ISLAMABAD: Five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday to restrain Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar from carrying out his duties as the acting IHC chief justice. The development is the latest in the row affecting the IHC after the transfers of new judges to the high court that led to a shakeup …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday visited the Chief Justice’s House on the invitation of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to share the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the National Judicial Policymaking Committee. During the meeting, CJP Afridi sought the government’s input to improve the existing justice delivery system. The move is part of CJP Afridi’s …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench (CB) has been requested to treat the intra-court appeals (ICAs) more like a review petition, instead of appeals against the October 2023 decision of a five-judge SC bench in civilians’ military trial, to determine the validity of Pakistan Army Act. The scope of the ICAs has been “confined to a review” where the present …
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday that a team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be in Pakistan for a four-day visit next week to take forward the discussion on a $1 billion fund for climate resilience. Pakistan has been ranked as the most vulnerable country to climate change in 2022 when it faced devastating monsoon floods …
ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has declared sexual harassment at the workplace “less about sexual desire and more about control and domination” in a recent Supreme Court judgement. The judgement, dated Feb 12, was issued on a petition filed against a 2023 order by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in a sexual harassment case. The verdict was issued on …
LAHORE: After a dialogue between the government and the opposition failed to produce any tangible outcome that prompted the PTI to announce a nationwide protest movement after Eid, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the government would not let the political groups “unfamiliar” with democracy stage long marches or violent protests. The former prime minister did not name anyone …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended an invitation to Bahraini investors to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan, emphasizing the strong brotherly ties between the two nations. The statement was made during a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and an 11-member Bahraini parliamentary delegation led by Ahmed bin Salman Al-Musallam, Speaker of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives, in Islamabad. Strengthening …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reaffirmed the government’s pledge to eradicate terrorism after seven Punjab-bound passengers were offloaded from a bus and shot dead in Barkhan district last night. Pakistan has recently witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan. Terror attacks have increased since the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement …
LONDON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir was awarded a ceremonial guard of honour during his visit to the United Kingdom, according to a statement by the military’s media wing. The army chief is set to participate in the seventh Regional Stabilisation Conference at the esteemed Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he will deliver the keynote address on …
NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar sought the United Nations’ support for counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan during a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Tuesday. The meeting comes a day after Dar addressed a high-level UN Security Council debate calling for a unified, non-discriminatory approach to combat terrorism and rejecting “double standards” in dealing with extremist …