ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser and Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri have resigned from their posts, sources told late Saturday night.  Sources said that the speaker and his deputy will announce their resignation, shortly. 

ISLAMABAD, APR 9 /DNA/  – Prime Minister Imran Khan’s meeting with Speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser is underway in PM’s  Chamber in Prime Minister House. The aim of this meeting is to discuss the hidden secrets of the threat letter in detail with Speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser. PM Imran Khan will now also share this threat letter with Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial. After sharing the threat letter with Speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser he will be in a much stronger position to giveRead More

ISLAMABAD: Following the government’s tactics to delay the voting on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, a larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan is set to hold a hearing in relation to the matter. The apex court’s five-member larger bench — headed by Justice Bandial and comprising Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Aijazul Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam, and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel — is expected to hear the case. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) late Saturday night filed a petition in the apex court for theRead More

ISLAMABAD, APR 9: Prime Minister Imran Khan has dismissed reports claiming that he has removed Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, reliable sources told. Sources told that PM Imran Khan, in a conversation with senior journalists, said that he has no plans to make changes to the defence department. “There was neither any talk of dismissing the army chief nor was this on the cards,” PM Imran told journalists. “I will do my job as per the law and in line with the Constitution,” the PM was quotedRead More

ISLAMABAD, APR 9: Islamabad High Court’s doors have opened on the instructions of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, sources said. It is worth mentioning that on April 3, NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri dismissed the no-confidence motion and on advise of the premier, President Arif Alvi dissolved the lower house of the parliament — as he had effectively lost the majority in the NA.

Asad Umar, Babar Awan, Azhar Siddique challenge Supreme Court’s April 7 order. “SC cannot dictate timetable to NA under Article 69,” plea reads. SC had restored NA, blocked Suri’s decision to dismiss no-trust vote. ISLAMABAD: The PTI-led government Saturday filed a review petition against the Supreme Court’s decision to restore the National Assembly and block NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri’s to dismiss the voting on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. The apex court’s five-member larger bench — headed by Justice Bandial and comprising Justice Muneeb Akhtar, JusticeRead More