Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that a suspended official is entitled to receive full pay and other benefits during the period of suspension and declared that suspension does not sever the employer-employee relationship or abrogate contractual rights. […]
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Tirah Valley. Photo: File SHELTER: At least five civilians were killed and seven others injured after mortar shells fired from an unknown direction hit a residential area in Chapri area of Tirah Valley, District Khyber, security sources said on Saturday. The incident, which took place at the time of Iftar, triggered panic across the area
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After completing seven to eight years, a path to permanent residency and citizenship will be available Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Salik Hussain at a special high-level meeting on the Spanish Resident Card Scheme PHOTO: GOP Eligible overseas Pakistanis will initially be issued one-year residence cards in Spain, following
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ISLAMABAD: A lawmaker belonging to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has submitted a constitutional amendment bill in the National Assembly Secretariat, seeking a nationwide ban on alcohol, including for non-Muslims, by removing the existing religious exemption from the constitution. According to details, JUI-F’s Naeema Kishwar Khan has proposed an amendment to Article 37 of the Constitution,
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. Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with federal ministers on Saturday and discussed the overall national situation. Photo: APP ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with federal ministers on Saturday and discussed the overall national situation, internal security issues and the current political scenario. Those who held the meeting with the top security
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Tax collection. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court has declared the levy of sales tax on construction services in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa constitutional and rejected appeals filed against the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sales Tax on Services Act, 2022. Headed by Justice Aamer Farooq, a two-judge FCC bench heard a number of challenges against a judgment of the
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. PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police on Saturday said it had foiled a potentially major attack after arresting a woman suspected of planning a suicide bomb during a targeted raid in Dera Ismail Khan. Officials said the arrest was made in the Sheikh Yousaf Khema Basti locality following intelligence reports
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Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has declared that freezing a citizen’s Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) to enforce a money decree is illegal, holding that such action exceeds the powers given to executing courts under the Civil Procedure Code
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PTI Central Secretary General Salman Akram Raja holds a press conference on Sunday. SCREEN GRAB LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is grappling with escalating internal disputes that appear to be rooted in a leadership crisis, with its secretary general emerging as the latest target of criticism from the party. Amid growing unrest, he has reportedly
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Lt Col Shahzada, 43, a resident of Mansehra, and Sepoy Karamat Shah, 28, of Peshawar were martyred in the attack. PHOTO: ISPR RAWALPINDI: An army officer and a soldier embraced martyrdom in a suicide attack in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to Inter-Services Public Relations, a security force convoy
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