SC to hear petition against proposed constitutional amendment on Oct 17 – Pakistan

The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday fixed for hearing on October 17 a petition seeking a declaration that the government’s much-touted constitutional amendments cannot be introduced or enacted by parliament. The much-talked-about Consti­tutional Package is legislation proposing a set of constitutional amendments, including the extension of the top judge’s term. Experts fear that the proposed […]

Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of nuclear conflict’s rising risk – World

Leaders of the group of atomic bomb survivors awarded the Nobel Peace Prize warned on Saturday that the risk of nuclear war was rising, renewing their call to abolish nuclear weapons. “The international situation is getting progressively worse, and now wars are being waged as countries threaten the use of nuclear weapons,” said Shigemitsu Tanaka, […]

Nobel Peace Prize winners warn of rising risk of nuclear conflict – World

Leaders of the group of atomic bomb survivors awarded the Nobel Peace Prize warned on Saturday that the risk of nuclear war was rising, renewing their call to abolish nuclear weapons. “The international situation is getting progressively worse, and now wars are being waged as countries threaten the use of nuclear weapons,” said Shigemitsu Tanaka, […]

149 new dengue cases reported across Punjab – Pakistan

The Punjab Health Department on Saturday confirmed that 149 new cases of dengue were recorded across the province in the last 24 hours. A total of 997 new cases were identified over the past week, taking Punjab’s dengue tally for 2024 to 3,285. Rawalpindi remained the hardest hit reporting 134 cases, followed by Bahawalpur with […]

11 killed, 8 injured in Kurram firing incidents – Pakistan

At least 11 people were killed and eight were injured in shooting incidents in Kunj Alizai area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district, hospital and local officials said on Saturday. Kurram Deputy Commissioner (DC) Javidullah Mehsud confirmed the death toll to Dawn.com. “There was shooting in the Kunj Alizai mountains near the Pak-Afghan border and on […]

Dear politicians, our house is on fire – Pakistan

It is hard to gauge why, but the government has an intractable track record of dismissing every issue, dissenter, or opposition at first sight. For the past several weeks, Islamabad has been on edge. Not that it’s been all peace and love for much of Pakistan’s existence. The past few weeks, however, have been particularly […]

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