Day: August 11, 2025

LAHORE: Several PTI leaders, including Dr Yasmin Rashid and Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed, have been handed 10-year prison sentences by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore in two May 9 cases. ATC Judge Manzar Ali Gill, in his verdict issued on Monday, also sentenced former Punjab governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry in the same case to 10 years. The ATC acquitted PTI’s senior leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cases.

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Thieves in Barcelona, Spain, snatched a gold-plated watch valued at over Rs18.4 million from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA Abdul Qadir Gilani before fleeing the scene. “I bought it 13 years ago, back when gold was cheaper; now it is three times higher,” said Abdul Qadir Gilani. “I was with my family, and the watch was in my hand,” he added, noting that his host in Barcelona was also robbed. “As long as there is life, there is the world; such things come and go,” the PPP lawmaker remarked. The…

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Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah has urged the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership to move its planned nationwide protest to another date, stressing that national occasions should bring the country together rather than spark political confrontation. “Independence Day should be a time for the entire nation to celebrate together, not a day of political confrontation,” the PM’s aide said, speaking on Geo News’s programme Naya Pakistan with Shahzad Iqbal. His remarks came after a post from PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan’s X account on August 6, calling…

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Prof Cheng Xizhong, a Senior Research Fellow at the Charhar Institute, dismissed Indian Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh’s claim about downing five Pakistani fighter jets and a large aircraft during Operation Sindoor in early May. This claim lacks strong evidence and has been widely questioned by the international community, being considered groundless. Prof Cheng believed that everything should be based on sufficient evidence. The Indian side has not presented any evidence, such as photos of the wreckage of the fighter jets and radar monitoring data. On the other hand,…

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser on Sunday announced the launch of a lawyers’ movement against the anticipated 27th Constitutional Amendment. The potential 27th Amendment came into discussions, again, despite the federal government categorically rejecting the enactment of the new constitutional tweaks last month, which were rumoured to be about provincial rights. “The PTI will also consult lawyers on the 26th Amendment,” said Qaiser, addressing a press conference flanked by opposition alliance Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) head Mahmood Khan Achakzai and former Sindh governor…

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir said that India remained bent on creating instability in the region and cautioned that any miscalculation could lead to a major conflict in the region. The army chief, addressing the Pakistani diaspora during his US visit, condemned the recent Indian aggression, calling it a shameful act carried out under false pretences. He said the Indian aggression brought the region to the brink of a dangerous war. He said Pakistan had fought a successful diplomatic battle against India’s discriminatory and duplicitous…

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