Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) board on Friday approved a new policy under which private schools established in houses would be given plots on a priority basis for operating on rental basis. The board, which met with Chairman Anwarul Haq in the chair, besides other policy matters decided that the CDA through joint ventures will provide plots to private …

RAWALPINDI: Commissioner Rawalpindi Aamir Khattak emphasised the importance of taking early preventive measures to stop the spread of dengue as only four cases have been reported since Jan 1. Commissioner Rawalpindi, while presiding over the anti-dengue meeting at the deputy commissioner’s office, stated that the people who neglect and violate the SOPs endanger others life; therefore, strict legal action will …

ISLAMABAD: A new report on education demanded the government to implement Article 25 of the Constitution to provide equal learning opportunities to all children. Aser National Report 2023 on private organisations, which was launched on Friday at the Planning Commission of Pakistan, also sought enforcement of sustainable development goals. The report was officially unveiled coinciding with International Women’s Day in the presence …

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Min­i­ster Shehbaz Sharif on Friday an­­no­unced that Rs2 million each would be distributed among the families of the deceased and Rs500,000 each among those injured in the recent torrential rains and snowfall in Azad Jammu and Kashmir He was speaking at a function held for distribution of cheques among the victims of the rains and snowfall. In attendance …

ISLAMABAD: The Su­­perintendent of Adiala Jail informed the Islam­abad High Court (IHC) on Friday that Pakistan Teh­reek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders have not been denied permission to meet former prime minister Imran Khan, but measures are being taken to avoid any sabotage activities. In response to a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against the Superintendent Jail, Asad Javed Warraich, for denying …

ISLAMABAD: A five-judge Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), in a 33-page detailed reason of its opinion released on Friday, concluded that Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi was guilty of misconduct and should have been removed from the office of the judge and the honorific ‘Justice’ or ‘Judge’ should not be henceforth used with his name. The SJC found a number of instances of …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has said judges have no issue with fair comments or even criticism on judgements rendered by courts, but one gets dismayed to note superior court judges being censured over ‘frivolous’ allegations without any foundations. CJP Isa made these remarks while speaking at a full-court reference, hosted in honour of Justice Sardar …

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: Lawmakers allotted reserved seats that were denied to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) took oath in the national and Pun­jab assemblies, even as PTI-SIC members obje­cted, citing restraining orders by the courts. However, Attorney General for Pakistan Mansoor Usman Awan told the National Assembly that the Peshawar High Court’s stay order only applied to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and nothing prevented members hailing …

COLOMBO: Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa ended a long silence over his ouster on Thursday by releasing a book claiming “geopolitical rivalry” between China and other countries was responsible for his downfall. Rajapaksa was forced into temporary exile after protesters stormed his official residence in 2022, following months of street protests over the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis. In …

ISLAMABAD: Presid­ent Dr Arif Alvi on Thurs­day approved the appointment of three judges of the superior judiciary. Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan has been appointed to the Supreme Court under Article 175-A of the Constitution. The president also approved the appointment of senior-most judge Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar as caretaker Chief Justice of the BHC, in accordance with …