ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court registry has declined to accept a constitutional petition drafted by four Islamabad High Court judges challenging the validity of the 27th Constitutional Amendment, informing them that the matter now falls exclusively within the jurisdiction of the newly created Federal Constitutional Court, officials said on Thursday.
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Security forces kill at least 27 militants in northwest clashes
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed at least 27 militants and wounded several others in a series of intense encounters across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this week, according to security sources and official statements, in what appeared to be one of the deadliest stretches of counterterrorism operations in the restive region in recent months.
Imran Khan’s sisters ‘dragged, beaten’ in late-night police operation outside Adiala jail
RAWALPINDI: The opposition party of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan accused the police on Tuesday night of violently detaining three of his sisters and several senior party figures outside the gates of Adiala Jail, where the women had waited for more than twelve hours in hope of a court-ordered family meeting that never took place.
Dar presses SCO for deeper economic, disaster-response collaboration
ISLAMABAD: Deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, told a high-level gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Tuesday that the eight-member bloc was “well-placed” to strengthen regional humanitarian cooperation in emergencies and should move quickly to modernise its structures, including by adopting English as an official working language.
PPP set to topple AJK PM Haq in decisive no-trust vote
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party is poised to seize control of the government in Azad Kashmir on Monday, when the regional Legislative Assembly is expected to vote out Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq and install the party’s regional secretary general, Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, in his place.
Lahore High Court judge resigns over 27th Constitutional Amendment
LAHORE: A judge of the Lahore High Court resigned on Saturday, saying he could no longer serve “in good conscience” after the passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment, in the first departure from a provincial high court since the sweeping changes to the judicial system took effect a day earlier.
Pakistan denies authorising adviser’s meeting with Israeli official after video sparks furor
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it had no knowledge of, and granted no authorisation for, an interaction between a senior adviser to the prime minister and Israel’s top tourism official at a travel-industry fair in London last week, after a video of the two men shaking hands ignited fierce criticism across the country.
Justice Aminuddin Khan takes oath as head of Pakistan’s newly created constitutional court
ISLAMABAD: Justice Aminuddin Khan was sworn in on Friday as the first chief justice of Pakistan’s newly created Federal Constitutional Court, a landmark moment in a contentious judicial overhaul that the government says will ease the Supreme Court’s crushing caseload and restore public faith in the system.
President Zardari names Justice Aminuddin Khan first chief of new Constitutional Court
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday appointed Justice Aminuddin Khan as the first chief justice of Pakistan’s newly created Federal Constitutional Court, moving swiftly to implement a sweeping constitutional overhaul that has already prompted the resignation of two senior Supreme Court judges in protest.
Pakistan says suicide bomber in Islamabad attack came from Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD The interior minister told the Senate on Thursday that the suicide bomber who killed 12 people and wounded 35 in an attack on the capital’s judicial complex on Tuesday was “related to Afghanistan,” the clearest official accusation yet that the assault originated across the border.