Rupee closes at 299.89 against US dollar in the interbank market. This is lowest greenback has been against rupee in last 20 days. The dollar maintains its position at Rs300 in the open market. The rupee continued its gaining streak against the US dollar as the greenback went below the 300 mark in the interbank market on Tuesday. As per the State Bank of Pakistan, the rupee closed at 299.89 against the dollar at the close of the day’s trading compared to Rs301.16 against the previous day’s closure. The rupee appreciated by 0.42% in the interbank market today.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday reserved a verdict on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's petition challenging the Law Ministry's notification to hold his trial in Attock jail in a cipher case. The deposed prime minister — who is in judicial custody till September 13 in the cipher case — filed a plea in the IHC against the law ministry's notification through his counsel Sher Afzal Marwat. Khan has been imprisoned in the prison since his conviction in the Toshakhana case on August 5 for failing to properly declare gifts he received while in office. The IHC had overturned a lower court's decision to jail him for three years with an Rs100,000 fine — a judgment that kept him from contesting upcoming elections — he remains behind bars due to his judicial remand in the cipher case. On August 18, Khan was booked under the Official Secrets Act 1923 in the cipher case after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) invoked Section 5 of the said law. The counter-terrorism wing of the FIA had registered the case against the former premier after ascertaining his deliberate involvement in misusing the classified document following a probe.
Shehbaz Sharif's statement comes after PML-N meeting in London. PML-N spox says Nawaz to be warmly welcomed upon his return. Nawaz has been in self-imposed exile in London since Nov 2019. LONDON: In a major development, former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has revealed the date for his elder brother and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan ahead of the upcoming elections to lead the party's political campaign in the country. "Nawaz Sharif will reach Pakistan on October 21," Shehbaz told Geo News on Tuesday. The statement came after a meeting of the PML-N's top leadership headed by Nawaz in London.
Khan denied permission for being a secrets act accused. PTI chief detained in Attock jail in cipher case. Says Attock jail superintendent violated special court order. ISLAMABAD: Incarcerated former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday filed a petition in a special court against Attock jail superintendent for allegedly denying him permission to speak to his sons over phone. Khan, who is in judicial custody till September 13 in cipher case, has been incarcerated in Attock prison since his arrest on August 05 after a trial convicted him in the Toshakhana case. Last month, he was granted permission by the special court, formed to hear cases registered under Official Secrets Act, to speak to his sons. However, the PTI chief in the petition today sought contempt of court proceedings against the Attock jail superintendent for violating the court’s order. In the petition, Khan claimed that jail officials denied him permission to have telephonic conversation with his sons on the pretext that he was held under Secrets Act. Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain issued notice to Superintendent Attock Jail Arif Shehzad and sought a report on the implementation of the court's order on September 15. Earlier, the PTI chief, through his lawyers Umair Niazi and Shiraz Ahmed had filed a petition before Judge Zulqarnain seeking permission to talk to his sons Qasim and Sulaiman — living in London with their mother — on the telephone. “I want to talk to my sons Qasim and Sulaiman on the telephone or via WhatsApp,” he pleaded, which was approved by the court.
