Beat: Federal Governance, Parliamentary Proceedings & Courts
Leads national reporting on federal cabinet decisions, parliamentary legislation, provincial governance, and superior court rulings across Pakistan, tracking ministry briefings and official gazette notifications.
Higher Education Commission releases updated directories of legal and counterfeit institutions to protect students from academic fraud.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has hinted at major political developments by the New Year, saying significant progress has been made on the provincial issue and a political consensus is expected in the coming weeks.
The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has held talks with Transsion Holdings, the Chinese parent company of Tecno and Infinix, on expanding its business and bringing more Chinese investment to Pakistan.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir have been jointly ranked No. 1 in the 2027 edition of The 500 Most Influential Muslims, sharing the top spot with Saudi King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar responds favorably to an Egyptian invitation extended to the prime minister during a telephone consultation.
The district administration on Sunday imposed a ban on all kinds of public gatherings, hate speech against the state and the display of arms and weapons in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur for 30 days, invoking Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) owing to the prevailing law and order situation.
Provincial authorities report a stark shortfall in public medical infrastructure, operating far below recommended global health benchmarks.
PPP’s Attaullah Shah and Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party’s (IPP) Imam Malik are again vying for the GBA-16 (Diamer-II) seat in Gilgit as repolling is under way at three stations.
Foreign dignitaries continue to arrive in Islamabad as the capital gears up to host the two-day 30th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Council of Ministers starting today.
An anti-terrorism court here has started proceedings to declare dysfunctional Chief Minister Sohail Afridi as a proclaimed offender in the officials attack case as the relevant police official claimed that Mr Afridi couldn’t be traced.
Precious metal sheds Rs 16,500 per tola in three consecutive sessions following international market trends.
President Asif Ali Zardari met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at his residence in Model Town, Lahore, where the two leaders held detailed talks on the country’s overall political, economic and security situation.
The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has been forced to restrict supply to domestic consumers three meal times a day because of depleting indigenous production over the past decade, its managing director said on Saturday.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday agreed to “strictly adhere to constitutional provisions” governing the creation of new provinces or administrative units, with any proposed referendum on the contentious issue also requiring parliamentary approval.
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) cannot force shops and superstores like Metro to accept contactless payments made through smartphones, smartwatches and other wearable devices, as merchants are not directly regulated by it.
Senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader and Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal on Saturday called the creation of smaller provinces “a national necessity” and not a “political desire”, arguing that the existing four-province administrative structure has failed to deliver and that the formation of new provinces is essential for the effective functioning of the state.
Isobel Shaw, an Irish-born travel writer whose guidebooks introduced thousands of visitors to Pakistan, died on Wednesday (Nov 11) at her home in St-Cergue, Switzerland.
The Punjab government has handed over the operational control and maintenance of its Gulfstream G500 luxury jet to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) after its own VIP Flight Wing was found unable to manage the aircraft independently.
The federal government is considering selling 108,000 tonnes of sugar it imported last year at around Rs 110 per kg, against a reserve price of Rs 184.8 per kg it had set for the same stock in September, pointing to an estimated loss of about Rs 8 billion to the exchequer.
Pakistan and 16 other countries on Saturday condemned an Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis that killed six people, including patients and healthcare workers, describing it as a violation of international humanitarian law.
Pakistan is among the countries with the highest prevalence of diabetes with the number of patients continuously increasing, speakers said at a World Diabetes Day seminar.
As smog again settles over large parts of South Asia, Pakistani authorities are widening a crackdown on illegal stubble burning, which they say is fuelling the region's annual pollution crisis.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Saturday said the provincial government had decided to suspend all gold mining leases, claiming that “90 kilogrammes of gold had been extracted illegally in a single month“.
Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu on Saturday held meetings with Uzbekistan's defence leadership on an official visit to the country, with discussions focusing on strengthening bilateral defence cooperation, joint military exercises and institutional collaboration.
