IslamabadThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday summoned Director General (DG) Passports and Immigration to appear before the court on Tuesday (today) in a petition moved against awarding a contract to a US firm for provision of lamination paper to the department of immigration and passports for ...

CAIRO  - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday summoned his defence and interior ministers over the kidnapping hours earlier of policemen and soldiers in the Sinai peninsula, the official MENA agency reported.The crisis talks at the presidential palace come after unidentified gunmen ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought comments from the Secretaries of Ministries of Finance, Communication, Establishment Division and Information in a petition moved in the court seeking permanent restriction on filling the higher posts in autonomous regulatory bodies, public ...

LAHORE - The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought appearance of Minster of Science and Technology on May 14 for assistance in Interferon injections case and inquiry against a Pakistani Scientist who had ‘challenged’ the multinational companies and cloned locally ‘cheapest ...

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Prime Minister Justice(Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has summoned the Federal Cabinet meeting today(Saturday) to give approval to the security plan for May 11 general elections besides a number of other measures government had devised for holding the polls in free, fair and ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Friday summoned the Punjab secretary health along with record of anti-measles measures.Justice Muhammad Khalid Mahmood Khan directed the secretary to appear in person on April 29. During course of hearing, Advocate Azhar Siddique submitted the court had earlier ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has summoned details from the Interior Secretary during hearing of five identical petitions seeking a treason trial against former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. The Supreme Court has asked the Interior Secretary to provide documentary evidence pertaining ...

ISLAMABAD  - President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday called the session of the Senate on Monday at 5pm.It will be the 90th meeting of the Senate and sources say that there will not be a question hour during the session.The meeting will discuss calling attention notices, adjournment motions, ...

RAWALPINDI - A trial court ordered Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to produce former President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, the accused and proclaimed offender in PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto (BB) murder case, along with other accused before the court on April 23, 2013.Anti-Terrorist Court ...

During Saturday’s proceedings of the Benazir Bhutto murder case, the Rawalpindi Anti Terrorism Court judge summoned all accused, including former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, for its upcoming hearing.The case was heard by ATC judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman.Although, Musharraf has already ...

LONDON - Mervyn Westfield has been issued with a summons from the High Court in London compelling him to appear at Danish Kaneria's ECB disciplinary appeal. The development is an unusual one and there is some doubt as to whether the High Court has any jurisdiction in the affairs of a sporting ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to furnish a complete record of nomination papers of candidates from Punjab who underwent mandatory scrutiny of three agencies – the Federal Board of Revenue, National Accountability Bureau and State ...

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday issued summons for former president Pervez Musharraf.The ATC’s special court judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman during the hearing summoned Pervez Musharraf and adjourned the hearing till April 13.Meanwhile, FIA has challenged the verdict against the ...

GUJRANWALA - A local Magistrate again summoned former MNA from NA-100 Mudassar Qayyum Nahra for Saturday (today) to clear himself of fake degree allegations in an application filed by Deputy Election Commissioner Ch Sarwar.The former PML-N MNA, who was disqualified on charges of holding fake ...

SIALKOT - The Returning Officer for constituency NA-110 Sialkot City-I Nadeem Gulzar has summoned PML-N candidate Kh Muhammad Asif for April 6 (tomorrow) to reply the objections and allegations raised by his rival candidate Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Arshad Mehmood Baggu. JI candidate Arshad Mehmood ...

RAWALPINDI - The Returning Officer (RO) for the National Assembly Constituency NA-56 summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan today (Friday) to clarify his position about the allegation of consuming alcohol levelled against him by a voter in the constituency.According to details, a ...

GUJRANWALA - Returning Officer Tariq Javed summoned PML-N candidate from NA-96 Khurram Dastagir Khan while taking up an application seeking his disqualification under Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution on Thursday (tomorrow).Reportedly, Raza Hameed, also a candidate from NA-96, filed an ...

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has taken strong notice of increasing targeted killings and firing incidents in Karachi and called a report from report from Additional IGP Karachi. The CM ordered the police, rangers and other LEAs to take necessary measures to maintain law and order in ...

Islamabad  - In a bid to defuse the escalating tension in the ranks of the PPP Balochistan chapter, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has summoned all the party MPAs from Balochistan and main office-bearers to Islamabad.  According to sources, the premier has summoned all the PPP MPAs ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Foreign Office has summoned a high-level meeting on Tuesday to deliberate over increasing incidents of abduction of foreign nationals for ransom in the country. According to sources, the Foreign office has already conveyed its concerns to ministry of interior over increased ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court Wednesday summoned National Bank of Pakistan President Qamar Hussain with regard to contempt of court proceedings as the bank failed to comply with the court orders pertaining to restoration of its employees.A three-member SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar ...

The Supreme Court Wednesday summoned Qamar Hussain, President of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), in a case pertaining to NBP employees' reinstatement.A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry heard the case on Wednesday.The chief justice remarked that the bank's ...

ISLAMABAD  - Authorities on Tuesday posted a summons demanding that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf return from exile and appear before the country’s top court on March 22.The notice was glued to the gate of Musharraf’s farm house in Chak Shahzad on the outskirts of ...

Pakistani authorities on Tuesday posted a summons demanding that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf return from exile and appear before the supreme court on March 22. The notice was glued to the gate of Musharraf's farm house on the outskirts of Islamabad after he failed to respond to repeated ...

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the acting American envoy and lodged a strong protest over the US Congress resolution seeking the right to self-determination for the Baloch people, which has emerged as the latest irritant in bilateral ties.Richard Hoagland, the US charge d’ ...

US charge d`affaires Richard Hoagland was summoned by the Foreign Office on Monday and a protest was lodged with the US regarding the resolution presented in the congress about Balochistan.According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, the resolution is a violation of the UN charter and it would ...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Azerbaijan’s ambassador on Sunday, accusing the country of colluding with the Israeli intelligence in the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist last month, the state news agency IRNA reported.The ministry handed a protest note to Azeri envoy Javanshir ...

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday took a suo moto notice of three lawyers' murder in Karachi summoning police and Ranger chiefs in the court.Three lawyers were shot dead and a fourth wounded on Wednesday in apparently a sectarian attack in Karachi. The victims included a father and his son. ...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday summoned Federal and Punjab health secretaries on January 30. Justice Umar Ata Bandial of LHC started the hearing of a petition filed against death of 100 patients by the reaction of spurious medicines at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC).The ...

The commission probing the memogate scandal has resumed the hearing of the case and said that Mansoor Ijaz is the prime witness in the case, therefore, his security should be ensured, report said on Tuesday. Ijaz’s counsel, Akram Shaikh, said that his client was receiving threats from the ...