ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed 13 militants in two separate intelligence-led operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the military said on Friday, as a separate attack on a local peace committee in the same restive region left seven people dead, including a former Taliban fighter who had renounced violence.
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Pakistan says Hasina death verdict ‘internal matter’ for Bangladesh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Friday the death sentence handed down this week to Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, was strictly an internal affair of Dhaka and that its people were entirely capable of resolving their own political and legal matters through their constitutional processes.
PTI accuses govt of rigging ahead of NA-129 by-poll
LAHORE: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Thursday accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government of systematically rigging the coming by-election in the National Assembly constituency NA-129, alleging a pattern of administrative interference that includes the removal of campaign materials, the appointment of polling officials linked to the PML-N candidate and the relocation of dozens of polling stations to remote areas.
Judicial Commission to convene on Dec. 2 for first session under amended framework
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan, the body responsible for appointments to the superior judiciary, will convene on Dec. 2 for its first meeting since the passage of the 27th Constitutional Amendment and the creation of the new Federal Constitutional Court, with a heavy agenda that includes filling a Supreme Court vacancy and naming new chief justices for two provincial high courts.
Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian aircraft until Dec. 24
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has extended its ban on Indian aircraft using its airspace until Dec. 24, according to a notice to airmen issued on Thursday, four days before the previous restriction was due to expire.
Security forces kill 30 militants in series of operations in restive northwest
ISLAMABAD: The military said on Thursday that security forces had killed 30 militants in a series of intelligence-led operations across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this week, the latest in an escalating campaign against a resurgent Pakistani Taliban that has plunged the country’s border regions into renewed violence.
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.
Federal Constitutional Court adopts Supreme Court rules to launch operations
ISLAMABAD: The newly established Federal Constitutional Court took a decisive step toward full operation on Wednesday by unanimously adopting, with necessary adaptations, the Supreme Court Rules 2025 to govern its proceedings until it drafts its own.
Legal limbo over Ayub blocks bid to name new opposition leader, National Assembly tells PTI
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Secretariat said on Wednesday the status of Omar Ayub Khan, the disqualified leader of the opposition, remains sub judice before the Peshawar High Court, effectively blocking any immediate move to name his successor even as the Election Commission of Pakistan presses ahead with by-elections next week in the constituency Ayub once represented.
Top court split as judges reject mass-resignation proposal over 27th amendment
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court judges gathered in emergency session last week, confronting the stark new reality created by the 27th Constitutional Amendment, but a dramatic proposal that all of them resign en masse to protest the changes met with only silence and the meeting ended without agreement on any collective action, Dawn newspaper reported on Thursday.