ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has summoned the Punjab Chief Secretary and the Local Government Secretary to appear in person before the commission on Jan 22 to explain delay in activities required to hold long-delayed local elections in the province, an informed source told Dawn on Friday. “This step is being taken to ensure urgent…
PTI senators slam ban on meetings with Imran Law minister says jail superintendent responsible for meetings, denies solitary confinement claim ISLAMABAD: Senators on Friday called for keeping tabs on the use of social media platforms by children under 18, with the chair proposing a special committee to develop safeguards in consultation with relevant ministries. The…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday reaffirmed that pension is a vested constitutional right, not a bounty or a privilege granted at the discretion of the employer. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui, in a six-page judgment, emphasized that pension benefits are earned through long, continuous, faithful, and unblemished service, upholding the right of a former civil…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar expressed his hope for peace and stability in Iran on Saturday, the Foreign Office (FO) said. According to a post by the FO on X, Dar spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in a phone call in which the two diplomats discussed the current situation in…
Military-to-military ties between Pakistan and the United States appear to be strengthening, marked by renewed joint training, major defence sales and unusually warm rhetoric from President Donald Trump towards Pakistan’s military leadership. According to a statement issued by the US Central Command (Centcom), American and Pakistani troops this week concluded joint training at Pakistan’s…
KARACHI: Karachi police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two suspects, including a man allegedly involved in the assault of “over 100” boys. Officials, citing lab findings from seven such cases between 2020 and 2025, said boys were lured and kidnapped before being subjected to criminal assault, mostly in the Malir Nadi (riverbed) area. East…
Islamabad: At least 24 people were killed and more than 20 injured in two separate road accidents on Saturday, when a truck plunged into a dry canal in Punjab’s Sargodha district and a passenger coach overturned near Ormara tehsil in Balochistan. According to Beyond the Time News, in Sargodha, 14 people — including six children…
Islamabad: Pakistan has condemned profiling of mosques and their management committees in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), calling it “blatant intrusion into religious affairs.” According to Beyond the Time News, the Foreign Office in a statement said, “This blatant intrusion into religious affairs constitutes a grave violation of the fundamental right to freedom…
Lahore: Right to Self-Determination Day was observed in Lahore under the auspices of Kashmir Centre, Lahore. According to Kashmir Media Service, the purpose of marking the day was to remind the world of the Kashmiris’ fundamental and inalienable right to self-determination. The speakers on the occasion said the Kashmiri people have been making unprecedented sacrifices…
She was a PharmD student at Lahore university, say police. Police say trying to obtain student’s last phone conversation. Incident follows a suicide at same university two weeks ago. Lahore: A female student suffered critical injuries after jumping from the second floor of a private university in Lahore, authorities said, in the second suicide attempt…