delay in cases disposal erodes public confidence, undermines rule of law
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Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) dismissed all complaints filed against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja and two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Nisar Ahmad Durrani and Shah Muhammad Jatoi The SJC released its decision on the Supreme Court s official website on complaint Nos532/2021, 557/2022, and 563/2022, which were submitted against the CEC and two ECP members Although the council did not disclose the identities of the complainants in its published decision these were reportedly filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) alleging irregularities and rigging during the general elections The council reviewed the complaints during its meetings held on November 8, 2024, and December 13, 2024 This dismissal comes at a time of heightened political tension over the credibility of the electoral process with opposition parties frequently raising concerns about the impartiality of the ECP According to the Constitution, only the SJC is authorized to hear and adjudicate cases of alleged misconduct involving the CEC and ECP members The latest ruling effectively exonerates CEC Sikandar Sultan Raja and the two members of all allegations brought against them While Sikandar Sultan Raja has completed his constitutional term, under the provisions of the 26th Constitutional Amendment, he will continue to serve until a successor is appointed In this regard, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote to Opposition Leader Omar Ayub on June 4 2025 initiating consultations for the appointment of a new CEC and two ECP members whose terms have also expired According to the constitutional procedure, both the prime minister and the opposition leader are required to propose three names each If consensus cannot be reached the issue is referred to a parliamentary committee for final consideration
The Supreme Court has emphasized the need for evolving the courts into engines of timely, transparent and citizen-focused justice calling for transformative reforms to integrate technological innovation administrative restructuring, and disciplined case management to ensure the expeditious disposal of cases
The observation was made by a two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha Malik in a four-page judgment dismissing a petition by Abdul Salam Khan against a Peshawar High Court verdict in a property auction case
The court cautioned that delays in adjudicating cases at any level of the justice system erode public confidence, undermine the rule of law and disproportionately harm the weak and vulnerable who cannot afford prolonged litigation
In a four-page judgment authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah the apex court stressed that the judiciary must draw upon the global lessons and commit to the transformative reforms
The auction in question occurred in 2011 and the petitioner raised objections the same year which were dismissed An appeal was filed before the high court, where it lingered for ten years, culminating in a decision in 2021
The matter then reached the SC in 2022 and is being addressed now three years later in 2025
The judgment noted that judicial systems worldwide have recognised that delay is not an intractable inevitability but a solvable institutional challenge “Countries such as Singapore the United Kingdom Brazil Estonia Canada China Denmark and Australia have undertaken comprehensive reforms combining technology, structural innovation, and procedural discipline to reduce backlog and enhance judicial efficiency ” the court observed Through tools such as e-filing real-time dashboards automated scheduling, and transparent digital oversight, these jurisdictions have moved from being passive custodians of dockets to active managers of justice delivery These international experiences underscore a basic truth: delays in justice are not inevitable; they are a product of institutional design and can be remedied with
vision planning and resolve Justice Shah observed that delay in adjudication carries severe macroeconomic and societal consequences “It deters investment renders contracts illusory and weakens the institutional legitimacy of the judiciary A justice system s credibility rests not only in the fairness of its decisions but also in the timeliness with which those decisions are rendered ” It further noted that the issue was not merely
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JAPAN EXPLORES INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PAKISTAN’S
(CDWP)
given final approval and nine projects worth Rs496 485 billion recommended for further consideration by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) The CDWP meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal took place at the P-Block Secretariat on Friday Among the approvals were four higher education projects, including the “Uplift-
ing of Academic and Infrastructure Facilities at Hazara University with a cost of Rs2 8 billion and the Establishment of Women Sub-Campus at Batkhela, University of Malakand costing Rs1 34 billion Minister Ahsan Iqbal emphasised the importance of increasing foreign student admissions and called for more scholarships particularly from Central Asia Africa and the Global South to strengthen Pakistan s higher education sector as a form of soft power
A significant education project, the “System Transformation Grant (STG)New” worth Rs10 605 billion was referred to ECNEC for further evaluation This project funded by the World Bank aims to improve access and quality of ed-
ucation in line with Pakistan s commitment to achieving SDG 4 on inclusive education In the health sector, the Jinnah Medical Complex and Research Center project, with a cost of Rs1 43 billion,
The government has decided not to grant a concessionary
to zero-rated and export-oriented sectors following litigation regarding tariff reduction for these industries According to a news report, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) during a recent meeting noted that the concessionary gas tariffs for such sectors had already been exhausted in 2023 Considering further reductions could lead to additional legal challenges, the ECC directed the Commerce Division to expedite the case in consultation with the Attorney General’s office
The Ministry of Commerce informed the meeting about a writ petition filed by Ghani Glass in 2019, requesting the extension of the Rs600 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) concessionary gas tariff for zero-rated sectors to their industry The Petroleum Division Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) were respondents in the petition, but the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Commerce were not initially included as parties until
in KP set up an Emergency Relief Centre to assist flood-affected districts It can be contacted on 0300-5849255 (secretary), 03349086169 (admin officer), 091-9333666, or 091-2590846 Meanwhile the Pakistan Meteorological Department has said the current spell of heavy rains in the region is likely to continue intermittently till August 21 with the KP PDMA issuing directives to intensify relief activities in all the affected districts and provide immediate relief to those affected KP witnessed devastating scenes yesterday as flash floods caused by heavy rainfall
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The Lahore High Court directed the Ministry of Finance, in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce and other stakeholders to present the Ghani Glass case to the ECC within 60 days The case involves whether glass should be classified as an export-oriented sector for receiving the tariff concession and whether the concession should apply retroactively to 2015
The Ministry of Commerce outlined that several sectors including textiles carpets leather goods and surgical instruments had received zero-rated sales tax status under SRO 1125(I)/2011, with a concessionary tariff later extended to these sectors in 2018 However, after the withdrawal of the SRO through the Finance Bill 2019 an administrative gap occurred and the glass industry which had negligible exports at the time did not qualify for the same concession In response to the court s ruling, the Ministry of Commerce stated that Ghani Glass’s request for the concession was not justified and sought the ECC’s approval to reject the demand The ECC has agreed to the proposal and the Ministry of Commerce will approach the Attorney General s office for further proceedings
COMMENT
KP flooding
Too many deaths caused by longterm failures
THAT KP has been hit by a virtually unprecedented disaster will not be gainsaid There will be the usual procession of handwringing political leaders who will jostle to be snapped in carefully arranged spontaneous relief efforts, and the heirs and family members of the deceased will left to give them what burial they can, amid the roiling floodwaters However there are two incontrovertible realities too The first is that monsoons come every year The second is that the measures that should have been taken by those doing the handwringing (as well as their predecessors) were not taken This was a disaster waiting to happen, and it has While all the northern areas of Pakistan have been affected with 12 killed so far in Azad Kashmir and nine in Gilgit Baltistan and 332 in the whole of KP, of which 208 have been reported killed in Buner district alone, while 50 are still missing
Such widespread destruction reflects the failure of the government to predict the coming of the flash floods that occurred, and more importantly, to pass on that information to the communities likely to be affected It is extremely unlikely for the government to be able to stop the flooding but it should be noted that there has long been clamour about the stripping of KP s once-extensive forests by timber mafias
The absence of this cover means that any flash floods have no impediments and merely gain in speed as the waters go downhill The neglect has been old, for the present KP government cannot just order forests to be grown and expect them to spring up by the next monsoon Even if planted now forest cover would not be able to come up until several monsoons down the line This assumes that those lands are suitable for forestry for the floods may have washed away the soil in which the trees could have grown
However, this is not the time to argue about whether the saplings should have been planted 10 years ago or 20 but to take immediate action Even after the forest cover is re-developed, it will still be necessary to develop warning systems to save people’s lives next monsoon Whereas the south of the country was badly hit in the 2023 floods it seems to have been the north s turn this year Hopefully, the rest will be spared, but that will not absolve the government which must be prepared
Dedicated to the legac y of late Hameed Nizami Arif Nizami (Late) Founding Editor
M A Niazi Editor Pakistan Today Babar Nizami Editor Profit
AKISTAN’S story is being retold not from the marble halls of state television or the headlines of aging newspapers but through the glowing screens of millions of smartphones In drawing rooms, tea stalls, classrooms, and buses, voices once silent are now amplified in seconds, shaping narratives, sparking debates and even influencing policy This shift is more than a change of medium; it is a cultural transformation in which the gatekeepers of information no longer sit solely in newsrooms but in the hands of creators, bloggers, and ordinary citizens The broadcast era, with its one-way delivery of information, is being steadily replaced by a dynamic, participatory ecosystem that demands to be taken seriously At the heart of this evolution is digital journalism With internet penetration crossing 45 percent and a youth population that is more online than ever before traditional media is losing ground to digital platforms YouTube shows, independent blogs, and
creators speaking in regional languages and narrating experiences specific to their communities A farmer in Sindh can showcase crop failures on TikTok, while a student in Gilgit can share daily struggles of internet connectivity on Twitter These micro-narratives dismissed as noise by traditional gatekeepers often capture the pulse of society more authentically than polished newsroom scripts For millions of young Pakistanis, these platforms have become a digital town square, where conversations are raw, diverse, and immediate But it is not only news that drives this transformation Lifestyle fashion and eco-conscious niches are rising with equal force From vloggers promoting sustainable living and ethical fashion to bloggers advocating mental health and self-care, the digital space has created room for conversations long absent from mainstream media Pakistani creators are not simply imitating global trends; they are localizing them mixing desi street fashion with global styles championing zero-waste practices in urban homes and building communities around soft skills and personal development This has not only broadened media narratives but also offered
not just fleeting distractions; they are emerging as sources of news, analysis, and collective expression Hyperlocal content is flourishing, with
The story of Pakistan’s digital future will not be written by one actor alone Journalists, influencers, policymakers, and citizens all hold a pen The choice is clear, to create a culture of freedom and innovation or fall back into suppression and conformity If both government and people rise to the challenge, then beyond the broadcast will become not just a phrase but Pakistan’s most powerful story of empowerment in the 21st century
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Leadership in denial
She sketched a network of new lanes, green belts to absorb smog, and precisely routed transit links that might once have been mere speculation No longer were decisions rooted in gut instinct; they were anchored in visible reality pixel by pixel Natural disasters too find their adversary in PRSS-01 s constant watch I recall the landslide in Swat Valley two winters back an abrupt slide that swallowed homes and hopes before any alarm could sound That scene, replayed in my mind, makes the satellite s mission feel personal Now, subtle soil shifts on a steep slope will register on its sensors days before collapse Warnings cascade to district centees evacuation plans kick in and safety doors stand open long before the ground trembles In emergencies measured in minutes even seconds saved can mean lives saved Beyond disasters, PRSS-01 measures the heartbeat of our glaciers Last summer, standing by the swollen banks of the Indus near Skardu I saw only a surging river But the satellite records the silent retreat of snowfields calculates reserves hidden beneath ice and forecasts water flows for months ahead In an era of climate volatility, these measurements are lifelines Farmers time their sowing, hydroelectric plants tweak their turbines, and cities brim or conserve in anticipation of either bounty or drought
Nevertheless perhaps the most profound transformation is the way we choose our shared destiny Data-driven policy can sound sterile, but I have seen it take root in Islamabad s ministries and in spirited university salons A policy analyst once reliant on hearsay to gauge deforestation now consults multispectral imagery revealing canopy loss illegal clearings and soil erosion His policy briefs no longer carry caveats they carry conviction backed by evidence I picture saplings planted where barren slopes once stood, each green shoot a testament to informed action
When, decades hence, PRSS-01 finally completes its mission, its legacy will live on in choices made today We will recall how that pinpoint of light ascended to become a beacon of possibility And I will close my eyes to see its first images streams of data that carried the promise of transformation for an entire nation In the end, the greatest gift may simply be the act of seeing: seeing our land more clearly, and believing that with knowledge guiding our steps, we can shape a brighter tomorrow
There is poetry in the collaboration between earthbound voices and celestial eyes When monsoon floods carved through lowland districts last year, relief agencies mapped inundated zones on satellite charts They delivered aid where it mattered most Even more uplifting local volunteers on smartphones sent geotagged photos that refined the satellite s picture of need In this dance PRSS-01 supplies the broad strokes while communities paint in the details, forging a response more nimble and precise than ever before Socio-economic development, too, finds fresh momentum Rural entrepreneurs tap landuse data to launch agri-tech startups Urban coders build apps that translate satellite feeds into planning tools Academics mine opensource images for research on social change, and journalists shine light on stories once impossible to verify PRSS-01 doesn’t simply orbit; it empowers It converts once-distant pixels into powerful insights enabling millions to chart paths from uncertainty toward opportunity In a nation where nature s whims and developmental challenges often collide, the arrival of PRSS-01 feels like a promise honored It whispers of a future where no farmer waits helplessly for rain where cities grow with intention rather than haste where disaster triggers methodical response instead of panic where our environment is measured and protected and where every policy is steered by clarity Though the satellite itself is silent in its trajectory, its influence resonates across fields, through bustling streets, and into remote valleys It beckons us to peer with new eyes and in doing so to believe in our own capacity for progress When decades hence PRSS-01 finally completes its mission its legacy will live on in choices made today We will recall how that pinpoint of light ascended to become a beacon of possibility And I will close my eyes to see its first images streams of data that carried the promise of transformation for an entire nation In the end the greatest gift may simply be the act of seeing: seeing our land more clearly and believing that with knowledge guiding
The Mask Slips
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has repeatedly claimed credit for halting or preventing six major wars during his political career citing his involvement in easing tensions between India and Pakistan, preventing escalation between Thailand and Cambodia, and defusing what could have been a catastrophic war between Israel and Iran His record also includes brokering a ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan which earned him endorsements for the Nobel Peace Prize from leaders in both countries Trump has made it clear: if he can secure even a significant step toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war, he believes he would be deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize Yet despite the symbolism the Alaska summit produced no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow s war in Ukraine Trump himself admitted, There s no deal until there’s a deal,” while adding that “many, many points” had been agreed upon with “a couple of big ones” still unresolved The Pursuing Peace backdrop behind the two leaders sent an optimistic message but the details remained elusive The Ukrainian leadership, notably absent from the meeting, has made it clear they will not concede territory or accept a settlement that legitimizes Russia’s control over nearly a fifth of their land Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also called for a US-backed security guarantee making any unilateral US-Russia arrangement politically unviable without Kyiv s buy-in This is where Trump’s approach diverged sharply from European and Ukrainian expectations By engaging directly with Putin without the presence or consent of Ukraine or European allies Trump assumed a mediating role that risked alienating key stakeholders In his own words, he was not
here to negotiate for Ukraine but to get them at a table However replacing one major party in a conflict with an external power even one as influential as the USA has rarely produced lasting peace without eventual multilateral engagement Putin for his part called the meeting a “reference point” for restoring pragmatic US-Russia relations and insisted that the root causes of the conflict must be addressed for any long-term settlement This language, familiar to anyone following the war, underscores Moscow’s unwillingness to agree to a ceasefire without substantial concessions As the leaders spoke the war raged on: air raid alerts blared across eastern Ukraine and Russian governors in Rostov and Bryansk reported Ukrainian drone attacks The optics of diplomacy were starkly undercut by the reality of ongoing violence For Europe the meeting was an unsettling reminder that its security could be negotiated over without its direct involvement European leaders aligned with Zelenskyy in their opposition to any premature freeze of the conflict, were quick to express skepticism Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky welcomed Trump’s efforts but doubted Putin’s sincerity noting that Russian forces had continued attacking Ukraine even as the summit took place The fear in European capitals is that Trump might seek a quick fix deal that sacrifices Ukraine s territorial integrity for the sake of ending hostilities on paper Still there is a pragmatic argument
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A turning point for the intelligence community
It would appear that the Hilar y Clinton campaign, in collaboration with the George S oros Foundation, sought to distrac t attention from her own scandal by concoc ting a false narrative about Russian collusion, in anticipation that sympathetic administration officials would launder the stor y as intelligence fac t
THE Trump administration seeks to hold the US intelligence community accountable for its part in a coordinated political effort to mislead Congress and the American public about President Trump s relationship with Russia Even if the full range of evidence remains largely classified, the prosecutions never go beyond grand jury indictments and the American people eventually tire of the story the ramifications will nonetheless be profound
It is the type of thing that happens once in a generation, like the 9/11 Commission, in which senior intelligence officials (former and possibly even current) will be held to account in full public view It will send a signal that even within the intelligence community leadership must be about taking personal responsibility and institutions cannot simply deflect criticism by hiding behind bureaucratic organizational reform
COORDINATION AND COLLUSION
There is undoubtedly an enormous number of documents yet to be viewed by the public from draft versions of assessments in which different analysts hash out differences of opinion in their edits to the reviews by higher-level managers seeking to translate the instructions of agency heads Most of the correspondence surrounding the issue will probably never be declassified due to the understandable need to protect sources and methods However, a clear pattern is emerging from the documents released by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard this summer, and to date, there is no evidence that the documents are inauthentic or inaccurate It would appear that the Hilary Clinton campaign in collaboration with the George Soros Foundation, sought to distract attention from her own scandal by concocting a false narrative about Russian collusion, in anticipation that sympathetic administration officials would launder the story as intelligence fact In turn former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, with the assistance of CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey, rushed into production an assessment based on information they knew to be questionable over the objections of a number of colleagues
That is the plain and simple reading of the newly released details It is hard to find a rational alternative interpretation INTELLIGENCE IS POLITICAL This should dispel two key myths that
the intelligence community likes to promote about itself namely that it is objective and apolitical These two fictions are cornerstones of analytic tradecraft and pillars of the overall drive toward the type of scientific method in whose name the profession claims respectability The data upon which the raw reporting is based may exist in actual fact but any step the intelligence professional ventures beyond the restatement of confirmed and verified events involves some element of subjective opinion
That is not a bad thing It is simply a reality that must be admitted, just as it must be acknowledged that policymakers are looking to understand events in terms of narratives, and it is part of the job of analysts to craft those storylines It may come as more of a surprise that senior intelligence officials in order to reach the heights of a cabinet-level appointment, have to make themselves attractive to politicians It is no different than the position of Secretary of Defense or even the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where national security qualifications are certainly paramount though in many cases it is the political connections or expectations that provide the decisive factor in choosing one candidate over another We can easily imagine former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell who reportedly wrote the open letter from 51 former intelligence officials in an attempt to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop doing so as a way to push his name to the top of the list for CIA Director Similarly, we can see the possible motivation of then-congressman
(now Senator) Adam Schiff (D-CA), who reportedly allowed selective leaks of his committee s investigations through various intermediaries as an effort to vie for the same position of CIA Director THE LONG-TERM REPERCUSSIONS OF INTELLIGENCE POLITICIZATION
cated on a culture of secrecy that can easily breed arrogance and unaccountability among senior officials if left unchecked
places where intelligence services understand and appreciate that their access and privilege can only be maintained as long as they have the trust of the head of state and the confidence of the public And that d
American intelligence culture
However, it remains an open question as to how much of that is genuine respect for civil rights and how much is performative art directed at Congress for the sake of preserving budget allocations and legal authority The US intelligence community has promoted the idea that intelligence failure is a matter of not separating the signals from the noise, communicating the right data at the right time, or adjusting for cognitive bias in the process all of which implies that more scientific rigor can improve the product and thereby save American lives
Sometimes that’s true But Russiagate also implies that we live in an era of narrative and the intelligence community is just
as taken up with storytelling as any news outlet, think tank, political action campaign, or social media influencer Whether intentional or unintentional it is misleading for former senior officials like Brennan and Clapper to parse out the words of their assessment in an effort to clarify what was evidence and what was innuendo when the Steele Dossier ’s “rumint” was ultimately inseparable from the overall narrative it was peddling
All of this exists on a spectrum of personalities who hope to persuade and convince an audience And intelligence agencies are no less preoccupied with the goal of trying to influence as well as inform even if their work is rather far from the other end of that spectrum As these investigations declassifications revelations and possible indictments move forward intelligence agencies in Washington are going to have to recognize that they are not above the fray living
TRUMP URGES UKRAINE TO ‘MAKE A DEAL’ AFTER TALKS WITH
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END WITHOUT AGREEMENT
PUNJAB CM UNVEILS
ISLAMABAD
PM WANTS JMC TO BE A TERTIARY CARE
CENTER OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
PR I M E Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that Jinnah Medical Complex would be developed as a tertiary care hospital meeting international standards, emphasizing that the complex should be digitized and artificial intelligence should be incorporated, state media reported The prime minister observed that a Chinese company prepared a world-class concept design for a hospital in Pakistan without any compensation which was a clear testament to the strong Pak-China friendship and growing people-to-people ties, Radio Pakistan reported During a review meeting on
meeting with Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Mohammad Iqbal Hussain Khan, the two sides discussed bilateral relations regional situation promotion of media cooperation Expressing satisfaction over the growing relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh, he said that Pakistan highly valued its relations with Bangladesh Pakistan has given a new dimension to relations with Bangladesh through high-level visits and cultural cooperation he maintained Cooperation in the media sector is very important to bring the people of Pakistan and Bangladesh
closer to each other, Attaullah Tarar said The minister said that collaboration in film, drama and digital media would not only bring the people of both countries closer but also promote a positive narrative in the region Bangladesh High Commissioner Mohammad Iqbal Yunus reiterated his desire to strengthen bilateral relations and said that Pakistan and Bangladesh s historical bonds of friendship would always maintain In the meeting both sides agreed to continue positive progress in Pakistan-Bangladesh relations Secretary Information and Broadcasting Ambreen Jan and Principal Information Officer Mubashir Hassan were also present during the meeting
will also play a key role in national development projects such as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), mapping transport networks, identifying geo-hazards and enabling effective use of resources They said that these capabilities will not only improve decision-making in various sectors but also strengthen sustainable socio-economic development and technological autonomy of Pakistan This remarkable achievement highlights Pakistan s progress in spacebased technologies and Suparco s commitment to strengthening national infrastructure Moreover, it will not only help achieve self-reliance in space science but also provide new opportunities for development sustainability and informed decisionmaking in key sectors sources added
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in the United Kingdom on Saturday ahead of diplomatic engagements with British and Commonwealth leadership from August 17-19 Pakistan and the UK have been engaged in Enhanced Strategic Dialogue since 2011, which has deepened and broadened the dialogue between the two countries, covering areas such as trade, economic growth and development cultural cooperation security and education The Foreign Office posted a photo of FM Dar in the UK today with Pakistani High Commissioner Dr Mohammad Faisal
A statement by the FO earlier today said that during his two-day official visit FM Dar would hold meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pakistan Hamish Falconer in London, in addition to a breakfast meeting with Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey He would also inaugurate a Punjab Land Record Authority project which was piloted at the Pakistan High Commission in London The initiative aims to assist members of the diaspora in resolving land documentation issues in Pakistan remotely ” the FO said It added that FM Dar would also engage with British parliamentarians Kashmiri leaders and
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A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Saturday granted bail to nine workers of Pakistan Tahrike-Insaf (PTI) in a case filed against them in connection with August 5 Judicial Magistrate Imran
Amir Abbasi heard the case The court also ordered them to furnish Rs10,000 surety bonds each Advocate Mirza Asim argued that the case is baseless and the first information report (FIR) was not filed on behalf of the relevant person Advocate Ansar Kiyani said that all the women workers
Operations in Balochistan target only terrorists: DG ISPR
representatives of the British-Pakistani community Earlier this month Pakistan and the UK pledged to deepen their partnership across key sectors with a renewed focus on defence cooperation and strategic dialogue, during high-level talks in Rawalpindi In July the UK’s government launched e-visas for Pakistani students and workers as part of an enhanced border and immigration system The announcement came just a day after both countries formally signed the Trade Dialogue Mechanism Agreement and announced the establishment of the UK-Pakistan Business Advisory Council to institutionalise bilateral economic cooperation
also secured bails from the court in the same case
He said that as per the police record, nothing was recovered from any accused Advocate Mirza Asim Baig said that police also filed another case in which the same sections were added Advocate Mirza Asim Baig Ansar Kiyani Shamsa Kiyani and others appeared in the court on behalf of PTI workers A case is filed against PTI workers in Loi Bhar Police Station under the Peaceful Assembly and Public Order (PAPO) Act
