The Supreme Court has ruled that confessional statements made by an accused while in police custody and recorded by the media are inadmissible in court, warning that such media-facilitated confessions can undermine the presumption of innocence and irreparably damage the accused and the judicial process. “A confession made by such an accused while in custody […]
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and other relevant authorities in response to a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Azam Swati seeking removal of his name from the Passport Control List and permission to travel abroad. The court has demanded replies by July 10. The […]
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has released a report detailing the human and material losses caused by heavy rainfall and flash floods across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa over the past 24 hours. According to the report, five people have lost their lives in various rain-related incidents across the province. The deceased include one man, two women, and […]
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, has officially launched the Ehsaas Apna Ghar schemean ambitious initiative aimed at providing interest-free housing loans to low-income families for the construction, expansion, and renovation of their homes. A cheque distribution ceremony was held at the Chief Minister’s House on Monday, with Chief […]
The race for 11 vacant Senate seats from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has officially begun, with the Election Commission of Pakistan announcing the polling schedule following the notification of reserved seats in the provincial assembly. The polling is set to take place on July 21 inside the K-P Assembly. The vacant positions include seven general seats, two technocrat […]
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday suspended a demolition notice issued by the district administration against the residence and hujra of a female lawyer, ruling that the property had been wrongfully declared within the boundaries of a river. The court also sought detailed replies from the Deputy Commissioner Peshawar and other relevant authorities. A […]
Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations concluded their summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday by demanding that wealthy countries take responsibility for financing climate mitigation efforts in the Global South. In his opening remarks, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who will host the United Nations climate summit in November, condemned […]
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced a financial compensation of Rs500,000 each for the three victims injured in the recent lion attack in Lahore. The incident occurred in Johar Town, where a lion kept at a private farmhouse in the Shah Di Khoi area jumped over a wall and attacked pedestrians on the street. The […]
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will make his first visit to Asia later this week, attending a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Malaysia as part of efforts to bolster US ties in the Indo-Pacific, the State Department announced on Monday. Rubio will travel from July 8 to 12 and […]