The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of the military trials of civilians for their alleged involvement in the violent events of May 9. A six-member bench — led by Justice Aminuddin Khan and including Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Syed Azhar Hasan Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan — heard a set of intra-court appeals (ICAs) against its Oct 23 unanimous ruling nullifying the military trials of civilians. The case pertains to the trial of 103 civilians for their alleged role in attacks on army installations during the riots that followed ex-premier Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9 last year. In…
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GAZA STRIP: Amid mounting efforts to bring food to the besieged Palestinian territory, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said one of its aid warehouses in the war-ravaged Gaza was “hit” on Wednesday, wounding scores of people. “At least one UNRWA staff member was killed and another 22 were injured when Israeli forces hit a food distribution centre in eastern part of Rafah,” the UN agency said. The agency’s chief Philippe Lazzarini said the attack on one of the very few remaining UNRWA distribution centres in the Gaza Strip comes as food supplies are running out, hunger is widespread and…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) core committee on Thursday denounced former prime minister Imran Khan’s detention and demanded an immediate order for his release from imprisonment. The committee, in its meeting, discussed various issues, especially the delay of appeals in cases against PTI’s founding chairman, the security of his wife, Bushra Bibi, and the recount of votes in various constituencies in Punjab in detail. According to a statement, during the meeting, the PTI legal team provided an overview to the core committee regarding Mr Khan’s cases. The forum strongly condemned the incarceration of the PTI founding chairman in these cases. They made it clear that…
ISLAMABAD: “Phone hacking has become so easy that if you leave your mobile phone somewhere and go to the washroom, I can connect and hack it before you return,” the head of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) told the Islamabad High Court (IHC), on Thursday. This was the explanation provided by PTA Chairman Major-General Hafeezur Rehman to a bench headed by IHC Justice Babar Sattar during a hearing on the issue of audio leaks. In earlier reports submitted to the court, the country’s spy agencies had also contended that phone calls could be tapped using mobile apps and viruses, and…
