Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The joint opposition in the parliament is meeting on Saturday (today) to decide how and when it will challenge in court what it calls “illegal and unconstitutional bulldozing of legislation” by the PTI government through the joint sitting of parliament on Thursday. The decision to present the issue before the joint opposition was taken by Leader of the Opposition …

RAWALPINDI: For the first time in Pakistan, the Aircraft Owners and Operators Association (AOOA) has been established with the goal of improving and reforming the aviation industry to encourage tourism in the country. The AOOA founder, Imran Aslam Khan, told Dawn that the association would work with the relevant authorities for developing the aviation sector and promoting tourism through the aviation industry. …

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtun­khwa government appealed to the Supre­­me Court on Friday to overturn a Peshawar High Court (PHC) short order declaring as unconstitutional the holding of local bodies’ elections on non-party basis. The petition, moved jointly by the provincial government and the KP Assembly, pleaded with the apex court to dismiss the high court order. Through the Nov 2 …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday notified the schedule for delimitation of constituencies for the local government elections in Islamabad. According to the notification issued by the ECP, the preliminary list of union councils/wards will be prepared in 30 days from Nov 25 to Dec 24 and will be displayed on Dec 27. The notification stated that …

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The commercial theatre that has been taking place for the last many years on the premises of Lahore Arts Council (LAC) at the Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall and the Alhamra Cultural Complex would soon be banned, Secretary Information and Culture Raja Jahangir claimed while talking to Dawn. Mr Jahangir said he was adamant to put an end to this commercial …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has announced the launch of the National Medical Scholarship Fund worth Rs360 million. The step will create avenues for high merit students who cannot afford medical or dental education and open a path towards a medical or dental degree without any financial constraints. President Dr Arif Alvi will be the Patron of the PMC National …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties met on Thursday to discuss the option of challenging the recently-passed controversial law on the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) and introduction of I-voting for overseas Pakistanis in the superior courts and started consultations with lawyers to finalise a strategy in this regard. The issue was discussed at a meeting of the joint opposition a day after …

ISLAMABAD: The allottees of E-12 are still waiting for taking possession of their plots which they purchased from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in 1989. The CDA was supposed to hand over developed plots to the allottees within a year of allotment i.e in 1990. However, they are running from pillar to post to get their plots even after 32 …

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said the state and the government are not fully ready to fight extremism in the country. “Many people think that the remedial steps taken by us [the government] are inadequate while the truth is that neither the government nor the state is completely ready to fight extremism,” the minister said in the context of …