PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan is currently serving a three-year sentence in Attock jail after being convicted in the Toshakhana reference.
The unmanned Chandrayaan-3 touched down at 6:04 pm India time (1234 GMT). Its landing comes days after a Russian probe crashed in the same region and four years since the previous Indian attempt failed at the last moment.
The chief justice came down hard on the trial court verdict, saying the judge announced the order in haste. Meanwhile, Justice Naqvi noted that the trial court defied the orders of the apex as well as the high court in passing the Toshakhana judgment.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the General Officer Commanding the Special Services Group (GOC, SSG) led the operation in which the slinging team of the SSG troops safely rescued the individuals trapped in the chairlift at a height of 600 feet.
The country has overtaken Germany as the world’s fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), the president said, citing the World Bank