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Imran’s hospital transfer: SC to take up Dr Uzma’s contempt plea on Sept 16
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up on Sept 16 a contempt of court petition filed by Dr Uzma Khan against the government for allegedly violating its Aug 18 directions to transfer incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad. The same three-member bench, comprising Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, which issued the Aug 18 order, will hear the contempt plea filed by Imran’s sister. On Sept 16, the bench was also scheduled to resume hearing the pending cases concerning theRead More
Oman, Iran propose temporary shipping lane through Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, AUG 25: Oman and Iran have agreed on a proposed framework to resume safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz that includes establishing a joint temporary shipping lane and a project to demine the waterway, they said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Oman’s foreign minister arrived in Iran earlier on Tuesday for talks with his Iranian counterpart on future arrangements for the strait.
Vatican envoy, in Moscow, says Ukraine war must end urgently
MOSCOW, AUG 25: The Vatican’s most senior foreign diplomat called for an “urgent” end to the Ukraine war Tuesday, as he visited Moscow for the first time since 2021. In a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Archbishop Paul Gallagher said each day the war continued made reconciliation “ever more difficult.” “It is therefore urgent and necessary to end and to look beyond the conflict, in order to ensure that the future memory of past wrongs does not become a prison, nor that present sufferings become a legacyRead More
‘Let court decide’: Govt, PTI trade barbs in Senate over Imran’s transfer to Pims
ISLAMABAD: The government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf exchanged sharp words in the Senate on Tuesday over the transfer of PTI founder Imran Khan to a public hospital instead of a private one, with a top government official saying it was for the court to decide whether the order had been complied with. Speaking on the Senate floor, PTI Senator Ali Zafar moved a motion to present a resolution on judicial supremacy, saying the government had not taken Imran to Shifa Hospital, had not constituted the medical board and had effectively alteredRead More
Parliamentary sessions to remain incomplete until issues resolved: PPP’s Sherry Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman has said parliamentary sessions will remain incomplete until the party’s outstanding issues with the PML-N-led government are resolved. Rehman made the remarks while speaking to the media alongside PPP leaders after a meeting with National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in his chamber on Tuesday. Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab and PPP leader Farooq H Naik also spoke to the media after the huddle. Earlier, PPP and PML-N delegations had reached the speaker’s chamber to discuss the prevailing political situation in the country. TheRead More
SBP considering abolishing Rs10 currency note, says official
KARACHI, AUG 25: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Deputy Governor Dr Inayat Hussain on Friday told the Senate body that the central bank is considering discontinuing the Rs10 currency note due to its “rising production cost”. Briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Finance committee on the proposed new currency notes, Dr Hussain said the SBP had twice previously attempted to discontinue the Rs10 currency note. He said the denomination would be abolished when the new currency notes are introduced. The deputy governor said the existing currency series had been inRead More