New app will be introduced to allow citizens to submit complaints and queries online ISLAMABAD: The Directorate of Passports and Immigration has completed a comprehensive review of passport application processing, from submission to issuance, in consultation with IT experts, as part of efforts to modernize the system in line with contemporary requirements. The review work […]
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Despite Trump’s posture, everything suggests that secondary channels are still active to avoid the worst case scenario. ISLAMABAD: Initial proposals exchanged between Iran and the United States through Pakistan failed to break the deadlock, while Islamabad now awaits a series of revised proposals from Tehran, seeking to end the war that has already disrupted oil
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Concerns about disproportionate allocation to non-development spending compared to development spending RAWALPINDI: The authorities concerned have decided to reduce non-development expenditure in 44 Cantonment Boards (CBs) across the country, including Rawalpindi and Chaklala, by phasing out excess staff, implementing the newly approved staff limits, introducing a paperless administrative system and establishing a food quality control
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RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi District Bar Association has demanded formal participation in the appointment of judges of the Lahore High Court and Islamabad High Court, stating that the Rawalpindi Bar has always been ignored in judicial appointments. He warned that continued neglect would be challenged at all levels and protests would take place on all scales.
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Freedom Network report accuses PECA and legal and economic pressures of worsening press freedom and journalist safety ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s media landscape has witnessed a significant contraction in free expression space over the past year, due to escalating legal, regulatory and economic pressures, among others. This was revealed in media watchdog Freedom Network’s latest annual report
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The judgment notes that the law does not tolerate manipulation and does not allow its fruits to persist ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court strongly objected to returning officers changing election results, ruling that an administrative agent cannot substitute its calculation for the sovereign will of the electorate. “An administrative officer cannot be permitted to substitute his
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Justice Sattar says amendments to Articles 200 and 209 are designed as a weapon to force judges to submit ISLAMABAD: Justice Babar Sattar, who was transferred from the Islamabad High Court to the Peshawar High Court, warned that the transfer of judges would have a chilling effect on the remaining vestiges of the independence of
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Minister Kamal considers this approval a major step in strengthening Pakistan’s healthcare system Health Minister Mustafa Kamal. Photo:X Federal Minister for National Health Syed Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday announced that the federal cabinet has approved Pakistan’s first-ever national immunization policy, paving the way for local production of vaccines in the country. The approval was given
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Government and opposition unite against civilian victims of terrorism and drone warfare Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. Photo:X In a rare show of political unity, a joint jirga led by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Wednesday unanimously condemned the ongoing drone strikes in tribal districts, deciding to convene a series of rallies on the
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Marriyum Aurangzeb says proposed authority will create modern film city with film schools and music academies The Punjab Film Authority Bill 2026, aimed at reviving the province’s film and creative industry, triggered a lively debate in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday, marked by heated exchanges, political points and procedural objections, before being passed by a
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