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hening the Supreme Court in exercising its powers to review its judgements and orders”. It expanded the jurisdiction of the court by giving a right to appeal under Article 184(3), which grants the SC powers to issue an order if it considers a question of public importance with reference to the enforcement of fundamental rights involved. Under the law, the …

The second round of consultations between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and National Assembly Opposition Leader Raja Riaz will continue their consultations on selecting a name for caretaker premier today. The first meeting between the two took place on Thursday at the Prime Minister’s House. It was followed by a media talk by Riaz wherein he asserted that they were in no …

By: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Houston: In the presence of Pakistan’s Consul General Aftab Chaudhry, State of Texas Representative Dr. Suleman Lalani, Tariq Majeed – Pakistani Association Austin, and former Test Cricketer Jalaluddin, the Houston community under the Alliance for Disaster Relief (AFDR), Helping Hands USA, and Houston Karachi Sister City Association, on August 5, 2023, sent a 40-foot container …

Over 3,000 poor Muslims have fled a business hub outside New Delhi this month, fearing for their lives after Hindu-Muslim clashes and sporadic attacks targeting them, residents, police and a community group said. Shops and shacks owned or run by Muslims and their houses in two large slum areas were padlocked when Reuters visited them more than a week after seven people were killed in clashes …

ISLAMABAD: On the last day of its tenure, the coalition government on Wednesday finally managed to obtain approval for the crucial Pakistan Electronic Media Regula­tory Authority (Pemra) bill, with some last-minute changes separately from both houses of parliament, bringing rejoice to electronic media workers. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf put the bill to the house for approval hours after …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued direction to the jail administration for providing the facilities to Imran Khan as provided in the law, but declined to suspend his sentence in the Toshakhana case before hearing both sides. The court also sought a reply from the federal government and jail authorities on the points raised by the appellant …

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has appointed former Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Amir Hayat as CEO for one year, a spokesperson of the national carrier told Reuters. This week, the outgoing government said it planned to privatise loss-making PIA, which has accumulated hundreds of billions of rupees in losses and arrears. The move would be in line with an International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

ISLAMABAD: The Special Joint Investigation Team (SJIT) set up to probe the 13-year-old housemaid torture case obtained CCTV footage to investigate the incident and establish facts. Sources in the police told Dawn that the SJIT had obtained CCTV footage from the Safe City, bus terminal at Chungi No 26 and District Headquarters Hospital Sargodha and was examining them. Earlier, the accused wife of a …

PESHAWAR: The counter-terrorism department on Wednesday denied the existence of Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan and claimed that the TJP was an alternative name for the proscribed militant outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. “The TJP is a name used by the banned TTP. Though the banned TTP disassociated itself from the July 25 suicide bombing in Ali Masjid area of Khyber tribal district, we [department] have evidence …

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Thursday rejected the post-arrest bail plea filed by Somia Asim, the wife of a civil judge, in a case pertaining to the alleged torture of an underage domestic worker in the capital. The suspect was booked in the case after she was accused of severely torturing a teenage maid, who was moved to the Lahore General Hospital …