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ISLAMABAD: Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas was officially appointed as the leader of the opposition in the Senate on Tuesday, filling a position that has been vacant for the past five months. The announcement came during a session chaired by Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani, where Abbas secured 22 votes from opposition members. The Senate Secretariat was instructed to issue the official notification immediately. Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarrar and Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah welcomed the new opposition leader in the House while other senators also congratulated Abbas at his seat.…

Fourteen Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senators approached the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday against the solitary confinement of party founder Imran Khan and his wife, along with requesting permission to meet the former prime minister. Imran has been held in detention at Adiala Jail for over two and a half years, during which he has faced restrictions on meeting his family and party members. His sisters, along with other close relatives and PTI leaders, have been repeatedly denied permission to meet him, despite court orders allowing such visits. Read: IHC issues notices on K-P CM’s petition…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council (PNMC) ended without any outcome on Tuesday as the election of the president and vice president could not be held amid heated arguments and disorder. Special Secretary of the Ministry of Health Aslam Ghori could not be elected as president. According to sources, it was decided through an ordinance on September 28, 2025, to reconstitute the council. After six months, parliament two days ago approved a further extension of 120 days to the ordinance. Following the enforcement of the presidential…

RAWALPINDI: In the rape and pregnancy case involving a 13-year-old domestic worker in the jurisdiction of Sadiqabad Police Station, the court on Tuesday granted a three-day physical remand of a newly nominated suspect, Abdul Wahab. Civil Judge Adil Sarwar Sial ordered that the newly accused be thoroughly investigated and produced again before the court on January 23. Earlier, the victim, identified as Zunaira, and her guardian, Ghulam Fatima wife of Zahoor, had declared the initially nominated accused, Adil, innocent and subsequently named Abdul Wahab as the alleged perpetrator of the…