Over 2,400 candidates contest 642 seats
City has been divided into four towns: Zarghun, Chiltan, Sariab, Takto, contesting 642 general seats The overdue local government elections…
PTI demands probe into Peshawar polls
The candidates allege that all presiding officers initially provided signed Form 45 results, which were later altered PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
Islamabad High Court issues notices in petition against ‘unexplained’ blacklisting
Court directs that authorities must ‘decide the citizen’s application within 10 days, submit compliance report’ The Islamabad High Court has…
Pakistan launches new online fingerprint verification system for passport applicants
Fingerprint issues for online passport applicants resolved with new verification system The Passports Department has launched a new online verification…
SC orders stay of trial in Imaan Mazari’s tweets case until IHC decision
Top court emphasises that high court should hear all parties before reaching a decision Human Rights lawyer and social activist…
Ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed sentenced to 14 years imprisonment by military court
Lt-Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed. PHOTO: FILE Field General Court Martial has sentenced former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Faiz…
London High Court rules in favor of Brigadier (retd) Rashid Naseer
Major (retired) Adil Raja. SCREENGRAB The London High Court has ruled in favor of former Brigadier (retd) Rashid Naseer in…
Pakistan receives $1.2bn as IMF releases EFF, climate-finance funds
SBP also receives additional $200 million under Resilience and Sustainability Fund State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File The International Monetary…
Country faces ‘demographic double bind’
Pakistan’s demographic trajectory presents a formidable double bind: while key indicators like fertility and growth rates are declining, the sheer…
Pakistan tells UN afghan-based terrorism poses ‘gravest threat’ to security
‘Since 2022, more than 214 Afghan terrorists, including suicide bombers, have been neutralised in Pakistan’ Permanent representative to the United…