However, some PPP leaders in Punjab are openly criticizing their own party for supporting the 27th Amendment. The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the 27th (Amendment) Bill to the Constitution 2025. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN LAHORE: Two key allies – the PPP and the PML-N – have sharply divergent views on the 27th Amendment, revealing the […]
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. Abdul Alem Khan. PHOTO: ONLINE ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan on Friday directed the National Highway Authority to establish new toll plazas across KP to improve revenue collection from highways and highways in the province. He was chairing a meeting where concerned members of the NHA briefed the minister on the
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Justice Yahya Afridi. Photo: SC website At a plenary meeting of the Supreme Court of Pakistan chaired by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, the Court unanimously approved the amendments to the Supreme Court Rules, 2025 based on the recommendations of a specially constituted committee, the Supreme Court said in an official statement. The meeting was held
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TTAP announces Nationwide Black Day, series of protests aimed at ‘restoration of the Constitution’ Leaders of the opposition Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan during an emergency meeting of the movement in Islamabad on Friday, November 14, 2025. Photo: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain rejected the 27th constitutional amendment in its entirety, announcing a nationwide Black Day on November 21 and
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Provincial Assembly passes Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025, introduces strict penalties for violators Balochistan Assembly. PHOTO: EXPRESS The Balochistan Assembly has passed the Balochistan Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2025, introducing the strictest punishment for those involved in child marriages. Under the new law, an adult man who enters into a child marriage – and anyone
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The resignations came just hours after President Zardari signed the amendment bill into law on Thursday. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah (left) and Justice Athar Minallah (right). Photo: Files President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday accepted the resignation of the Supreme Court’s top judges, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Athar Minallah, a day after the
Army chief becomes head of defense forces, abolishes post of chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Key legislation changing military command passed the Senate on Friday, consistent with changes proposed in the 27th Constitutional Amendment. The 27th Constitutional Amendment revised Article 243 and reshuffled Pakistan’s military command hierarchy. The 27th constitutional amendment was passed
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Islamabad says increased post-Taliban attacks leave no room for negotiations with TTP or BLA The Foreign Office said on Friday that trade with Afghanistan would remain suspended until all terrorist “safe havens” on Afghan soil are dismantled. “How and with whom to trade is a sovereign decision of each state. But trade or transit with
The motion must be entered into the list of cases within 3 to 7 days; party nominates Faisal Rathore for the post Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Anwarul Haq. Photo: File Pakistan People’s Party has filed a no-confidence motion against Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq and nominated Faisal Rathore for
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Police and emergency workers are at the scene of an explosion outside a court in Islamabad. Photo: REUTERS In a joint operation, the Intelligence Bureau and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Islamabad apprehended four terrorists belonging to a TTP/’Fitna al-Khawarij’ (FAK) cell involved in the suicide attack on the G-11 Judicial Complex, Islamabad. The arrests
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