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Report acknowledges COP29 failed to yield ambitious NCQG on climate finance, calls for greater support by high-emitting countries for most vulnerable nations. Pakistan has been ranked as the most vulnerable country to climate change in 2022, followed by Belize and Italy, according to data in the Climate Risk Index (CRI) for 2025 report released by…
Supreme Court’s Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail. — SC website/File Supreme Court’s Justice Jamal Mandokhail on Wednesday raised question regarding the scope of the Army Act’s jurisdiction, asking whether a member of the armed forces committing an offence at home would be subject to military trial. The remarks came as a seven-member constitutional bench, led by…
RAWALPINDI: A minor house maid was shifted to hospital in a critical after she was allegedly tortured and ill-treated by her employers, husband and wife. Police have taken the couple and the woman, who brought the girl to the hospital, into custody and started an investigation. A team from the Child Protection Bureau Rawalpindi also…
ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will arrive in the federal capital here on Wednesday for a two-day visit, where he and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will co-chair the Pakistan-Turkiye High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC) session, aimed at strengthening bilateral ties across multiple sectors. The visit marks the final leg of President Erdogan’s overseas tour,…
• Embassy officials visit Zawiya to verify details with local officials, hospitals• FO says 37 Pakistani survivors identified so far; most in police custody• PM expresses sorrow, calls for strict action against human traffickers ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Tuesday confirmed the deaths of 16 Pakistani nationals in a boat accident off the coast of Libya…
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday reacted sharply to a statement by a judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) about parliament, denouncing the remarks as “an attack” on the institution. During Tuesday’s sitting of the National Assembly, the speaker, quoting media reports, said that an honourable judge of the IHC had…
• Opposition leader questions SIFC performance, condemns govt’s victimisation of political opponents• Assembly clears bill approving lawmakers’ higher salaries ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said on Tuesday he had formally written to the government and opposition, seeking nominations for the parliamentary panel on appointment of chief election commissioner (CEC) and members of the Election…
ISLAMABAD: The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health on Tuesday confirmed the detection of 74th wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of the year 2024 in the country. On Tuesday, the lab confirmed one polio case in Shikarpur district of Sindh. This is the second polio case from Shikarpur…
• Meets IMF team, emphasises judiciary’s independence• Forwards Imran’s letter to constitutional committee• Holds CJs responsible for fellow judges’ anxiety ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi has invited Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition Omar Ayub Khan to propose improvements to the justice system, which will be taken up in…
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General (DG) Rafael Mariano Grossi paid Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a courtesy call on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Press Information Department (PID). According to the statement, the PM commended the IAEA’s positioning of nuclear energy as a solution to mitigate climate change and emphasised Pakistan’s commitment…