Follow The Times of India - Pakistan, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/timesofindiadiatimes50 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 03:59:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUbk18glD-W4CejEQ2Mq9rY Pakistan's Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has noted "shortcomings" in the trial court's judgment in the Toshakhana corruption case against Imran Khan. The Supreme Court will wait for the Islamabad High Court's order on Khan's appeal before interfering in the case. Khan was found guilty of "corrupt practices" and sentenced to three years in prison, resulting in his disqualification from contesting elections for five years.]]> Wed, 23 Aug 2023 22:47:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUbk18glD-W4CejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVON1qOG8vGx-T5HJgy6HUf A new washroom with a five-feet high wall and a door has been constructed for Imran Khan in the Attock jail cell. The former Pakistan prime minister had complained about the poor living conditions and lack of privacy. The Punjab Prisons Department has stated that all facilities available under the Pakistan Prisons Rules have been provided to Khan. The spokesperson also addressed concerns about CCTV cameras, stating that they were installed outside the room for security purposes. Khan's wife had previously expressed concerns about his safety in jail.]]> Wed, 23 Aug 2023 04:26:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVON1qOG8vGx-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUuGCEW2Ei4F-T5HJgy6HUf In order to stop the drain on its dwindling foreign reserves, Pakistan introduced import restrictions beginning in 2022. It was a requirement of a $3 billion loan package from the International Monetary Fund to support the crisis-ridden economy that such limits be lifted starting in June.]]> Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:35:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUuGCEW2Ei4F-T5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVk1ym_W2yDGyejEQ2Mq9rY Six children and two adults were suspended inside a cable car dangling over a deep Pakistani valley on Tuesday, as a military helicopter hovered nearby. The children were using the chairlift to cross the valley to get to school when a cable broke at a height of up to 1,200 feet (about 365 metres) midway through its journey in a remote, mountainous part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.]]> Tue, 22 Aug 2023 10:20:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVk1ym_W2yDGyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUZSWEaxpTWoyejEQ2Mq9rY Pakistani authorities have opened a criminal investigation against jailed former PM Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, after naming him and three aides in a fresh case, a top security source said on Monday.]]> Tue, 22 Aug 2023 02:55:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUZSWEaxpTWoyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iWwELY2ycJK2-zdsCmHakzH Pakistani authorities on Monday handed out thousands of dollars to nearly 100 Christian families whose homes were destroyed or damaged by a Muslim mob angered over an alleged desecration of the Quran last week.]]> Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:34:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iWwELY2ycJK2-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iU6nknJ-IT_cJVjH6qdYdAk Former Pakistan Foreign Minister and politician Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been granted four days' physical remand by a special court in a cipher case. Qureshi and his jailed boss, Prime Minister Imran Khan, are accused of using a diplomatic cipher for political gain. The court approved Qureshi's remand after the Federal Investigation Agency prosecutor sought 10 days' custody for the recovery of the allegedly missing cipher.]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:19:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iU6nknJ-IT_cJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iV41vKty1PgWJs0ohxaO6Yr Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday visited the violence-hit Jaranwala town in Punjab province and handed out a compensation of Rs 2 million each to around 100 Christian families whose homes were burnt down along with 21 churches by a mob of radical Islamists last week. The mob ransacked and torched 21 churches and several houses of Christians last week over blasphemy allegations in Jaranwala town of Faisalabad district.]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 16:58:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iV41vKty1PgWJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUQgLCiRpB7QXn9ye8UNv30 Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in London and will meet his brother and Pakistan Muslim League (N) Supremo Nawaz Sharif to discuss important things for the upcoming general election.]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 06:15:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUQgLCiRpB7QXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iXm3lhZhpcKNilmFkX7M1Jw ]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 01:44:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iXm3lhZhpcKNilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVC7IuehIJA6sb1naedg1wr ]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 01:43:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVC7IuehIJA6sb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVC7IuehIJA6nn9ye8UNv30 ]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 01:42:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iVC7IuehIJA6nn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUabiZzPh4sCeT5HJgy6HUf Using the social media platform X, President Alvi refuted his involvement in approving the two laws. He posted: “As God is my witness, I did not sign the Official Secrets Amendment Bill, 2023, and Pakistan Army Amendment Bill, 2023, as I disagreed with these laws.”]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:51:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUabiZzPh4sCeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iXOs4fyr1id_qCY3L745TL_ Pakistan's President Arif Alvi said on Sunday he had refused to sign into law two bills that would give authorities more power to prosecute people for acts against the state and military, a move the law ministry said was unconstitutional. The bills have already been passed by both houses of Pakistan's parliament but Alvi is a member of former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which opposes the coalition government that passed the two bills.]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 15:10:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iXOs4fyr1id_qCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iWoYmx3nEi_wV1cWWor9YPv ]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 13:41:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iWoYmx3nEi_wV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iXapOn2U0nFAsb1naedg1wr Pakistan media reported that the Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill and the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2023 were passed and became laws on Sunday after President Arif Alvi signed the bills, but President Alvi said on X that he did not sign the bills as he disagreed with the laws.]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:32:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iXapOn2U0nFAsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iWQRVmZduLJz-zdsCmHakzH ]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 08:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iWQRVmZduLJz-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUGxr90DJJqIyejEQ2Mq9rY Party spokesman Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan's foreign minister, was not immediately clear. The caretaker information minister did not immediately respond to a request for comment.]]> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 03:28:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUGxr90DJJqIyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUYofBvr_J7eeT5HJgy6HUf Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested on Saturday in Islamabad, the principal opposition party in Pakistan said on X, formerly Twitter. Qureshi’s arrest comes two months after his release in a case pertaining to May 9 protests, which erupted following the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan in a graft case. He was incarcerated for nearly a month on multiple charges, including “inciting violent protests”.]]> Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:35:54 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUYofBvr_J7eeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUdb5gvKsSNMClmFkX7M1Jw Bushra Bibi wrote a letter to the home secretary of Punjab province and noted that B-Class facilities are liable to be given to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan as it is a matter of right for reasons, which include having served as prime minister of Pakistan. She also pointed out that Khan should be allowed to have home food as per the jail manual.]]> Sat, 19 Aug 2023 08:39:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/zkDKqsyw4iUdb5gvKsSNMClmFkX7M1Jw