National Sep 27: India announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not attend Saarc summit scheduled in Islamabad in November. Sep 27: The CJP Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali declared “ill-founded” the Supreme Court registrar’s objections to petitions moved against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and members of his family over the Panamagate scandal. Sep 27: Four Iranian Naval Ships — Lavan, …

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National Sep 26: The Supreme Court ordered the de-notification of all recruitments made in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) between 2011 and 2012. Sep 26: The first-ever seminar of Saarc member countries on anti-corruption began in Islamabad. Sep 26: The National Assembly finally approved the Hindu Marriage Bill 2016. Sep 26: The KP Assembly unanimously passed a bill to declare …

War mongering in India is running high and its government reportedly is considering localised military action to teach Pakistan a befitting lesson for its alleged cross-border terrorism. Pakistan is bound to respond in equal measure and according to Stephen Cohen as reported in New York Times recently, ‘the conflict could skid into a nuclear conflict,’ adding it would be devastating …

THE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly was witness to an unusual spectacle on Friday a meeting of minds between the treasury and opposition benches. Legislators across the aisle expressed their reservations about the provincial police force that, according to them, was abusing the powers it has recently acquired under an ordinance and committing excesses against `innocent` people. The heated discussion came …

National Sep 23: The government will recover the cost of security for power projects, mostly under CPEC, from consumers for entire 25-30 years life of the projects. Sep 23: Energy regulators of Saarc agreed to have harmonisation of regulations, codes and standards of electricity grids for cross-border electricity trade in the region. Sep 23: The government appointed Zahid Akhtar Zaman …

National Sep 22: Pakistan was ranked 149th among 188 countries in the Global Burden of Disease Study, the first global assessment of countries’ progress toward the UN’s health-related SDGs. Sep 22: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar directed the FBR to launch an investigation into the offshore accounts mentioned in the Bahamas leaks. Sep 22: The Supreme Court restrained provincial governments from …

To many Indians, their country’s strategic position looks alarming. Its two biggest neighbours are China and Pakistan. It has fought wars with both, and border issues still fester. Both are nuclear-armed, and are allies with one another to boot. China, a rising superpower with five times India’s GDP, is quietly encroaching on India’s traditional sphere of influence, tying a “string …

Will there be a war between India and Pakistan due to attacks by non-state actors on an Indian Army installation at Uri? The question begs an answer due to the strident response of the Indian media. The war clouds obscure the fact that the death knell of conventional wars between the nuclear armed adversaries has already been sounded due to …

LAHORE: During its 71-year old history, the 193-member United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has had only one Pakistani as its President in 1962, when the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Chaudhary Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893-1985) was elected for this prestigious slot. Zafarullah Khan had earlier served as Pakistan’s first foreign minister between 1947 and 1954. A devout Ahmedi by …