Tag: Pervez Musharraf
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Lahore High Court gave Pervez Musharraf relief which he didn’t even ask for
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has questioned the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision to overturn the death sentence of former military dictator Pervez Musharraf. The initial death sentence was imposed by a special court in December 2019 on charges of high treason. The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Isa, leading a four-judge bench, expressed…
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He’s gone, but Supreme Court to decide death penalty case against Musharraf
The Supreme Court of Pakistan is set to begin hearing a series of appeals on November 10, including those filed by the late former President, retired General Pervez Musharraf, in an attempt to overturn his death sentence, as per Dawn. A four-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, along with…
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Nisar asks why Nawaz’s religious objections to Benazir’s leadership don’t apply to Maryam
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party member and former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in a public meeting, raised the past to question Maryam Nawaz’s leadership, citing his and Nawaz Sharif’s speeches against the late Benazir Bhutto. Recalling the time the party was part of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI), the estranged PML-N leader said that…
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General Musharraf laid to rest in Karachi
The funeral prayer of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was performed in Malir Cantt, Karachi, after which he was laid to rest with full military honours. Former Army Chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, and Gen (R) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani attended the prayer, among others. On February 5, Musharraf passed away in Dubai. Gen…
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‘Death cell mein reh kar aayi hoon, phir bhi kabhi media ke saamnay nahin royi’: Maryam Nawaz recalls time in jail
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) newly-appointed Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz took a jibe at arch-rivals Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for their leaders’ reactions after getting arrested. Recalling the time when her father, former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif, was imprisoned in Attock Fort in 1999 after a military coup by the-then army chief General (retd) Pervez…
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‘Deny Imran face saving’: Nawaz instructs Shehbaz
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif on Monday prohibited his younger brother, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif, from accepting the demands of Imran Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Taking to Twitter, Nawaz taunted Imran Khan for the relatively sparse crowds in the march. “The one who claimed to bring one million…
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Considering significant medical, legal, and security challenges: Musharraf’s family
Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s family on Sunday said that they are reviewing the medical, legal, and security challenges before deciding on his return to Pakistan. Musharraf’s family said that Pakistan lacks the required medicines and medical facilities, adding that a continuous supply of a drug called ‘daratumumab’ and treatment…
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‘Military leadership’s stance is that Pervez Musharraf should return’: DG ISPR
Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar said on Tuesday that the military’s leadership believes that former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General (retd) Pervez Musharraf should return to Pakistan. “In such a situation, the institution and leadership’s stance is that Pervez Musharraf should return,” said DG ISPR in Dunya News programme, ‘On…
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‘Agar Bushra Bibi garelu aurat hai to jo jalsay pe jaati hain wo kya hain?’: Iffat Omar blasts Imran Khan
Actor Iffat Omar took to her twitter handle to slam former PM Imran Khan for his recent statement that his wife Bushra Bibi is a domesticized woman and hence she doesn’t attends political rallies. The London Nahi Jaunga star asked a sarcastic question to Imran that if Bushra Bibi is a homely woman than what…
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‘Letter I have is proof’: Khan says details of ‘foreign conspiracy’ will be brought forward ‘at the right time’
Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has claimed that the Opposition’s no-trust move is part of an alleged “foreign-funded conspiracy” hatched against his government. In what was a marathon speech lasting almost two hours on Sunday night, Khan discussed his struggling time as a politician, the achievements of PTI, his political ideology, and criticism on the Opposition. PM Khan…