Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Saturday evening transformed its auditorium into a sanctuary of sound, spirituality and scholarship as it hosted “Liqa-e-Ishq – Mystical Musical Colours of Karakoram,” an evocative cultural programme celebrating Pakistan’s rich spiritual and musical heritage. Jointly organised by the Burushaski Research Academy (BRA) and Shan-e-Tajalli, with the patronage of PNCA, the event offered an intellectually engaging and aesthetically immersive exploration of indigenous, folk and Sufi musical traditions. Rooted in the mystical and poetic legacy of renowned Sufi scholar, poet and researcher…

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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers have expressed a complete lack of confidence in the newly-formed city organisation and announced strong protests against it. All PPP groups and social media platforms have launched a campaign opposing the new setup. Senior PPP city worker Ayaz Khan Pappu said the newly appointed city president is a “parachuted” leader with no connection to Rawalpindi. He questioned why the party high command could not find even a single jiyala from Rawalpindi’s 46 union councils to appoint as city president. He said the new president…

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ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary panel has proposed that each MNA be allowed to nominate ten people for Hajj every year. It has also suggested sending a ten-member delegation to Madinah on an official visit every year to offer salutations at the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) mosque. A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Religious Affairs was held on Monday under the chairpersonship of MNA Shagufta Jamani. During the meeting, the committee recommended that a 10-member parliamentary delegation be sent at government expense to present salutations at Roza-e-Rasool (PBUH). The official…

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ISLAMABAD: IInterior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports on Monday, where he formally inaugurated Secure Hybrid Intelligence for Knowledge-Based Response Analytics (Shukra). The state-of-the-art monitoring system has been designed to track passport applications, printing, and departmental performance in real time. As part of the upgrade, a 24/7 Monitoring Room and a Call Centre have been made operational at the DG Immigration and Passports. On the minister’s directives, the system for issuing Emergency Travel Documents has also been fully digitized. The officials briefed the interior minister…

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that promotion is a natural and integral incident of civil service and that every eligible civil servant has a legitimate expectation to be considered for advancement within a reasonable timeframe. The court also held that administrative inefficiency, poor governance or inaction could not be used to deny lawful service rights, as it restored the promotion of a civil servant from the date of the first Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) meeting held in 2012. A three-member bench comprising Justice Ayesha A Malik, Justice Muhammad Hashim…

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has laid down a definitive legal principle on tenancy, ruling that after the death of a property owner, legal heirs automatically become the rightful owners and no new rent agreement is required. The court further held that depositing rent in the name of a deceased landlord does not constitute a valid legal payment. Upholding the Sindh High Court’s decision, the ape court maintained the eviction order against tenants, directing them to vacate the shops and hand over possession to the legal heirs within 60 days. The…

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has deferred a final decision on participating in next month’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India, keeping the option of a partial or symbolic boycott open after Bangladesh’s withdrawal over security concerns triggered a widening diplomatic and sporting fallout. The PCB delayed the call by up to a week following consultations between PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, as Islamabad weighs its response to the ICC’s decision to replace Bangladesh with Scotland at short notice. In a post on X…

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ISLAMABAD: A proposal to end dual citizenship for members of the bureaucracy gained momentum on Monday after a parliamentary panel voted in favour of abolishing the practice, with lawmakers also calling for the restriction to be extended to judges. During a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on the Cabinet Secretariat, chaired by Ibrar Ahmed, members backed the proposal to bar civil servants from holding dual nationality. The committee members argued that if parliamentarians were constitutionally prohibited from holding dual citizenship, the same standard should apply to senior state…

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