November 2025

City polls. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Voter turnout remained markedly muted in recent by-elections, with an overall voter turnout of just 28.58 percent in six national assemblies and seven provincial constituencies, according to official documents released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday. The ECP data shows a stark contrast in electoral engagement between

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that the services of a workman may not be terminated, nor may a workman be discharged, discharged, laid off, or discharged, except by order in writing, which shall expressly state the reason for the action taken. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazahar,

Ali Ardeshir Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, meets Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir at GHQ in Rawalpindi. Photo: PPI ISLAMABAD: Iran on Wednesday offered Pakistan a “blank cheque” to resolve issues with India and Afghanistan, an unusual and rare show of support given Islamabad’s challenges from the eastern

Further note in the judgment upheld the sentence, stating the crime as symptomatic of altered social behaviour ISLAMABAD: Judge Ali Baqar Najafi has characterized the Noor Mukadam murder case as the product of a “vice” by taking root in society, which he called a “live-in relationship” – apparently referring to live-in relationships. His remarks, made