Pakistan-born lawyer Adeel Mangi, who was recently nominated for a United States federal appeals court, would become the first Muslim American to serve on the post in the country's history if the nomination goes through the Democratic-controlled US Senate. US President Joe Biden had nominated Mangi for the 3rd Circuit of the appellate court, based in Philadelphia, along with seven other judicial nominees. Interestingly, some quite prominent personalities are idols of Harvard and Oxford-trained lawyer.

Court also declares Ahad Cheema, Fawad Hassan innocent. NAB said it found no evidence of corruption by Shehbaz Sharif. ATC Judge Zulqarnain Awan reserved verdict on November 2. LAHORE: Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and 10 others have been acquitted in the Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme reference by a Lahore accountability court, Geo News reported Saturday. Incumbent federal minister Ahad Cheema and Fawad Hassan Fawad were also among the accused who had been declared innocent by the court. On November 2, Judge Malik Ali Zulqarnain Awan of the accountability court reserved the verdict after concluding the final arguments presented by the counsels and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutors on acquittal pleas.

As the parties go into electioneering mode, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif landed in Quetta on Tuesday. The three-time prime minister, who returned to Pakistan on October 21 from a four-year self-imposed exile, has been leading the party's election campaign and forging new alliances ahead of the upcoming general elections. During his Quetta visit, Nawaz — accompanied by party President Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz — is expected to woo the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) to form an electoral alliance ahead of the February eight polls, sources said.

Suella Braverman's tenure as home secretary has been marked by a series of statements that stirred controversy and drew public attention, with the latest 'hate marchers' comment about pro-Palestinian protestors that probably got her fired. From her ambitious plans for handling asylum seekers to her resignation and subsequent reinstatement, here's a timeline of eight noteworthy comments that made headlines: