ISLAMABAD - A division bench (DB) of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday dismissed three election petitions seeking holding of fresh election in a constituency, seeking re-polling, and recounting of votes in two other constituencies.The DB comprising Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan and Justice Shaukat Aziz ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday allowed the regional adhoc committees appointed by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to work till the election of regional cricket associations of Lahore, Sialkot, Abbottabad and Faisalabad are held. The court also recalled its stay order against adhoc ...

LONDON (Reuters): Prime Minister David Cameron took on critics in his own Conservative party on Thursday, saying it would be wrong for Britain to leave the European Union.Some pessimists “say there is no prospect of reforming the European Union, you simply have to leave. I think they are ...

RAWALPINDI - The Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed former military ruler Pervez Musharraf’s plea for extension to pre-arrest interim bail for non-prosecution, in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case. The court disposed of another application by the former president for exemption from ...

The election tribunal has dismissed all appeals against Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif and cleared them to contest elections from Lahore.Nawaz Sharif will contest elections from NA-120 Lahore, while Shahbaz Sharif will contest election from PP-161 Lahore.Four appeals were filed against acceptance ...

ISLAMABAD - International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Tribunal has rejected application of Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), allowing the Balochistan government and Dr Sammar Mubarakmand to carry out mining and smelting of H4 in Reko Diq.Balochistan Advocate General Amanullah ...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has brushed aside criticism of his decision to issue a formal apology for the burning of holy Quran on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan, saying the move helped "calmed things down" after the incident sparked off violence across the country."I think the reason ...

Supreme Court (SC) has rejected Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s intra-court appeal against the court order to indict him on February 13; hence, he will have to appear before the seven-member bench to be indicted on February 13.After hearing Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza ...

A top Indian military officer has dismissed a US intelligence assessment that the Indian Army is strengthening itself for a 'limited conflict' with China, asserting the country's armed forces are more of deterrence to rivals.'The US intelligence publishes reports specially pertaining to other ...

The President House on Wednesday dismissed as speculative and untrue reports about President Asif Ali Zardaris health in media and said he was in Dubai for regular medical checks. Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar told APP that President Zardari was is in a Dubai hospital for medical tests and ...

A six-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on Wednesday dismissed the intra-court appeals (ICAs) filed by some of the PCO judges. According to the judgment, the PCO judges had committed contempt of court by taking oath under the Provisional ...

Ankara has shrugged off disclosures from a massive release of US confidential diplomatic cables by whistleblower website WikiLeaks, saying they will not affect its ties with Washington or other countries. Their release will neither bring any change to basic principles of Turkish foreign policy nor ...

Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed an appeal of Muslim League (N) disqualified MPA Rizwan Gul and ordered the election commission to register criminal case against him. A three-member bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry heard the appeal of Rizwan Gul, former MPA from PP-34 ...

Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the objections raised by the federation over formation of bench in 18th amendment case. SC larger bench heard the federation's objections in court room No 1. One objection related to non inclusion of Justice Zahid in the court and other was inclusion of CJP in the ...

The Multan bench of Lahore High Court Friday dismissed two petitions seeking disqualification of People's Party candidate Jamshed Dasti in by-election being held tomorrow. Dasti who is contesting from NA-178 Muzaffargarh was declared ineligible by the Supreme Court on false graduation degree. ...

Speaking on his E-4B plane en route from Andrew Air Force Base outside Washington to New Delhi, Mr Gates said that while "reconciliation and reintegration are critical to a resolution of the conflict in Afghanistan" this was unlikely to happen until Nato forces achieved greater military ...

Yemeni officials on Sunday dismissed the threat posed by Qaeda in their country as "exaggerated" and downplayed the possibility of cooperating closely with the United States in fighting Islamic militants, even as the U.S. and Britain temporarily closed their diplomatic outposts in Yemen because of ...

Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh's review petition, challenging his death sentence. A three-member bench of SC headed by Justice Raja Fayyaz gives its verdict. Sarabjit has been on death row since he was convicted for his involvement in four bomb blasts in 1990 ...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe dismissed US calls for him to quit as "stupid" Tuesday, saying they represented "the last kicks of dying horse" as George W. Bush prepares to leave the White House. "Only two days ago, the American administration declared that they are no longer accepting the ...

China has dismissed talks in India by exiled Tibetan leaders on the future of the Himalayan region, saying any moves to separate Tibet from China will fail. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Tuesday that any attempt to separate Tibet from Chinese territory will be doomed.'' Qin's comments ...