The Supreme Court Friday declined a plea by a Gujarat cadre IAS officer Pradeep Sharma for the court’s nod to travel abroad to meet his family who are American citizens. Sharma had alleged he was being targeted by the state administration over a CD row. Counsel Prashant Bhushan appearing for Sharma told the bench of […]
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal categorically denied that he was visiting Pakistan to broker a deal for former president Pervez Musharraf. The Saudi minister visited Pakistan amid speculations that he may also discuss a possible exile deal for Musharraf who is facing high treason trial, Xinhua reported Tuesday. Saudi Arabia brokered an exile deal […]
A court in Pakistan Monday rejected a petition seeking to restrain former president Pervez Musharraf from travelling abroad for medical treatment, a media report said. Rejecting the petition, the Islamabad High Court judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqi advised petitioner Haroon Rasheed to file an application on this in the trial court, Dawn online reported. Rasheed, who […]
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who was taken to a hospital Thursday while he was on his way to a court to face treason charges, may be shifted abroad for treatment, media here reported. The option of shifting Musharraf, who suffered a “heart problem”, abroad for treatment was under consideration, The News International reported citing […]