Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Dr Muhammad Najeeb Naqi Khan was elected as new president of Azad Jammu and Khashmir on Thursday by getting 32 votes during polling held at AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad. His main rival PPP’s Chaudhry Latif Akbar could only receive 13 votes. The newly elected president is due to take…

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday disposed of the petition filed against the harassment of PTI leaders ahead of the party’s long march on September 27 when the police officials said that neither the leaders had been harassed in the past nor would they be harassed in the future. Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas…

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The Islamabad Model Jail project, which has remained pending for 15 years, is nearing completion, with the government deciding to inaugurate the facility next month. A meeting chaired by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry reviewed in detail the ongoing construction work and progress on the model jail project.…

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A report submitted by the Adiala Jail officials to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday informed that as per registered and digital record, they had not yet received powers of attorney of human rights activist, Imaan Mazari, and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha. During the hearing of a petition filed against the non-provision…

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (DPM/FM) Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has signed an agreement on Bilateral Political Consultations with Guatemala’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado, on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The agreement, establishes an institutional framework for regular political consultations…

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In an unusual step aimed at speeding up the disposal of cases, Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) Amin-ud-Din Khan has had a stopwatch installed in the courtroom, with lawyers being given 10 minutes each to present their arguments. According to the court proceedings, the stopwatch begins to signal when a lawyer’s allotted…

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Lahore police have detained 37 active workers and four local leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) under the Maintenance of Public Order law, as a possible party march towards Islamabad raises concerns over the law and order situation.Lahore police said the 32 workers had been detained under the 3 MPO, while four other leaders were…

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Paperless system has been introduced in the courtroom of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Sardar Muhammad Sarfaraz Dogar Similarly, large screens have been installed in courtroom no 1 for online hearings.  Apart from that, the chief justice’s courtroom has been given the status of an e-court. Commenting on the development, Prosecutor General Islamabad…

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan had “not lost hope” of reviving efforts to end the US-Iran conflict. Pakistan helped broker the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between Washington and Tehran in June, providing a framework for negotiations toward a permanent settlement, but hostilities resumed soon afterward, disrupting energy supplies and shipping through the…

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The federal government has approved the deployment of Rangers in Islamabad and Punjab. An additional force of 3,000 Rangers personnel will be deployed in Islamabad. Rangers will also be deployed across various districts of Punjab. The deployment was authorized following requests from the Punjab Home Department and the Chief Commissioner of Islamabad. The Punjab Home…

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