Punjab governor Banwarilal Purohit on Friday said that there is better coordination now among Indian security forces to ward off security threats emanating from Pakistan.
A two-member bench, which includes Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh and Justice Anwar-ul-Haq Pannu, reserved the verdict on the petitions challenging Imran Khan's physical remand.
The home department of Punjab province has sent a letter to the Pakistan's interior ministry recommending the suspension of popular social media applications such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
Opposition lawmakers from the PTI (Sunni Ittehad Council) and ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers have been at loggerheads after 11 opposition members were suspended for 15 sittings due to "rowdyism" during Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz's address on Friday.
The decision was taken in a Punjab cabinet meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, according to the statement released by the provincial government.
The Punjab Assembly on Monday passed the Defamation Bill, 2024, rejecting all amendments proposed by the opposition amid protests by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-backed Sunni Ittehad Council and journalists covering parliamentary proceedings.
Out of the 27 members, 23 belonged to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The other four members included two from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and one each from the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).
President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday approved the appointments of Saleem Haider, Faisal Karim Kundi and Jaffar Khan Mandokhail as governors of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, respectively. Kundi has already taken oath as the KP governor.