Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Aalia Neelum has decided to fill all approved judges’ positions in the provincial high court and has initiated the process for appointing judges to vacant posts. The approved strength of judges in the LHC is 60, but currently 42 judges, including the chief justice, are performing duties, while 18 […]
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Wednesday urged the government to hold “unconditional” talks with the opposition, saying that there should be no conditions in dialogue between political parties. Speaking to the media, Gohar said that it was wrong to say that negotiations would only be held on specific topics. “It is wrong to […]
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has launched immediate relief measures to protect consumers from soaring wheat and flour prices following what it termed “unconstitutional restrictions” imposed by the Punjab government on inter-provincial movement of essential commodities. Acting on the timely intervention of Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, the K-P Food Department has begun releasing 136,000 metric tonnes of […]
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti on Wednesday met the Prime Minister’s Focal Person for Polio, Senator Ayesha Raza Farooq, to review progress on polio eradication and discuss practical measures to strengthen routine immunisation across the province. The meeting was attended by senior officials from the National and Provincial Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs), who briefed […]
Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, has stated that military operations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa are not a solution to terrorism. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s provincial headquarters, Markaz Islami, in Peshawar, he emphasized that displacing citizens in the name of security cannot be justified, and that sustainable peace can only be achieved […]
A police constable was martyred when terrorists opened fire on a joint patrol of police and local peace committee members in Bannu, while his funeral prayers were offered with full official honours on Wednesday. Personnel from Township Police Station, Ahmadzai Police Station, and members of the local peace committee were carrying out routine patrolling in […]
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday issued a notice to the Speaker of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, seeking his response to a writ petition challenging the notification of an inquiry commission constituted to investigate the incidents of violence on May 9 and 10. The court directed the Speaker to explain under which law the inquiry […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday decided to resolve all pending death penalty appeals within the next 45 days. A press release from the SC said the decision was made during the monthly Reforms Action Plan meeting, presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi. The session was attended by the president and […]
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a set of petitions challenging the federal government’s decision to ban the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), which has been declared a proscribed organisation. The case was heard by a two-member bench, comprising Justice Sahibzada Asadullah and Justice Dr Khurshid Iqbal. During the hearing, petitioners […]
Police in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) have asked at least three journalists working in the region to sign a pledge vowing not to “disturb peace” in the region, two of them told Reuters on Wednesday. A third journalist, an assistant editor with The Indian Express newspaper, was summoned to a police station […]