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.
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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.
US congressional commission says Pakistan achieved ‘military success’ over India in May clashes
ISLAMABAD: A bipartisan congressional commission has concluded that Pakistan scored a clear “military success” over India in the four-day, brief but intense, air and missile war last May, a rare official American acceptance that credits Chinese-supplied weapons and Chinese intelligence with giving Islamabad a decisive battlefield edge.
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.
SCP reshapes top judicial forums under sweeping 27th Amendment
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) announced on Tuesday that three of the country’s most powerful judicial oversight bodies have been reconstituted to comply with the 27th Constitutional Amendment, the sweeping and bitterly contested overhaul that created a new apex constitutional court and fundamentally altered the balance of judicial authority.
Military says 38 militants killed in weekend raids in northwest
ISLAMABAD: The military said on Tuesday that security forces killed 38 militants in four intelligence-led operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the weekend, including a commander the authorities described as a ringleader of a banned Islamist group they accuse of acting as an Indian proxy.
Minister Tarar says May conflict with India made Pakistan ‘extremely relevant’ again
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has emerged from its brief but intense military clash with India in May as a far more consequential player on the world stage, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Monday, crediting an aggressive diplomatic campaign, battlefield success and unexpected online creativity by the country’s youth for the shift.
Dar in Moscow for SCO Summit; Pakistan, India back in same room
ISLAMABAD: Deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, is leading the country’s delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Council of Heads of Government meeting in Moscow, a gathering that will once again place Pakistani and Indian officials in the same room six months after their brief but deadly military clash beyond the Line of Control.
Fourth AJK PM in four years as Haq ousted, Rathore elected
MUZAFFARABAD: Lawmakers in Azad Kashmir ousted Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq on Monday in a no-confidence vote that capped months of political maneuvering and street protests, installing Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore of the Pakistan Peoples Party as his successor in a swift and largely choreographed transition.
Jordan’s King Abdullah awarded Pakistan’s top civilian honour on official visit
ISLAMABAD: King Abdullah II of Jordan, arriving in Pakistan on a two-day official visit, on Sunday received the country’s highest civilian honour and oversaw a display of Pakistani military capabilities alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, underscoring the deepening defence and diplomatic partnership between the two nations.