Pakistan

THE Supreme Court on Sunday issued a four-page order ruling that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has no jurisdiction under the Constitution to decide the pre-election disqualification of a lawmaker. Nullifying the verdicts of the ECP and high court in a case relating to disqualification of former PTI senator Faisal Vawda, the SC order said: “ECP has no jurisdiction …

Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab said on Monday that provincial authorities would be approaching the federal government for the issuance of a red warrant for suspended Naushahro Feroze Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tashfeen Alam over his alleged involvement in the Hyderabad-Sukkur M6 land scam case. The red warrant is an international notice sent to the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) seeking the …

ISLAMABAD: At a policy dialogue held by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Potohar Mental Health Association (PMHA), activists have called for “robust legal and administrative measures” to ensure the welfare of persons living with disabilities (PLWDs). Participants called on the government to conduct a countrywide census of PLWDs to ensure that budgetary allocations for their welfare are …

ISLAMABAD: The health ministry has sought the approval of the federal cabinet to legalise “heated tobacco products” (HTPs) in the country, a move criticised by activists who sought a debate on the legalisation of these products currently not available in Pakistan. According to a document of the Cabinet Division, available with Dawn, the Ministry of National Health sought approval for the …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday regretted the treatment meted out to teachers by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government by discontinuing their conveyance allowance during summer and winter vacations and observed that it did not find any irregularity or perversity in the judgments passed by the service tribunal. “The future development and wellbeing of every country is highly dependent on good …

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar police have informed the deputy speaker of the provincial assembly about their plans to arrest MPA of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Haji Fazal Elahi for protesting outside the residence of Peshawar’s corps commander after the Nov 3 gun attack on former prime minister Imran Khan. Mr Elahi and several other PTI leaders were booked for staging the …

LAHORE: Government College University (GCU) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi called on former prime minister Imran Khan at Zaman Park here on Saturday and announced to rename the Mass Communication Department after slain journalist Arshad Sharif. Prof Zaidi had recently drawn strong criticism after he allowed the PTI chief to use varsity’s Oval ground to address students wherein he spoke against …

LAHORE: In what appeared to be an attempt to clear the air after his offer for talks to the coalition government on snap polls supposedly backfired, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chair­man Imran Khan on Saturday insisted his offer was ‘misunderstood’, as he made it in the larger interests of the country. He then implored “the handlers” of the federal government to realise the country …

LAHORE: The governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa came down hard on the federal government on Saturday over the “ongoing financial crisis”, alleging that the Centre had withheld provincial shares at a time when they were conducting flood relief operations. Since coming to power in April, the coalition government had not transferred Rs120 billion to the KP government alone, KP …

A district court in Quetta remanded PTI Senator Azam Swati in police custody for five days on Sunday, a week after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested him in Islamabad in a case pertaining to controversial tweets against the military. Swati’s arrest last week was the second time the senator was taken into custody by the FIA in less than two months …