Tag: Khawaja Asif

MMA retains seats after vote recount

LAHORE: Muhammad Jamaluddin, a representative of the Muttahida Majlis-e-amal (MMA) has retained his NA-49 seat (South Waziristan 1 Tribal Area) after a vote recount. He...

Khawaja Asif files nomination papers for Sialkot NA-73 seat

SIALKOT: After being declared eligible to contest elections by the Supreme Court, former foreign minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif is...

It is necessary for umpires to be neutral: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday discussed the caretaker government, stressing that umpires should be neutral. Imran was addressing a press conference in...

Khawaja Asif allowed to contest polls

SC bench converts former FM's petition challenging his life time disqualification by IHC into appeal Asif's counsel says 'sword of disqualification should not...

SC questions Kh Asif’s disqualification for life

Justice Bandial says substantial cause required to implicate someone for life ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the applicability of Article 62(1)(f) of...

Constitution doesn’t bar MNAs from getting employment, Asif tells SC

--Former FM says IHC misinterpreted UAE official letter regarding employment agreement --Usman Dar’s counsel says Asif did not disclose details of his salary to avoid...

Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir handed Foreign Ministry

Federal Defence Minister Engineer Khurram Dastgir on Friday was appointed as the foreign minister following the disqualification of former foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif...

Terrorism decreases in Pakistan, but religious fervour threatens national unity

ISLAMABAD: By voting last week to revoke an honour bestowed on the first Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize in science, Pakistan’s National Assembly...

Khawaja Asif admits to having helped Zardari in hour of need

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that he helped ex-President Asif Ali Zardari in the hour of need, adding that he was hurt...

SC takes up Asif’s plea against life ban but denies request...

--Asif's lawyer says former minister had declared his salary from Iqama job in tax declaration filed in 2012 that was submitted to ECP for 2013 general...

Nawaz asks who told Imran about ‘big wicket’ prior to Asif’s...

LAHORE: Nawaz Sharif on Friday questioned how his political rival Imran Khan had already known that a big wicket was about to fall prior to...

Three-judge SC bench to hear Asif’s plea against disqualification

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hear Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Khawaja Asif’s petition challenging his disqualification by the Islamabad High Court (IHC)...

Khawaja Asif challenges IHC’s disqualification verdict in Supreme Court

Says petitioner Usman Dar hid the facts from the high court judges ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Asif on Wednesday challenged the Islamabad...

Nawaz angry at Zardari for washing dirty linen in public

Deposed PM says former president's allegations 'do not befit head of a national party' Questions why PPP co-chairman is 'speaking truth after three years',...

Khawaja Asif’s disqualification a replay of NS debarment, concurs legal fraternity

--Most lawyers believe the judgment resembles SC’s July 28 verdict   The legal fraternity with near unanimity is of the opinion that the disqualification of Foreign...

Opposition hails, Maryam admonishes Asif’s disqualification

Imran says another ‘darbari’ of the ‘godfather’ Maryam calls Asif’s disqualification a fixed match ISLAMABAD: Major political parties across the spectrum reacted to...

Ruckus in Punjab Assembly over Khawaja Asif’s disqualification

--Opposition leader demands resignation from Khawaja Asif, Ahsan Iqbal --Will abolish article 62 in next parliament, says Rana Sanaullah   LAHORE: The 35th session of the Punjab Assembly...