Former AJK PM to be indicted on April 12

Former AJK PM Tanveer Ilyas addressing AJK Legislative Assembly. — X@PMOAJK/File ISLAMABAD: The court of Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Shahzad Gondal has distributed copies of a Challan against former AJK PM Tanveer Ilyas in a case related to misuse of diplomatic passport and fixed the next hearing for indictment. Tanveer’s lawyer Babar Khan appeared in the…

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Water issue with Sindh should be settled amicably: Punjab PA speaker

Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad chairs the Punjab Assembly session on March 13, 2025. — Facebook@MalikMAhmadKhan  LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad has said water issue between Sindh and Punjab can be sorted out amicably. While chairing the Punjab Assembly session and talking to media earlier, the PA speaker also expressed profound grief over…

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Pak-Afghan jirgas agree to resume talks

In this undated picture people are pictured at the zero point Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Nangarhar province. — APP LANDIKOTAL: The elders from Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday agreed to resume dialogue through their respective jirgas to ease tensions at the Torkham border. Sources said the Pakistani jirga revised its member…

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PTI’s Faisal Javed, Wasiq Qayyum file acquittal pleas

This collage shows  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Faisal Javed Khan (left) and Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi (right). —  Facebook@ptifaisaljavedkhan/X@WasiqQAbbasi/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Faisal Javed Khan and Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi filed acquittal petitions on Thursday in an ‘Azadi March’ case registered at Industrial Area police station. The case is under trial in the court of…

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NHA grilled in Senate Panel meeting on collecting toll tax

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…

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Pakistan urged to make bold nutrition pledges at N4G summit 2025

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…

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PHC adjourns hearing indefinitely upon petitioner’s plea

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…

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