ISLAMABAD: Human Rights Com­mission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chai­­r­person Hina Jilani on Wedne­sday said that no institution had the right to force politicians to negotiate. Ms Jilani made these comments in response to questions from journalists during the launching ceremony of the HRCP report, ‘State of Human Rights in 2022’, here on Wednesday. The report notes an uptick in enforced disappearances …

A meeting to resolve the impasse regarding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is currently under way at the Parliament House in Islamabad between the government and the opposition PTI. A Dawn.com correspondent confirmed that talks between the Imran Khan-led opposition party and members of the ruling coalition were under way on Thursday evening inside Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani’s chamber. The negotiations …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said on Thursday that the Supreme Court could not force the government to hold negotiations with the opposition. He passed these remarks as a three-member SC bench, headed by the CJP and comprising Justices Ijazul Ahsan and Munib Akhtar, took up the elections delay case. However, the hearing was adjourned barely an …

Seven people, including four children, died after a bogie of a Karachi Express train caught fire near Tando Masti Khan in Sindh’s Khairpur district during the early hours of Thursday, officials said. Pakistan Railways (PR) District Coordination Officer Mohsin Siyal confirmed the number of casualties. Police surgeon Dr Abu Talib also confirmed the death toll, adding that six of the …

The station house officer (SHO) of the Khuzdar Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station was martyred on Thursday in an explosion targeting his vehicle. Khuzdar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fahad Khosa told Dawn.com that the incident took place near Jhalawan Medical College located on the National Highway. The SSP said that the official, identified as Sharbat Khan Umrani, was on his way …

Pakistan and China have agreed to enhance their cooperation in all spheres to realise shared objectives and contribute to regional peace, prosperity and stability, Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday. According to the state-run broadcaster, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang today, in which the former appreciated “China’s peaceful development as a positive factor of international …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif secured a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Thursday, with 180 lawmakers reposing “full confidence” in his leadership as the premier. After the House reposed confidence in him, the premier spoke at length about recent orders of the higher judiciary, expressing reservations on rulings that questioned parliament’s confidence in him and warned of “serious …

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision June 24, 2022, to overturn Roe v. Wade was an earthquake for abortion policy. But did the tremors shake public opinion? Surveys taken after the decision provide a mixed answer. Many political analysts have suggested that the Democrats’ surprisingly strong performance in the 2022 midterm elections — which were held about five months after the …

Dallas has approved its largest project yet — 615 units for affordable housing via the city’s 75-year property tax abatement program. The City Council on Wednesday approved a development agreement for a new four-story, $177 million northwest Dallas apartment complex roughly 15 minutes from downtown. Council greenlit two 400-unit projects last year, which was the previous highest number of apartments the …

Emergency mesaures were enacted by the governor Wednesday as thunderstorms blew through the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and severe weather threats lingered south of the region through the evening, according to the National Weather Service. Most of North and Central Texas was expected to feel the impacts from weather this week , according to a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” published Tuesday by …