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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday expressed deep displeasure over inadequate measures taken by the Punjab government to combat smog, warning that the deterioration of air quality in Lahore had reached alarming levels. Justice Shahid Karim, while hearing several petitions related to smog control, pollution reduction and groundwater protection, criticized the authorities for […]

Lawyers critical of the current situation accuse leaders of the higher judiciary of enabling executive encroachment The Lahore High Court last week asked the petitioner’s lawyer to submit a copy of the application he had filed with the federal government for cancellation of the registration of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and allowed him to amend

LAHORE: Most major cities in Punjab were engulfed in smog on Monday and the air quality deteriorated to dangerous levels. Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura and Kasur recorded the worst air quality levels. According to international monitoring agency IQAir, Gujranwala’s AQI reached 762, among the highest in the region. However, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Advocate General of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in a suo motu case relating to the supply of contaminated water from the Khanpur dam. While hearing the case, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) lawyer Hasan Raza informed a Constitutional Bench (CB) of the Supreme Court that Khanpur

KP Assembly Public Order Committee expresses displeasure over briefings by IGP and Chief Secretary PESHAWAR: A special committee of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly has expressed displeasure over briefings by the chief secretary, inspector general of police (IGP) and the home ministry on the law and order situation in the province. The committee decided to summon

The proposals include the creation of a constitutional court, changes to Article 160(3)(A), Article 243 on maps. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speaks to the press during a press conference at the UN headquarters in New York, the United States, June 3, 2025. ISLAMABAD: The federal government has initiated the process of

Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Afghan Defense Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid shake hands after signing a ceasefire agreement brokered by Qatar and Turkey in Doha on October 19. Photo: Reuters ISLAMABAD: Stating that the Afghan Taliban were not the “darling of Pakistan”, the chief military spokesperson warned that any cross-border attack from Afghanistan

BANNU/RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Monday killed three terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij in two separate operations in North Waziristan and Tank districts, while five policemen were injured the same day in an armed attack on the convoy of North Waziristan District Police Officers (DPOs) near Bannu, officials said. These incidents come amid a persistent terror