Premier Shehbaz joins British High Commission’s celebration of King Charles’ birthday Lauds monarch’s ‘infinite energy’ and ‘unwavering commitment to global causes’ Recalls coronation ceremony and personal call from His Majesty Invites King Charles...

Top SC judges step down in protest as 27th Amend enacted into law

Justices Mansoor Ali Shah and Athar Minallah resign, citing threats to judicial independence after enactment of amended law Former AGP Makhdoom Ali Khan...

CJP convenes full court meeting tomorrow amid rising concerns among judges over 27th Amendment

Justice Salahuddin Panhwar becomes third judge to request deliberation on amendment as justices Shah and Minallah resigned in protest Full court to examine...

President Zardari signs ‘contentious’ 27th Amendment into law amid widespread debate

27th Amendment becomes law after Presidential assent following Cabinet’s approval and parliamentary passage Changes to Article 243 reshape military command and introduce new...

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...

Islamabad blast

Hardly had the attack on the Wana Cadet College been foiled, with all the attackers neutralized and the staff and students all saved, that a blast at the G-8...

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...

The burden of promise

In the complex arena of global affairs, a nation’s true legacy is measured not just by its achievements on the world stage, but by how those successes transform the...

Pakistan’s principled stance on Palestine 

The Palestine issue remains one of the world’s most enduring and emotionally charged conflicts, rooted in decades of displacement, occupation, and political struggle since Israel’s establishment in 1948 and...

Above International Law

A law is that kind of substance that is obligatory to maintain properly, even if it is international law. A wholly recognized member of the United Nations should have been bound to...