LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi was arrested again on Friday minutes after an anti-corruption court in Lahore ordered his release in an embezzlement case. The PTI leader has been arrested in a corruption case registered against him in Gujranwala. The PTI leader was arrested a day earlier by the Anti-Corruption Establishment Punjab in...
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2023 reports 57 blasphemy cases: Two Christian teenagers Charged with Blasphemy, jailed in Lahore
The Christian teenagers identified as Adil Baber and Simon Masih have been accused of blasphemy in Lahore. The allegations were levelled against them by the Police constable Zahid Sohail, soon after he had indulged in a fight with the young accusers on the 18th of May. According to the registered First Information Report (FIR) No...
Trump’s audio tape sheds light on a veiled secret: CNN
Federal prosecutors have got an audio recording from 2021 in which former US President Donald Trump admits to keeping a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran after leaving the White House, according to CNN. The recording reportedly shows that Trump was aware he had retained classified material and understood the limitations on...
Govt should consult Supreme Court before legislation concerning judiciary: CJP Bandial
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday said that the government should consult the Supreme Court regarding the legislation related to the judiciary. The top judge’s remarks came during a hearing of the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023, a law that aims to...
LHC declares PTI workers’ detention illegal, orders release
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday declared the detention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers illegal and ordered authorities concerned to release them. In the nine-page order, Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid ordered the release of party workers and leaders from 11 districts in Punjab — Lahore, Wazirabad, Jhang, Sheikhupura, Hafizabad, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Gujarat, Nankana...
EXPERIENCES TEACHERS FACE WHILE TEACHING DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING STUDENTS
“We lend our ears to the deaf, our tongue to the mute, we make them feel normal in this abnormal world where there’s only little acceptance for them.” Says MS. TABASSUM BEGUM (Vice Principle at HIC Special Education) Hearing impairment is a broad term that refers to hearing losses of varying degrees from hard of...
Pet Attachment: Is it normal or not? ?
I woke up in a hospital, with swollen eyes and sharp pain in my chest. With a million thoughts causing confusion, I asked my mom, “How is Bella now? Has she recovered? To which my mom replied, “Bella died an hour ago”. When my cat died, I felt a deep sense of loss. As if...
Islamabad accountability court grants Imran bail in Al-Qadir Trust case till June 19
An Islamabad accountability court on Wednesday granted PTI Chairman Imran Khan bail in the Al-Qadir Trust case till June 19 against surety bonds worth Rs500,000. The PTI chief arrived at the Federal Judicial Complex shortly after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed him to approach a relevant accountability court within three working days. The Al-Qadir...
25 years on, Tracking Path to South Asia’s Nuclearization
May 2023 marks the Silver Jubilee of the overt nuclearization of South Asia. In May 1998, India carried out a series of nuclear tests, and unlike in 1974 — when it used the euphemism “Smiling Buddha” to describe what it claims to be a peaceful nuclear explosion — it declared itself a nuclear weapons state....
In first major blow for PTI, Shireen Mazari leaves the party and quits ‘active politics’
Former human rights minister and PTI stalwart Shireen Mazari on Tuesday quit the party and announced her retirement from “active politics” citing personal reasons. On May 9, PTI Chairman Imran Khan was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau with the help of the paramilitary Rangers at the Islamabad High Court in the Al Qadir Trust...