Judge Panhor believed in his dissent note that the case was a rape, that the sentence should have been upheld Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has converted a rape conviction into a case of adultery, reduced the sentence for […]
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Due to one PTI member being absent from the meeting when the committee sought input on the plan to redraw Punjab’s map ISLAMABAD: A proposed constitutional amendment to carve out a new province in southern Punjab dominated a Senate panel on Thursday, with deliberations on the bill postponed after a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member skipped
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Dogar-led bench declares LLB degree ‘invalid’; The President approves deregistration on the PM’s advice Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. Photo: IHC ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday set a precedent by removing one of its own judges, namely Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, on charges of having an invalid LLB degree. A division bench headed by Chief
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani intelligence services have struck the nerve center of the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), arresting its public face and propaganda architect in an operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in a move that has disrupted the group’s media apparatus and weakened its cross-border reach, it emerged on Thursday. The detention of Sultan Aziz Azzam, which
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ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Thursday that a new roadmap has been shared with the civil-military leadership to raise Pakistan’s exports to $63 billion within four years, stressing that the country cannot end its dependence on foreign creditors without a sustained increase in exports. The roadmap sets an ambitious goal of increasing public
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that any person who is offloaded from a flight or otherwise prevented from traveling abroad must be given written reasons at the time such action is taken, declaring the claim to be a substantial legal protection rather than a mere procedural formality. In a two-page interim order, Justice
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that the latest UN Security Council report on Afghanistan had confirmed its long-standing concerns about the presence of terrorist groups across the border. The 16th Report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team was submitted to the UN Security Council. “The de facto authorities continue to deny that any
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. GB Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Raja Shah Baz Khan. Photo: Courtesy — Radio Pakistan GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Raja Shehbaz Khan on Thursday announced a delay in general elections and local body polls due to harsh weather conditions in the region, after a multi-party conference held to consult political parties on the
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. Election moment: A woman casts her vote at the by-election in Faisalabad. Photo: Online ISLAMABAD: The gender gap on Pakistan’s electoral rolls has narrowed from 11.8% in 2018 to 7.1% in 2025, Minister Omer Hameed Khan said on Thursday. Speaking at a project board meeting under the Pakistan Legislative, Electoral, Digital Governance and Empowerment
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. ISLAMABAD: The privatization of major energy sector assets, including two power plants and three electricity distribution companies (DISCOs), along with the sale of a majority stake in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), moved closer to execution on Thursday as officials briefed a Senate panel on the government’s roadmap and timelines. The Senate Standing Committee on
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