ISLAMABAD: In order to provide foolproof security to hundreds of delegates arriving in Islamabad for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Islamabad police have chalked up a comprehensive digital surveillance plan to monitor routes and key locations in real-time. Police officials told Dawn that the route surveillance will focus on Route-I, Route-II and Route-III designed to transport the ‘VVIPs’ and …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political committee has once again announced plans to hold a protest at D-Chowk in Islamabad on October 15. The emergency meeting of PTI’s political committee took place without the participation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. Following the meeting, PTI Secretary of Information Sheikh Waqas Akram issued a statement confirming that a large-scale protest …
ASHGABAT: President Asif Ali Zardari, in a series of high-level meetings on Friday, highlighted Pakistan’s commitment to bolstering regional cooperation, trade, and connectivity. These meetings took place on the sidelines of the International Forum on “Interrelation of Times and Civilizations – The Basis for Peace and Development,” held to mark the 300th anniversary of Turkmen poet Magtymguly Faragi. In a …
ISLAMABAD: The full court reference for outgoing Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has been scheduled for October 25, according to a letter from the Supreme Court registrar. The development emerged in a letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, from Supreme Court Registrar Jazeela Aslam dated today, written to Supreme Court Bar Association President Shahzad …
KARACHI: The recounting process at four polling stations in NA-231 Malir III, Karachi turned into a clash on Friday as armed men ransacked the office, election officials said. PPP’s Abdul Hakeem Baloch has won Malir’s NA-231 in Karachi with 43,634 votes, according to the provisional results announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan. On the request of PTI candidate Advocate …
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Friday visited the site of a peace jirga in Khyber district to oversee arrangements for the gathering and ordered the administration to fully facilitate the participants with whatever they needed. Earlier today, he had announced that the provincial administration would host the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement’s (PTM) three-day jirga and ensure that …
ISLAMABAD: The government’s much-touted constitutional amendment remains in limbo as consensus eluded the Friday meeting of the parliamentary committee set up to debate the package. The much-talked-about Constitutional Package is legislation proposing a set of constitutional amendments, including the extension of the top judge’s term. Three separate drafts of the constitutional package are being prepared – one by the government, …
PESHAWAR: The federal government has agreed, in principle, to lift a recently-imposed ban on the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), with some caveats, multiple sources privy to the development told Dawn. The agreement came during a multiparty grand jirga, hosted by the provincial government on Thursday. Sources said that since a certain procedure has to be followed for lifting the ban, …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the May 17, 2022 majority judgement on Article 63A, which deals with defection, had all but transformed the head of the political party into a dictator, as they could never be challenged. Authored by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, a detailed 23-page judgement explained why the five-judge Supreme Court …
Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended greetings to the elderly on the eve of the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Friday this year. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, expressed the hope that the elderly are well provided for, enjoy their lives and continue their pursuits. …