Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: India has requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the chief of the banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), the Foreign Office confirmed Friday. “Pakistan has received a request from the Indian authorities, seeking extradition of Hafiz Saeed in a so-called money laundering case,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement. However, there might be no plans to …

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has alerted students planning to get enrolled in universities in the near future, to get the degree programme accreditation before admission. In its student alert issued on Friday, the HEC said that professional degree programmes/qualifications cannot be offered without accreditation by the corresponding professional councils. It warned the students of some universities offering admissions in …

ISLAMABAD: In a sigh of relief for the former ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declared the powers vested in the deputy commissioners to send anyone to jail under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) illegal. In recent days, a number of PTI leaders and workers, including the party’s Vice Chairman …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday reprimanded the caretaker government, stating that a “terrible system” is prevailing in the country and questioned its neutrality. “A terrible system is prevailing under the caretaker setup that even consultation for elections is not allowed,” Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb remarked, raising doubts over the government’s intentions towards the conduct of the upcoming polls …

DAGGAR: In a first, a woman from the Hindu community in Pakistan, is set to contest the upcoming general elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Buner district after successfully passing scrutiny of her documents, The News reported on Friday. Dr Saveera Parkash will contest elections in the PK-25 constituency of the KP Assembly. She has also filed nomination papers for the national and provincial assemblies’ reserved …

KARACHI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced contesting the upcoming general elections from Karachi’s NA-242 constituency, Geo News reported. He contested from the NA-249 constituency of Karachi in the last general elections which he lost to the then-Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda by a slight margin. On December 23, Muttahida Qaumi Movemment-Pakistan (MQM-P) said that no seat …

Senior politicians formerly associated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Raza Haroon and Anees Advocate, along with their comrades joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday, as electioneering picks up pace ahead of the February 8 general elections The announcement of their affiliation with the PPP came after the duo met former president and party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Friday revised various stages of the schedule for reserved seats for women and non-Muslims in the national and provincial assemblies. As per the revised schedule issued by the ECP, the last date for the scrutiny of the nomination papers is January 13, while the last date for filing of appeals against decisions of the …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has said that social media is rife with fabricated claims against the state of Pakistan as he came down hard on anti-national elements. “Social media is being used to create an environment of chaos, despair, and panic. Through fake news, an impression is being created that the state is losing its [writ],” …

ISLAMABAD : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that it was technology progressive organisation and has accomplished more than two dozen technological initiatives since 2020. However, the voters’ list have not been uploaded on the website or mobile apps of the commission due to its international standards of data security and individual privacy as well as compliance with …