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“The things must move on as dragging the matter will ultimately benefit the political opponents”.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain's apology in a case pertaining to contemptuous remarks against the court. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar said the lawmaker will be indicted today and summoned a federal law officer. The court, however, adjourned the case for indefinite period owing to paucity of time. At the previous hearing,  the chief justice dismissed Liaquat’s unconditional apology, saying “we are not here to be disgraced, the practice of…

ISLAMABAD: A five member larger bench of the Supreme Court has dismissed intra court appeal of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Talal Chaudhry against his conviction in contempt of court case. The bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar heard the case. In a contempt of court case earlier, the court had sentenced the PML-N leader till the rising of the court and according to its judgment he cannot contest the elections for five years. Read More: Supreme Court disqualifies Talal Chaudhry for five…

RAWALPINDI: PML-N leader Pervez Rasheed on Friday said that the party would consider the name of PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan for the post of president if he visits Adiala prison and apologises to Nawaz Sharif for his remarks. The former information minister in PML-N government, was talking to media outside Adiala jail where Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam are currently serving the jail terms awarded by an accountability court in Avenfield corruption reference. Replying a whether the PML-N would support Ahsan in the…

"Devastated” former Australia captain Steve Smith broke down in tears repeatedly as he apologised for his part in the ball-tampering scandal which has rocked his nation.

Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted a unconditional written apology from former senator Nehal Hashmi and dismissed further proceedings against him.

LONDON: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized to Britons on Sunday over a “breach of trust”, taking out full page advertisements in British newspapers after a political consultancy got its hands on data on 50 million users. “We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can’t, we don’t deserve it,” said the advert, signed by Facebook founder Zuckerberg. The world’s largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States. This follows allegations…

MUMBAI: The News Broadcasting Standards Authority, India’s self-regulatory body for TV news channels, has ordered country’s Zee News to pay a fine of 1,00,000 (one lakh) and air an apology for a report the channel aired some months ago regarding Indo-Pak mushaira. The complaint against the Zee News was filed by scientist and poet Gauhar Raza in 2016.   Zee News had called Raza a member of the ‘Afzal Premi Gang’, (indication of a terrorist) for reciting poems at an event – Shankar Shaad Mushaira. The NBSA has also asked…

OTTAWA: Canada on Friday formally apologised to three Canadian men of Arab descent who said they had been tortured in Syria and blamed Canadian secret services for their ordeal. The Liberal government also said it had agreed a cash settlement with Ahmad El Maati, Abdullah Almalki and Muayyed Nureddin, who had pressed their case for a decade. All three men were arrested separately when entering Syria between 2001 and 2003. They say they were tortured and interrogated, and some of the questions they were asked were based…

LOS ANGELES: Supermodel Gigi Hadid said her Melania Trump impression during the American Music Awards Sunday "was done in good humour with no bad intent." In a handwritten note posted on Twitter, the supermodel said she believed the future first lady "understands show business and the way shows are written and run." pic.twitter.com/6NuxjKx68o — Gigi Hadid (@GiGiHadid) November 22, 2016 She also apologised in the note to anyone that she offended. Hadid co-hosted the awards with former "Saturday Night Live"…