Pakistan

No casualties were reported but financial losses are significant

PAC directs Livestock Department to expedite local production as province faces over 54,000 snakebite cases annually

Victim's family protests for 20 hours; SHO secures interim bail

Education dept officers suspect embezzlement by headmasters

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Justice Aminuddin Khan has been officially appointed as the head of the Federal Constitutional Court, following consultations between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari, the Presidency confirmed on Thursday.

The Federal Cabinet on Thursday approved significant amendments to six key laws, including the Pakistan Army Act, following the passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment in both the National Assembly and the Senate.

Yielding to several letters from Supreme Court judges, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi called a full court meeting on Friday, after Justice Salahuddin Panhwar became the third judge to request that he convene the judges to deliberate on the 27th Constitutional Amendment. Earlier, senior puisne Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah had written separate letters to the CJP asking for a full court meeting or the convening of the judicial conference. However, the two justices resigned on Thursday evening in protest against the 27th Constitutional Amendment Justice Panwhar, in a two-page letter, requested the CJP to call the full court to examine the amendment clause by clause and study its implications against Articles 175, 175A, 189, 190, 191 and 209 of the Constitution — provisions which deal with the judiciary. Headed by the CJP, the full court meeting will be held at the Supreme Court building before the Friday prayers. Justice Panwhar stated he was writing the letter “not in pr...

Supreme Court Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah handed in their resignations, hours after the contentious 27th Constitutional Amendment was signed into law by President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday. Both judges had called on Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi in separate letters to summon a full court meeting and judicial conference to hold a debate on the 27th Constitutional Amendment. In his letter to the president today, Justice Shah assailed the amendment as “a grave assault on the Constitution of Pakistan”, which “dismantles the Supreme Court of Pakistan, subjugates the judiciary to executive control, and strikes at the very heart of our constitutional democracy”. “By fracturing the unity of the nation’s apex court, it has crippled judicial independence and integrity, pushing the country back by decades,” he wrote. “As history bears witness, such a disfigurement of the constitutional order is unsustainable and will, in time, be reversed - but not before leaving deep institutional scars.” T...

Dozens of vendors, daily wage earners forced to vacate stalls due to remodelling work

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Thousands of visitors gather to witness mesmerising celebration of Kashmiri folk traditions, music and dance

Commuters embrace carpooling and fuel-conscious habits to save up to 20% on fuel

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined the Pakistan cricket team for maintaining a slow over rate during the opening One-Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka, held on Tuesday at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

De-weaponisation drive to replace amnesty in Punjab

Weather forecast promises little relief for Lahore residents

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Global Green Growth Institute to assist govt in credit programmes