CM Sohail Afridi chairs maiden cabinet session, vows rights-based governance and approves over 50 key decisions Cabinet thumbs up for Inquiry Commission to probe Radio Pakistan Peshawar attack, approves Witness Protection Rules 2025,...

President Zardari accepts resignations of Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah

Judges resign, terming 27th Constitutional Amendment an ‘assault on the judiciary and Constitution’ Justice Mansoor Ali Shah calls the amendment a threat to...

PPP submits no-confidence motion against AJK PM, nominates Rathore as successor

PPP files no-confidence motion in Azad Kashmir Assembly, citing loss of confidence in current sitting PM Motion carries signatures of over 17 AJK...

PHC bars KP govt from employing official vehicles for ‘personal or political use’

Court rules misuse of public resources for political rallies amounts to misconduct and abuse of authority Cites Constitutional Articles 4, 5, and 25...

The dust is not settling

The extent to which the 27th Amendment affected life was to be estimated by how the National Assembly had to pass amendments to the three armed forces acts, and...

27th Amendment

The need felt by the government for further tweaks to the 27th Amendment, which led to its having to go back to the Senate for passage again, shows the...

AI and the risks of modern warfare

In modern battlefields, Artificial Intelligence is increasingly common. In the Russia-Ukraine war, it is used in geospatial intelligence, where AI is employed to trace and analyze open-source information and...

Why we turn away from difficulty

By: Hafiz Muhammad Idrees Butt The human mind is built to avoid pain. It saves energy, seeks comfort, and chooses the path that promises the quickest reward. This instinct helps...

When climate disaster strikes

The devastation during recent floods in Pakistan made the heart cry and the eyes weep. The Pakistani society is in serious grip of climate change. Every passing year increasing...

A double-barrelled change

AT PENPOINT The 27th Amendment didn’t represent so much as a tweak to the Constitution, as a major overhaul, with an attempt to overhaul two institutions, the judiciary and the...