ISLAMABAD: As the Senate took up legislative business during budget session in an unusual move, a bill binding government servants from BPS-17 to BPS-22, to disclose domestic and foreign assets held by them as well as their family members, sailed through the House. The Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was moved in the House for immediate consideration and passage by …
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said it was an honour to meet Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir during a luncheon held at the White House on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after the event, Trump extended his gratitude to Pakistan’s military chief for visiting and acknowledged the army chief’s role in helping avert further military escalation …
WASHINGTON: During his two-hour meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir discussed a wide range of issues, focusing on expanding bilateral cooperation in trade, artificial intelligence, energy, cryptocurrency, and emerging technologies, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The two leaders also exchanged views on …
KARACHI: Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), has underscored the critical role students play as the frontline force in Pakistan’s information war during a special session at the Saylani IT programme in Karachi. The DG ISPR praised the students for their engagement and responsiveness to the nation’s security challenges on Thursday. He highlighted the …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench on Thursday announced its verdict in a case pertaining to the seniority and transfer of Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges, declaring that their transfers were not unconstitutional. The bench — headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and comprising Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Shahid Bilal Hassan, Salahuddin Panhwar and Shakeel Ahmed — took up petitions …
ISLAMABAD: Senior counsel Salman Akram Raja told the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench (CB) on Wednesday that PTI members had joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) en masse in view of the precedent set by the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), which was allocated reserved seats after the 2018 elections despite not winning any seats in parliament. The counsel, who represented PTI …
RAWALPINDI: A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight repatriated 107 Pakistanis who were stranded in Iran due to the closure of Iranian airspace, bringing them home early on Wednesday, officials said. The passengers, unable to return directly due to the airspace closure, travelled by land to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, before boarding PIA’s first special flight PK-9552, which landed at Islamabad International …
ISLAMABAD: PML-N lawmaker Afnan Ullah Khan revealed that 2,500 bureaucrats of the country including four federal secretaries were holding dual nationality. He said a bill seeking a bar on civil servants’ dual nationality moved by him had been unanimously passed by the Interior Committee, but regretted that it has not yet come to the House. “How can a person be …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed the escalating armed conflict between Iran and Israel as “very alarming,” warning that the situation poses a grave threat to both regional and global peace. Speaking during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the premier reiterated Pakistan’s “complete solidarity” with Iran in the face of Israeli aggression and urged the international community to ensure an …
ISLAMABAD: Judges of the Supreme Court are not passive interpreters of text, rather they are the custodians of liberty, equality, and institutional independence. “[The Supreme Court] is the ultimate guardian of fundamental rights and the final sentinel against executive or legislative overreach,” said a 15-page judgement authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and endorsed by Justice Aqeel Ahmad Abbasi, …