Author Archives: Imad Khan

The industry is struggling with supply-chain disruptions, high fuel prices, unpredictability in government policy, and a slowing economy. The decline is more severe than anticipated and reflects the industrial sector's general lacklustre growth trend for the current fiscal year. The LSM industries recorded a production decline of 11.6% in February compared to the same month [...]

Khan made his request in a petition submitted in March through attorney Faisal Chaudhry, who also cited security issues and claimed that court proceedings were being held up for the same reason. The former premier also asked for "strict security" if he were to appear in court in the federal capital while being investigated in [...]

On suspicion of posing a threat to national institutions, Gandapur was taken into custody earlier this month. Additional District and Sessions Judge Sikandar Khan announced the decision and ordered the PTI leader to present two surety bonds totaling Rs. 0.3 million each. Former federal minister Gandapur was taken into custody on April 6th in front [...]

Three important institutions the Supreme Court, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), and the establishment need to be impartial, according to Haq. He pointed out that while political parties in parliament were mainly preoccupied with their own issues, it was the people who had the power to solve Pakistan's problems. Haq expressed concern about the [...]

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), has called on the country's Supreme Court to summon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other federal ministers over the delay in provincial elections. Ahsan demanded that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Interior Minister Rana Sana Ullah, Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, and [...]

The case was filed at the Ramna Police Station in Islamabad, and Khan showed up in court under heavy guard and shielded from bullets. After the Friday prayer break caused a one-hour delay, Mr. Khan spoke about the potential tragedy for the nation if the Supreme Court remained divided. He urged harmony and cooperation among [...]

Pakistan has requested that the approval of $900 million in budget support loans be expedited by the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). By securing the $6 billion in financing needed to reach a staff-level agreement (SLA) with the IMF by next week, the loans are meant to fulfill the requirement. As [...]

To support Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves, which at $4.04 billion at present barely cover four weeks of controlled imports, the aid package includes $1 billion from the UAE. With this funding, a significant barrier to receiving the eagerly anticipated bailout tranche from the International Monetary Fund is removed. (IMF). The final installment of a $1.3 [...]

He emphasised that if people in Pakistan want democracy, they must support the Supreme Court and the Pakistani Constitution. Speaking from his home in Zaman Park, Khan claimed that the ruling class had undermined all institutions and fostered animosity both among itself and the Pakistani populace. Khan issued a warning that if this pattern persists, [...]

Five suspects have been charged by the police in connection with the incident, and the driver of the car that crashed has been detained for a two-day physical remand. The Hilux vehicle was being driven faster than the 60 km/h maximum speed limit, at 110 km/h, according to a motor vehicle examiner report cited by [...]

Sharif voiced his displeasure with rumours of profiteering and smuggling at a high-level meeting held in the provincial capital of Punjab. In response, he commanded strict action against those responsible and gave the go-ahead for harsh punishment. Mohsin Naqvi, the acting chief minister of Punjab, was given specific instructions by Sharif on how to monitor [...]

The selection of judges for this purpose has been criticized as justifying the regulation of the discretionary powers of the chief justice of Pakistan. Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, the two senior-most judges, were once again left out of a larger bench hearing politically sensitive cases by CJP Umar Ata Bandial, [...]

Attorney Sardar Salman Ahmad Dogar filed a referral with the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Monday against Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and three additional Supreme Court justices, Justices Ijazul Ahsan, Munib Akhtar, and Syed Mazahar Ali Naqvi. The SJC's 2009 Code of Conduct for judges of the superior judiciary was violated, according to the [...]

Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, has been granted a reprieve after a district and sessions court rejected the Election Commission of Pakistan's petition for an early hearing in the Toshakhana case. The hearing would take place on April 29, as had been previously decided, according to Additional Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal. Imran [...]

Before the Supreme Court's deadline for the payment of Rs21 billion to the Election Commission of Pakistan, Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar presented a bill in both houses of parliament, the National Assembly and Senate, titled "Charged Sums for General Elections of Provincial Assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bill 2023." (ECP). [...]

The prosecutor informed the judge that Gandapur had been arrested by Islamabad police as soon as he was brought before the on-call magistrate's court. At the Golra police station, the police have filed a complaint against Gandapur under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), and they intend to ask for his physical detention in order to seize [...]