The cases against former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and fake accounts cases against Zardari and Omni Group’s directors also stand revived.
In a statement, the election commission said that it reviewed work on delimiting constituencies and decided that the initial list for the delimitation of constituencies would be published on September 27.
Nawaz's younger brother and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif said in London that his brother would return to Pakistan from the UK on October 21 to lead the party's political campaign in the upcoming elections.
Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain, who has been hearing the cases related to the Official Secrets Act, 1923, conducted the proceedings inside the high security Attock Jail where the 70-year-old former prime minister is currently lodged.
A trial court in Islamabad convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5.
"It is not possible that while the people face difficulties, high-ranked officials and the prime minister continue to consume free electricity paid for with the taxes people pay," said Pakistan's interim PM.
Something is happening in Islamabad that the ground has slipped under the feet of the Pakistani army sitting in Rapavpindi… Lakhs of Pakistanis have taken command to complete Imran Khan's unfinished project.
As of now, officials have not released how many were killed in the incident, but locals claimed at least 11-16 workers were feared dead.
Notably, the Biden administration's response came after a mob allegedly led by the Pakistani Taliban, formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan-- an umbrella organisation of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan-- attacked several churches over alleged blasphemy.
The price rise was another second massive hike in a fortnight that is likely to stoke further inflation, which had cooled over the past two months.
"Nawaz Sharif’s decision to return to Pakistan after ending nearly four years of exile is final and everything is in order," said a Sharif family source involved in negotiations.
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Pakistan President Arif Alvi administered the oath to Kakar at the Aiwan-i-Sadr, in Islamabad in the presence of many dignitaries including former PM Shehbaz Sharif.
It is worth mentioning that Pakistan has been imposing stringent laws against Baloch people and even put them behind bars for writing posts that are critical of the government.
These people have been implicated in different cases, a familiar tactic to silence critics in Pakistan, and declared ‘proclaimed offenders’ for failing to appear before courts.
Sharif’s ruling Pakistan Muslim League party (PML-N) is expected to face tough competition from Imran Khan’s PTI party-- though Khan himself would be unable to take part unless his conviction is overturned.
Pakistan has picked Senator Anwar-Ul-Haq Kakar as the caretaker Prime Minister of the country until a new election later this year.
The former Pakistan PM was serving a seven-year imprisonment at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Mills case before he was allowed to proceed to London in 2019 on "medical grounds".
"It has been decided that another round of consultation will be held tomorrow (Friday). Till a name is not finalised no name will be revealed," said opposition leader Raja Riaz after the talks.
"Though there is nothing new in this story, the investigation needs to held to establish the authenticity of the information or source document," Sanaullah tweeted on Thursday.
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