ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to form a larger bench to hear petitions against the 25th Amendment regarding the merger of tribal districts (formerly FATA) into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Ayesha A Malik heard the case filed by Malik […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session has been summoned on March 10 at 2pm. Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani also issued production orders of MPA Faisal Zaman to attend the assembly proceedings. Faisal Zaman has been prisoned in murder case, said a notification issued here on Wednesday.
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chairperson National Commission on the Right of Child (NCRC) Afshan Tehseen on Wednesday condemned in strongest term the brutal killing 7-day-old baby-girl Jannat and voiced for curbing such crimes against infants. Commenting on Mianwali incident, she informed reporter that a change in the course was needed to avoid such sad incidents in future. Concerned departments, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Hajj Policy 2022 would be unveiled after singing an agreement with Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah. It was good news for all Muslims that the Saudi government had opened Hajj for foreign pilgrims across the world after two-year hiatus, an official of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony said during […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Dr. Jasper Wieck, Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for Afghanistan and Pakistan and Muhammad Abbas Khan, Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday inaugurated Green Community Events of afforestation at Khazana Afghan Refugees Village Peshawar. The two Green Community Events were implemented in collaboration with the Forest Department under the Ten […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Ambassador of Kazakhstan Mr Yerzhan Kistafin called on Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed here Wednesday. Issues of mutual interests including Pak-Kazakhstan bilateral relations came under discussion during the meeting, said a statement issued here. They also discussed promotion of tourism and trade between the two countries. Both the sides agreed to enhance liaison […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Advisor to the PM on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Ayub Afridi and Advisor to PM on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production, and Investment of Pakistan Abdul Razak Dawood witnessed the signing of MoU and DTF Agreement among Better Work Programme Global, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and HRD, and Ministry of Commerce. Secretary Ministry […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Mushaal, wife of jailed Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Muhammad Yasin Malik Wednesday said that the Indian forces were using women harassment as a weapon of war and acts of violence against women had turned life into a worse nightmare in the valley. Indian forces have gang-raped more than 11,250 women and violence has also left close […]
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