The Supreme Court has ruled that cruelty within marriage is not confined to physical violence but also includes psychological, verbal and emotional abuse, as well as behaviour that makes it impossible for a woman to live with dignity and safety in her home. In a detailed 17-page judgment authored by Justice Ayesha Malik, the court […]
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has decided to form a new government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after President Asif Ali Zardari approved a no-confidence motion against the incumbent AJK prime minister. According to PPP AJK President Chaudhry Yasin, the party has formally decided to move ahead with forming its own government in the […]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has demanded that the federal government immediately release Rs550 billion in pending dues for the tribal districts and Rs2,200 billion in net hydropower arrears. Speaking at the grand peace jirga in Bara, Khyber district, on Saturday, the chief minister urged the immediate convening of the National Finance Commission (NFC) […]
Negotiators of Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban regime were locked in talks to hammer out a lasting ceasefire on Saturday, with Islamabad warning that if the Istanbul talks failed it could lead to “open war”. The talks in Istanbul are expected to continue into Sunday and mark the latest attempt by the two neighbours to […]
Security forces killed three terrorists while foiling an attempted suicide attack in North Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces foiled a “major terrorist incident and averted a potential catastrophic attack” a day ago after conducting an intelligence-based operation (IBO) […]