♦ Lt-Gen Asim Malik appointed new ISI director general
♦ Supreme Court declares ECP unlawfully denying major political party its recognition: Apex court issues detailed judgment in reserved seats case: Apex court’s Justice Mansoor Ali Shah authored the 70-page verdict: Court regrets remarks made by two judges in their dissenting note as ‘hurting’: Declares PHC) ruling in the case as null and void: ECP decision, dated March 1, 2024, was also in breach of constitution: SC declares section 94 of Election Rules null and void: Court says ECP failed to perform its duties; acted like a party in case: Doubts ECP has power to reject intra-party polls certificate
♦ ECP advised to avoid implementing SC's reserved seats ruling: Legal experts suggest ECP approach SC again to explain complexities following the Election Amendment Act
♦ Judges' Committee to hold first meeting today after Practice and Procedure Ordinance
♦ Imran Khan again asks CJP Isa to recuse himself from cases involving him: Former prime minister files plea to Practice & Procedure Committee
♦ KP accuses Centre of sitting on proposals for regularizing non-custom paid vehicles
♦ Federal govt hikes house rent of its employees by 45%
♦ US envoy Donald Blome visits social enterprise ‘Ghar Par’
♦ US envoy meets Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz
♦ Senior education officers removed from posts after failing test
♦ PTI MPAs in Punjab Assembly engage in physical fight over Lahore rally expenses
♦ International seminar on importance of women in medicine held
♦ Pakistan, China enjoying time-tested relationship, says CM Maryam
♦ KP accuses Centre of sitting on proposals for regularizing non-custom paid vehicles
♦ President, PM felicitate Sri Lanka’s president-elect on his electoral victory
♦ PM Shehbaz extends greetings on 94th Saudi National Day
♦ Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi lauds Saudi govt for extending support in crucial times
♦ CTD registers FIR of Malam Jabba bomb blast
♦ DSP Tarnol Ansar removed due to inefficiency
♦ Pakistani rupee scores another gain against US dollar in interbank
♦ Bike-riding girl student dies after crushed by bus at Nawaz Sharif University
♦ Six flights cancelled at Karachi Airport
♦ 50 new dengue cases reported in Punjab
♦ Young man injured by kite string in Lahore
♦ Man, sister shot dead over love marriage in Larkana
♦ Fire causes damage at private hospital in Sialkot
♦ Fire damages several vehicles in Karachi’s Clifton
♦ 3 passengers die as bus collides with tractor-trolley in Layyah
♦ Calls grow for Israel and Hezbollah to step back from all-out war
♦ Zelensky in US to explain war plan to Biden, Harris, Trump