ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench (CB) on Friday overturned the Supreme Court’s earlier judgement in the reserved seats case— effectively taking away reserved seats from the PTI and handing them to their rival parties in the national and provincial legislatures. The decision, handed down by a majority of seven judges, supersedes the July 12, 2024 majority judgment by eight judges, which …
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has been ordered to refund Rs36 billion to aspiring pilgrims who couldn’t perform Hajj this year. The money would be returned to over 67,000 Pakistani pilgrims who were supposed to go on Haj through private tour operators but couldn’t over delays in payments. The subcommittee of the Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs on …
ISLAMABAD: As the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Polio Eradication concluded its review of Pakistan’s anti-polio efforts, the country hasreportedanother case of the crippling disease, taking the tally for the current year so far to 13. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday confirmed a new case from Tank district in …
QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Friday extended the detention of Dr Mahrang Baloch, chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), and four other leaders for another 15 days under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Mahrang Baloch, along with other BYC leaders — Beebow Baloch, her father Ghaffar Baloch, Sabghat Ullah Shah Jee and Bebarg Baloch …
GILGIT: As protest demonstrations continued on Friday in several areas of Gilgit-Baltistan against massive loadshedding and power outages — leading to blockades on main roads and the Karakoram Highway — the issue was raised in the GB Assembly by opposition lawmakers, who said the crisis has made life unbearable for people. Speaking on a point of order, Leader of the …
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir on Friday stressed the “indispensable” role of the civil bureaucracy within governance to probationary civil officers, as part of an initiative aimed at strengthening understanding between Pakistan’s civil and military leadership, according to the military’s media wing. In the wake of recent Indian aggression, Field Marshal Asim Munir has the strategic …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench on Friday dismissed the petitions filed by the PTI in the reserved seats case, declaring that the party will not be eligible for them in the national and provincial assemblies. The case was heard by a 10-member bench of the top court, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan. The petitions were accepted by a majority …
KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast another spell of rain in Karachi, Hyderabad and other parts of Sindh on Friday. Several parts of Sindh received moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday, ending the prolonged dry spell across the province and bringing relief from the scorching summer heat. The authorities had earlier released an urban flooding warning for several cities. …
PESHAWAR: A poliovirus case has been confirmed in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa’s Tank district, marking the seventh case from KP this year and bringing the total countrywide tally to 13, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a press release on Friday. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, …
SWAT: At least 18 people went missing after being swept away in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in the Swat River, officials said, adding that eight of them have been killed while a search operation to locate the remaining people was underway. The floods in the district have inundated several areas, with reports of dozens stranded at different locations, …