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The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has decided to expand scope of consultation on the letter written by six judges of Islamabad High Court (IHC), alleging “brazen meddling” by the country’s intelligence agencies in judicial affairs. According to a press release issued by the Supreme Court, the decision was taken during the meeting of top judicial body, chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Yahya Afridi. The meeting was attended by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Muhammad…

QUETTA/ SWABI: Despite a “court order,” the Quetta administration on Friday refused to allow the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to organise a public gathering in the district due to security concerns. The PTI had announced to stage a rally on Saturday at Quetta’s Hockey Ground and sent a request to the city administration in this regard. Quetta Deputy Commissioner Saad bin Asad asked the PTI to defer its plan of gathering people, citing issues related to the law and order in the city this month. Saad said examinations of public service…

The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers created a ruckus in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) assembly on Thursday, in protest against a fresh resolution seeking the restoration of the region’s special status as originally enshrined in the Indian Constitution. A pandemonium broke out as soon as the proceedings began, with the BJP MLAs continuing to protest a similar resolution passed by the legislative a day earlier. The occupied Kashmir’s newly-elected assembly passed the resolution seeking to restore the region’s partial autonomy by a majority vote. “This…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will undertake a visit to Saudi Arabia to attend the Second Joint Arab Islamic Summit in Riyadh, to be held in Riyadh on November 11. Addressing a weekly press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that the premier will visit Saudi Arabia to participate in the summit. Being convened at the initiative of the Saudi government, the summit will be a follow-up to the Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit held on November 11, last year to discuss the situation in Gaza…

ISLAMABAD: Days after parliament passed bill raising sanctioned strength of Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court judges, the federal government significantly increased the salaries and allowances of superior judiciary judges. According to the notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice, the house rent of Supreme Court judges has been increased from Rs68,000 to Rs350,000. “In the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Order, 1997, hereinafter referred to as the said Order, in paragraph 20, in sub-paragrapgh (2), for the words “sixty eight thousand”, the words “three hundred…

LAHORE: Residents of Punjab’s smoggy capital city and other districts continue to breathe the toxic air that has paralysed life and caused closure of educational institutions in the province. The quality of air in Lahore has surpassed even the hazardous zone, leaving resident vulnerable to respiratory diseases and other health hazards. Early Thursday morning, the city was on top of the Air Quality Index (AQI) ranking with levels of air pollution exceeding 800. It has consistently topped the list even until after 9am with 784, as per data from Swiss…