lt Gen […]
Pakistan to attend crucial Afghan conference in Doha
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will attend a UN-sponsored crucial two-day conference being held in Doha from February 18 to 19 to discuss the roadmap for engagement with the Afghan Taliban government. Ambassador Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative on Afghanistan, will lead the Pakistan delegation at the meeting of the special envoys on Afghanistan to be held in […]
Ex-SC judge Mazahar Naqvi says SJC has ‘no jurisdiction’ to continue proceedings against him after resignation – Pakistan
Former Supreme Court judge Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi has said that after his resignation, the Supreme Judicial Council has “no jurisdiction to initiate or continue with any proceedings” against him, it emerged on Friday. The former judge is facing an inquiry over allegations of misconduct, a show-cause notice for which was issued in October last […]
India’s opposition says funds frozen ahead of election – World
India’s main opposition Congress party said on Friday that its bank accounts had been frozen by the tax department just weeks before the expected announcement of national elections. Critics and rights groups have accused India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of using law enforcement agencies to selectively target its political foes. Congress spokesman Ajay Maken […]
PSX down 900 points as uncertainty on formation of new govt persists – Business
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) traded in the red on Friday, with stocks plunging by more than 900 points in intraday trade as analysts attributed the losses to continued uncertainty on the political front. At 12:09pm, the benchmark KSE-100 index plunged by 984.38, or 1.61 per cent, to stand at 60,035.67 from the […]