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Islamabad: The Supreme Court postponed until Wednesday (today) the consultation of bail petitions filed by former Prime Minister Imran Khan in eight different cases May 9. When Imran’s lawyer, Salman Safdar, came to Rostrum on Tuesday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, who heads the three-member bench that heard the case, noticed that both […]

Islamabad: Foreign ministers from Afghanistan, China and Pakistan meet in Kabul on Wednesday as part of a trilateral mechanism aimed at discussing issues relating to strengthening political, economic and regional cooperation between the three countries. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is currently visiting New Delhi, is traveling to Kabul for the first formal trilateral

Lahore: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has chosen a cautious strategy in Lahore, which awarded his NA-129 ticket to last year’s runner-up, while taking a jump of faith in Wazirabad by filling Bilal Tarar brother to the federal Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar-a relative outsider to the end of a new batch of a new

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday decided to seek renegotiation of his floating natural gas (LNG) import agreement with Qatar after its industry slowed down and the power need fell, resulting in over 50 excess loads over the next one and a half years alone. The deal, which expires in 2031, has left decision makers with two

Islamabad: Following its passage in the National Assembly, the Senate on Tuesday approved the anti-terrorism (amendment) Bill 2025, Restoring Powers allowing law enforcement authorities and the armed forces to detain suspects for up to three months, a step that triggered rebellion from opposition benches. Prime Minister for Interior and Drugs Checks Muhammad Talal Badar tabled

The wait is finally over when Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) announced the O-level results for the May-Juni session on Tuesday. More than 100,000 students from over 700 schools across the country sat the Cambridge qualifications this year, including O levels, IGCSs and A levels. The results mark an important milestone for thousands of candidates

Islamabad: Ispr dg lt gen ahmed sharif chaudhry, NDMA -President LT Gen Inam Haider and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar briefed the media on Tuesday about the ongoing relief operations in the midst of heavy monsoon rain and flooding. DG ISPR said the army had intensified emergency relief operations under the Army Chief, saved 6,903 people

Islamabad: Meetings of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) Meetings led by justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail are scheduled for August 21 to prepare draft rules for the annual judicial performance evaluation of the Supreme Court judges and criteria for the selection of judge for constitutional benches. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi had previously

Islamabad: The federal government has begun consultations on a piece of legislation to give ordinary citizens the right to appeal against litigation in military courts revealed reliable sources. On May 7, 2025, a seven-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, by a majority judgment, maintained the military lawsuits for those charged in May 9 cases,

Lahore: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed certain government measures as positive steps, including the adoption of the law on restraint from children marriage 2025 and the establishment of provincial research centers to counter violent extremism. According to the Commission, the initiatives mark important progress towards the protection of religious freedom and