Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Communications Senator Pervaiz Rashid presides over a meeting at Parliament House on March 12, 2025. — Facebook@Pakistansenate ISLAMABAD: The voices were raised in the Senate Committee on Communication that National Highway Authority (NHA) collecting the toll tax without the completion of a 17km road from Rajarasti to Umerkot. While NHA chairman…
Founding Director of the Institute for Global Health and Development at Aga Khan University, Prof. Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta seen in this image. — aku.edu/File ISLAMABAD: As the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025 approaches, health and nutrition experts are calling on the government of Pakistan to take decisive actions to tackle malnutrition, food insecurity, and poor maternal…
Sindh Police personnel can be seen passing on a police vehicle. — AFP/File KARACHI: Sehwan Police foiled an armed attack on Government Boys High School, Sehwan and arrested four attackers of Rind community along with arms. According to Police, attackers wanted to harm a senior teacher of School Pir Muhammad Rind over a land dispute,…
The Peshawar High Court building. — PHC website/File PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a petition challenging the appointment of an acting chief justice and the appointment of junior judges to the Supreme Court while ignoring senior judges, upon the request of the petitioner. A two-member bench comprising Justice…
A general view of Islamabad High Court building in the federal capital. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: The Acting Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Sarfaraz Dogar on Wednesday abolished the ongoing contempt of court proceedings against 36 lawyers for attack on the Chief Justice Block on February 8, 2021. The court abolished the case after…
An image released by PTI shows former prime minister Imran Khan during his appearance via video-link before the Supreme Court on May 16, 2024. — PTI ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought report from authorities regarding the meetings of PTI founder in the jail. The IHC’s Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas heard a…
Drivers take a rest as stranded trucks are pictured near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on January 16, 2024. — AFP LANDIKOTAL: Negotiations between Pakistani and Afghan jirgas to resolve the 19-day-long Torkham border standoff collapsed after the Afghan delegation walked out, citing Pakistan’s lack of seriousness, official sources said. They said the dispute began…
Police fire teargas shell towards Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party activists and supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran to dispers them during a protest against the arrest of their leader in Peshawar on May 9, 2023. — AFP RAWALPINDI: The special court of anti-terrorism Rawalpindi has adjourned the hearing of the May 9 GHQ attack case…
German team’s tour of Pakistan is seen as a positive step for the development of hockey in the country. — Reporter ISLAMABAD: Mirko Stenzel, German national junior team coach hailed Pakistan as one of the fierce competitors on the hockey field, with current juniors highly impressive in counterattacks. Talking to The News at German Ambassador…
PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja addresses a press conference in Lahore on October 31, 2024. — Screengrab via YouTube@GeoNews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said on Wednesday that more talks would be held with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUIF) leadership on advice of party founder chairman Imran Khan. Talking to the…