Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Saturday fixed the appeals against the conviction of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher case for hearing.

Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will hold the hearing on May 21.

It is pertinent to note that the hearing could not be held on May 15 due to the cancelation of the cause list of the Chief Justice's court. It is likely that the arguments of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Special Prosecutor Hamid Ali Shah will be completed at the next hearing.

After the prosecutor's arguments are completed, the founder PTI's lawyers will give their arguments.

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Saturday formed the Economic Advisory Council (EAC).

Finance Division has issued notification of Economic Advisory Council.

According to the notification, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will head the Economic Advisory Council, the Economic Advisory Council includes Jahangir Tareen, Saqib Shirazi and Shahzad Saleem.

According to the notification issued, Musadik Zulqarnain, Dr. Ijaz Nabi, Asif Peer, Ziad Bashir and Salman Ahmed are also part of the advisory council.

Economic Advisory Council is a non-constitutional and independent body formed to economically advice to Government of Pakistan, specifically the Prime Minister.

Islamabad: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi Saturday arrived at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, where the Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Maliki, welcomed him.

On this occasion, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Maliki and discussed matters of mutual interest, Pak-Saudi relations and increasing cooperation in various fields.

The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia assured full support for the improvement of Islamabad Police while Federal Minister Naqvi thanked the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia for arranging accommodation for Frontier Corps (FC) officers.

In the meeting between the two leaders, the visit of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman, to Pakistan was also discussed, while the travel documents for the Muslims of Burma were also discussed.

Speaking on this occasion, Mohsin Naqvi stated that the historical brotherly friendship of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is turning into beneficial economic relations. The recent visit of Saudi Arabian investors to Pakistan was very successful, the people of Pakistan are looking forward to the visit of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

The Federal Minister of Interior added that the nation has paved the way for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman. His visit to Pakistan will prove to be a game changer in the relations between the two countries. Saudi Arabia supported Pakistan in every difficult situation. Currently, the relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are reaching new heights.

On this occasion, Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed stated that they will provide all possible support to develop Islamabad police on modern lines. Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to its relations with Pakistan.