ISLAMABAD: A four-judge committee, constituted by Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi to conduct a thorough review of the Supreme Court Rules of 1980, has formulated a comprehensive draft of the Supreme Court Rules, 2025. To enhance transparency, efficiency and overall effectiveness in judicial proceedings, CJP Afridi appointed Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan,…
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services Mustafa Kamal on Thursday contacted provincial health ministers to make a collective strategy to address health-related issues. He held telephone calls with Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, Sindh Health Minister Azra Fazal Pechuho, Balochistan Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister’s Adviser on Health Ehtisham…
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning the use of women in terrorist activities in the province. The lawmakers proposed a joint action plan in consultation with all stakeholders to restore peace and order in the province. The resolution was moved by Meena Majeed, the chief minister’s adviser, during the session presided…
• Trial is held when question of country’s security arises, defence ministry tells CB• Justice Aminuddin agrees with ministry’s stance on Oct 23, 2023 verdict• Is military court akin to ordinary civilian court, asks Justice Hilali• Counsel questions legitimacy of super tax ISLAMABAD: The ministry of defence on Thursday told the Constitutional Bench (CB) that…
• Heated debate between PTI, PML-N members over Jaffar Express incident• Defence minister accuses PTI of ‘siding with BLA’• Asif’s resignation sought over security lapse• Terrorists taking advantage of disunity: Bilawal ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday witnessed a heated exchange between lawmakers of the ruling PML-N and the opposition PTI, as the House unanimously…
A BOOKSTORE, a few streets from where we used to live in Manhattan, announced that they would be closing down in a few months. The reason was simple: the rent was becoming too much and the location was a prime one and the bookstore could not generate the returns that restaurants and clothing stores could…
IT is that time again — the usual boom-and-bust cycle of Pakistan’s endless economic cycle — when we begin to hear increasing murmurs of higher GDP growth. The monks in the power halls of the country zealously sing hymns of ‘high growth’ and ‘stability’, and those who govern us promise dizzying heights for the umpteenth…
WITH a long history of terrorist attacks in the country, it is a pity that, instead of taking steps to pre-empt, or at least minimise, them, the government begins to calibrate some kind of a response only after the event. A day after the terrorist hijacking of the Jaffar Express ended, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif…
ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan has filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, challenging the transfer of judges from other provinces to the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The petition, filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, alleged the transfers were a deliberate attempt to undermine judicial independence and manipulate the judiciary for…
• ECC slashes solar net-metering buyback rate by one-third, ends net billing• Under new framework, consumers to sell at Rs10, buy at Rs42-48 per unit ISLAMABAD: In yet another knee-jerk reaction to curb renewable energy growth through solar net metering amid high grid electricity costs, the government on Thursday reduced the buyback rate by one-third…