Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Centre has notified eight committees of the National Finance Commission (NFC), including one on debt utilisation and the transfer of expenditures to provinces, following the attorney general’s support for the federal government against Sindh’s objections. The development came as Pakistan’s top fiscal expert, Dr Hafiz Pasha, noted that despite the constitutional requirement to allocate 57.5% of the divisible pool to provinces, they received only 45.8% in the last fiscal year after accounting for petroleum levies and cash surpluses. Dr Pasha made these remarks at a seminar on the…

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that the primary burden rests on the employer to prove the misconduct of an employee in a dismissal case. “The primary burden rests on the employer to prove the misconduct so that the matter may be decided on the preponderance of evidence which is clear, credible, and lends support to the final conclusion with little room for doubt. “By and large, when any employee challenges his termination or dismissal from service, the burden often shifts upon the employer to establish that the action was…

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The Pakistan Navy has successfully conducted a live weapon firing of FM-90 (N) ER Surface-to-Air Missile in the North Arabian Sea. According to government sources, during the firepower demonstration the Pakistan Navy ship successfully engaged manoeuvrable aerial targets, reaffirming the Navy’s war-fighting potential and combat capability. Read: PIMEC and the localisation of our maritime economy Commander of the Pakistan Fleet, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, witnessed the LWF at sea on board the Pakistan Navy Fleet unit. He commended the officers and men involved in the firing for their commitment and professionalism.…

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Pakistan strongly condemned the attack on United Nations peacekeepers in Kadugli, Sudan, in which six Bangladeshi personnel serving under the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) were killed and several others were injured. In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) expressed deep sorrow over the incident and conveyed Pakistan’s solidarity with the families of the deceased and the government and people of Bangladesh. The statement highlighted the role of UN peacekeepers in preventing conflicts, protecting civilians, and promoting peace worldwide, and paid tribute to the “Blue Helmets” who sacrificed…

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Islamabad High Court judge Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri appeared before a division bench on Monday regarding a petition challenging the validity of his law degree. The bench, comprising Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan, heard the case regarding the quo warranto petition that has been pending for over a year. “You are also a judge and I am also a judge. My appeal against you is pending,” Jahangiri told Chief Justice Dogar, requesting the objection be recorded. He noted that judges had filed an appeal against…

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RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir on Saturday said “Pakistan Army remains fully focused on both internal and external challenges, including hostile hybrid campaigns, extremist ideologies, and divisive elements seeking to undermine national stability”. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the CDF made the remarks while visiting the Gujranwala and Sialkot garrisons, where he was “briefed on the formation’s operational readiness and key initiatives for strengthening combat preparedness”. The field marshal witnessed field training exercise and…

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Norway has defended the presence of its ambassador at a Supreme Court hearing in Islamabad as perfectly “in line with international law”, days after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a demarche to the envoy of the Scandinavian country. The case pertains to the hearing of the husband-and-wife lawyer duo, Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha. Norwegian Ambassador Per Albert Ilsaas attended the case proceedings on Thursday, causing a stir in court and on social media. The Foreign Office had summoned the Norwegian envoy and urged him to “adhere…

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ISLAMABAD: At the upcoming hearing of a petition accusing Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of holding an invalid law degree, the judge is likely to appear in person before a division bench that on Tuesday sought a reply from him. According to source, Justice Jahangiri will come to the IHC’s Courtroom-1 where Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan will resume proceedings on Mian Dawood Advocate’s quo warranto petition tomorrow (Monday). Last week, on December 9, the bench had declared the petition maintainable.…

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ISLAMABAD: The federal government-backed Independent Group has consolidated its influence within the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), securing a majority in the apex regulatory body of lawyers for the next five years in an election that carries far-reaching institutional and political implications. Led by Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and Ahsan Bhoon, Independent Group is a vocal supporter of the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments. Its dominance is also being viewed as a shot in the arm for the nascent Federal Constitutional Court, which is navigating an early phase marked by…

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RT India has taken down a social media post that claimed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was “waiting to meet” Russian President Vladimir Putin, conceding that the claim “may have been a misrepresentation of events”. In a clarification issued late on Friday night, the outlet said: “We deleted an earlier post about Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif waiting to meet Vladimir Putin at the Peace and Trust forum in Turkmenistan. The post may have been a misrepresentation of the events.” According to Indian media reports, the original RT India post had…

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