Pakistan, India renew Kartarpur Corridor Agreement for 5-year term: FO – Pakistan
Pakistan and India have renewed their agreement to facilitate pilgrims via the Kartarpur Corridor for an additional five-year period, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Tuesday. A statement issued by the FO said that the “Agreement between the Republic of India and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the facilitation of pilgrims […]
Special Parliamentary Committee picks Justice Yahya Afridi as next CJP: Tarar – Pakistan
Justice Yahya Afridi was nominated by the newly appointed Special Parliamentary Committee (SPC) on Tuesday as the chief justice of Pakistan, according to Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar. The committee was set up to nominate the next CJP from among the three most senior Supreme Court judges. The other judges in contention were Justices Mansoor […]
Special Parliamentary Committee reconvenes sans SIC-PTI to pick next CJP – Pakistan
A meeting of the newly appointed Special Parliamentary Committee (SPC) to nominate the next chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) from among the three most senior Supreme Court judges reconvened on Tuesday night after failing to compel members associated with the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) to attend proceedings. CJP Qazi Faez Isa is set to retire […]
Cricket, hockey, squash among sports axed for Glasgow’s 2026 Commonwealth Games – Sport
Glasgow has been confirmed as the host city for the troubled 2026 Commonwealth Games, which will be a slimmed-down version of the multi-sport event. The future of the 2026 Games was thrown into doubt when the Australian state of Victoria, the original hosts, withdrew last year, citing rising costs. But the Scottish government effectively gave […]
Fact check: JUI-F’s Asad Mehmood has not been nominated as KP governor – Pakistan
Posts from multiple users on Monday on social media platform X claimed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi was removed and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) Maulana Asad Mehmood has been nominated for the office. However, no such development has occurred. Mehmood is the son of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Fazl played a pivotal role […]
Iraq says top Islamic State group figure among 9 killed – World
Iraqi authorities announced on Tuesday that security forces had killed nine Islamic State (IS) group commanders, including the banned militant group’s top figure in the country, in a raid in the northern mountains. Iraq’s Joint Operations Command said in a statement that counterterrorism forces “killed nine terrorists, among them the so-called governor of Iraq” for […]
Implementation of reserved seats verdict not binding, CJP Isa says in detailed note – Pakistan
Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on Tuesday said that the implementation of the Supreme Court’s July 12 verdict in the reserved seats case was not binding since the appeals against it were not decided. In its July 12 short order, the Supreme Court had explained that the 41 returned candidates — of the […]
IMF predicts slightly slower global growth in 2024 and 2025 – World
Global growth is expected to ease slightly to 3.2 per cent this year and remain at that level in 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Tuesday, while warning that the stable figures masked “important” regional and sectoral shifts. In its new World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the IMF also estimates that global inflation […]
Committee meeting to nominate next CJP put off for tonight as SIC skips proceedings – Pakistan
A meeting of the newly appointed Special Parliamentary Committee (SPC) to nominate the next chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) from among the three most senior Supreme Court judges has been delayed for later tonight after members associated with the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) skipped proceedings. CJP Qazi Faez Isa is set to retire as the […]
Special Parliamentary Committee meeting to nominate next CJP put off for tonight as SIC skips proceedings – Pakistan
A meeting of the newly appointed Special Parliamentary Committee (SPC) to nominate the next chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) from among the three most senior Supreme Court judges has been delayed for later tonight after members associated with the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) skipped proceedings. CJP Qazi Faez Isa is set to retire as the […]