A nearly 43-year-old land dispute over the Ojhri Camp area has been amicably resolved through arbitration, bringing to an end a long-running compensation case linked to state land acquisition. Justice Jawad Hassan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench issued a detailed verdict in compensation petitions filed in 1983, approving a settlement reached through […]
The strike by jewellers and goldsmiths across Peshawar and other parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa entered its third consecutive day on Thursday, with markets in the old city remaining closed in protest of recent arrests of shopkeepers. The ongoing protests, organized by the Jewellers and Goldsmiths Association, have now extended beyond Peshawar to other cities. Banners demanding […]
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that a judge lacked jurisdiction to order the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering President Donald Trump’s administration a victory in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist. The 2-1 ruling by a panel of the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals […]
In the flood of commentary on Gaza, displacement and Israel’s expanding settlement enterprise, one fundamental truth is often obscured: the Nakba did not end in 1948. It continues — and law has been one of its most powerful instruments. That is the central argument of Stolen Nation: The Right to Reparation of Palestinian Refugees, a deeply […]
Year 2026 will be consequential in many ways. What has been unleashed by Donald Trump in Venezuela, and what is likely to find further expression in Greenland, and by extension, how it might impact NATO and traditional alliances which have held the post-WWII order to date, all seem under review. No one knows which way […]
Many people today remain formally employed in one institution while quietly building small parallel ventures including freelance work, consultancies, private teaching, online businesses or other income streams. The phenomenon is often defended as entrepreneurship or self-reliance, yet it also raises uncomfortable questions about sincerity, loyalty and the gradual loss of professional efficiency within institutions already […]
The federal government kept the prices of petroleum products unchanged for the next fortnight on Thursday. A press release from the Petroleum Division said the price of petrol would continue at Rs253.17 per litre, while high-speed diesel (HSD) would remain at Rs257.08 per litre, effective from January 16. The government had previously announced a reduction in the prices of […]
US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis. Confrontations between residents and federal officers have intensified after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a US citizen, […]
The Pakistan and United States armies are conducting a joint military exercise titled ‘Inspired Gambit–2026′ aimed at enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation between the two forces, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. According to a press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the two-week-long exercise from January 8-16 focuses on counter-terrorism operations and marks the […]
The Hyderi police have registered a case of kidnapping a three-year-old boy from Al-Fatah Family Park in Karachi’s North Nazimabad, during a family outing. The CCTV footage, surfaced after the child went missing, shows a woman and a man carrying the child, prompting senior police officials to take notice of the incident. According to the […]