India and China agreed on Tuesday to resume direct flights and step up trade and investment flows as the neighbours rebuild ties damaged by a 2020 border clash. The Asian giants are cautiously strengthening ties against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy, staging a series of high-level bilateral visits. The latest […]
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has welcomed certain government measures as positive steps, including the enactment of the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 and the establishment of provincial research centres to counter violent extremism. According to the commission, the initiatives mark important progress toward safeguarding religious freedom and minority rights. In its latest […]
The federal government has begun consultations on a piece of legislation to grant ordinary citizens the right to appeal against trials in military courts, reliable sources revealed. On May 7, 2025, a seven-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court, in a majority verdict, upheld the military trials of those accused in the May 9 cases […]
Meetings of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) subcommittees led by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail have been scheduled for August 21 to prepare draft rules for the annual judicial performance evaluation of high court judges, as well as criteria for the selection of judges for constitutional benches. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi had […]
ISPR DG Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Inam Haider and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar briefed the media on Tuesday regarding the ongoing relief operations amid heavy monsoon rains and flooding. DG ISPR said the army, under the army chief’s direction, had intensified relief operations, rescuing 6,903 people and providing medical support […]
Former prime minister Imran Khan was allowed on Tuesday to meet his lawyer, Ali Bukhari, while his wife Bushra Bibi met her daughter and sister-in-law at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail where the couple is detained. However, Imran’s three sisters — Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi — were denied access, prompting them to stage a […]
Rescuers and residents resumed searching on Tuesday for survivors as the death toll from five days of torrential rain rose to almost 400, with authorities warning monsoon downpours would continue until the weekend. Torrential rains across Pakistan’s north have caused flooding and landslides that have swept away entire villages, leaving many residents trapped in the […]
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has started the process of compensating flood victims under a special package, said Advisor to the Chief Minister on Information Muhammad Ali Saif. The compensation package has been doubled, he said, adding that under the package, compensation for those who lost their lives in floods has been increased from Rs1 million to […]
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti has issued directives to eliminate illegal trawling in provincial waters. The orders came during a high-level Secretaries Committee meeting at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat. The meeting was attended by senior provincial figures including Ministers Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, Mir Salim Khan Khosa, Mir Shoaib Nosherwani, Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir […]
Israel is studying Hamas’ response to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire and release of half the hostages still held in Gaza, two Israeli officials said on Tuesday, although one source reiterated that all Israeli captives must be freed for the war to end. Efforts to pause the fighting gained new momentum over the past […]