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Prime Minister greets Iran’s new Supreme Leader

The President also congratulates Mojtaba Khamenei; Hope the Ayatollah will guide the country to stability; Dar discusses war President Asif Ali Zardari on the left and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on the right ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s leadership on Tuesday congratulated Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei in a move aimed at maintaining a delicate balance […]

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The IMF wants the non-disclosure clause in the Members of Parliament’s Assets Act overturned

The government has accepted the need for a mini-budget if revenues do not meet expectations by the end of December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has objected to recently approved legislative changes that have limited public disclosure of parliamentarians’ assets, raising the prospect of a reversal of

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Media are encouraged to exercise restraint with the crisis in the Middle East

Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar addresses a press conference in Islamabad on March 28, 2024. PHOTO: PID ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday urged media organizations and online commentators to exercise caution when discussing Pakistan’s foreign policy amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, warning that certain analyzes had

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270,000 Afghans have returned from Iran, Pakistan this year: UN

. Arafat Jamal, UNHCR representative in Afghanistan. Photo: Courtesy — UNHCR GENEVA: About 270,000 Afghans have returned to their country from Pakistan and Iran so far this year, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that the escalating Middle East war risks pushing the numbers higher. UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, said 110,000 Afghans

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The Middle East on the brink as the cycle of retaliation intensifies

The photograph shows a damaged building in the aftermath of a drone strike in the Seef district of Manama. Photo: AFP TEHRAN/DUBAI: The war between Iran and a US-Israeli alliance continued with renewed intensity and escalating threats, leaving the Middle East on edge as missiles and drones struck targets across the region, while Iran argued

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The Senate committee adopts the film law

. ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting unanimously passed “The Motion Picture (Amendment) Bill, 2024” on Tuesday. The Committee met at Old PIPS Hall, Parliament Lodges, Islamabad on the requisition of members. The members present unanimously nominated Senator Sarmad Ali to lead the proceedings. The body unanimously passed “The Motion Picture (Amendment)

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Judicial courage is constitutional duty, not activism: Minallah

Athar Minallah, Supreme Court Justice. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Former Supreme Court Justice Athar Minallah has said that when the executive branch abdicates its fiduciary duty to those in custody, judicial intervention is not activism but a constitutional obligation. Speaking at Harvard Law School, Justice (retd) Minallah said the true test of judicial independence lies not

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Five Pakistanis among six arrested in Bahrain over videos linked to Iran attacks

Accusing the suspects of expressing sympathy and glorifying these hostile acts in a way that harms security Smoke rises into the sky after explosions were heard in Manama, Bahrain February 28, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Bahrain’s interior ministry has said the country’s anti-cybercrime directorate has arrested six Asians, including five Pakistanis, for filming, publishing and republishing

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SC adopts four-day working week under savings plan

National Judicial Policy Making Committee Approves Judicial Savings and Energy Savings Plan Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi chairs a meeting of the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee at the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday. Photo: Supreme Court of Pakistan In line with the government’s announced austerity measures due to disruptions in the supply

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