PTI decides to become part of Judicial Commission of Pakistan – Pakistan
The PTI has announced officially joining the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), it emerged on Monday, following a special meeting of the party’s political committee last night. The JCP is responsible for nominating judges for constitutional benches in the Supreme Court and high courts, as per the new Article 191A recently introduced in the 26th […]
Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari, her husband arrested by Islamabad police – Pakistan
Human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali were arrested on Monday, the Islamabad police said. “Taking legal action, Islamabad police have arrested Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali as per the law and regulations for creating a security risk by interfering in state duties during an international cricket team’s visit,” the police […]
Pressure mounts to oust Bangladesh president Shahabuddin – World
Bangladesh’s President Mohammed Shahabuddin faced growing pressure on Monday to quit from leaders of the revolution that toppled autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August, who argue he was her appointee. Shahabuddin, 74, widely known as “Chuppu”, was elected by parliament in 2023 by Hasina’s now ousted Awami League, but while the post is largely […]
Elon Musk was illegal migrant in US in 1990s – World
WASHINGTON: South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. Musk denied the report on Sunday, saying he was allowed to legally work in the US during that period. “I was on a J-1 […]
Paris exhibition spotlights Afghan women who ‘lost hope’ – World
‘No Woman’s Land’ highlights everyday lives of Afghan women under the Taliban rule. Posing in a pink hijab in front of a window, 14-year-old Muska will soon be married “in exchange for a well and some solar panels”, explains the caption on her photograph. There are dozens of images of Afghan women and girls like […]
Khaas Foodz offers a unique dinner experience with a side of empathy with Dining in the Dark – Pakistan
Updated 28 Oct, 2024 If recurrent incidents of violence in KP are left unchecked, they will further erode people’s confidence in the state. 28 Oct, 2024 PAKISTAN is the third-worst country for law and order, according to the World Justice Project’s 2024 Rule of Law… 28 Oct, 2024 THE government’s decision to ‘rationalise’ its Public […]
Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari, her husband arrested by Islamabad police – Pakistan
Human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali were arrested on Monday, the Islamabad police said. “Taking legal action, Islamabad police have arrested Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali as per the law and regulations for creating a security risk by interfering in state duties during an international cricket team’s visit,” the police […]
Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari arrested by Islamabad police, mother claims – Pakistan
Human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir was arrested on Monday, her mother and former minister Shireen Mazari claimed. “Imaan Mazari has been arrested this morning. State fascism in full swing,” Shireen said in a post on social media platform X. She claimed that the Islamabad police on Friday had “swung a steel barrier deliberately into […]
What would a Trump or Harris presidency mean for Pakistan? – Prism
As the US presidential race unfolds, Pakistan watches closely — yet the outcome is unlikely to stray from the well-worn paths of pragmatism. The US presidential election is just days away, and many within Pakistan are keeping a close eye on the race for obvious reasons. The elections have also led to an increased debate, […]
Global inaction on Gaza ‘genocide’ amounts to complicity with Israel: Palestinian Mofa
Hecham Al-Baba was visiting his sister at her home in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon in late September when the Israeli strike hit, Al Jazeera reports. The entire six-storey residential building, with 17 apartments full of families, collapsed, tipping over down a hillside, killing more than 70 people. At the bottom of the […]