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Threats to judicial autonomy in Pakistan: Judges accuse ISI of undue interference, indicating a dangerous mix of politics and military in judiciary
The complicit role of the establishment raises serious concerns about its commitment to democracy and accountability. Instead of upholding democratic principles, it appears to be compounding the challenges faced by the judiciary, further eroding the foundations of democracy.
Pakistan: Spy camera in Judges’ bedroom, colleague’s brother-in-law kidnapped, given electric shocks; ISI’s interference in Pak Judiciary
During routine maintenance last year, one of the IHC judges found that his official residence had been bugged with spy cameras by ISI officials.
Pakistan: Schools and colleges shut in capital Islamabad amid threat of a suicide terror attack
Schools and colleges in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, remained shut after police received a threat of a terrorist attack at the education institutions by a terrorist group. As per reports, the Islamabad police received a threat call of a suicide attack.
Pakistan elections: Baloch people are losing rights to contest as their nominations get rejected
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Among those whose nominaion was rejected is President Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) Sardar Akhtar Mengal and other party candidates. Mengal said that there is a well-planned conspiracy behind the same
Pakistan: Baloch people storm Islamabad to protest against ongoing genocide and extra-judicial killings, police resort to harassment and torture
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The Baloch Yakjahti Committee took to social media to share the distressing experience faced by the detained women while urging the Baloch nation to persist in their protests against the treatment of protesters in Islamabad.
“People of Palestine have high expectations from Pakistan”: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh urges ‘brave’ Pakistan to help Gaza against Israel
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said that Pakistan is a brave nation and that it should help the people of Gaza in the war against Israel
Pakistan: Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, workers baton-charged and arrested for planning ‘Gaza March’ outside US embassy without permission
Several leaders and members of Jamaat-e-Islami arrested in Pakistan for planning to stage a protest outside the US embassy in Islamabad
Woman power: Geetika Srivastava to become first woman chargé d’affaires at Indian high commission in Pakistan, Kaziranga National Park to get first woman director
Srivastava hails from the 2005 batch of the Indian Foreign Service. She served in the Indian embassy in China during 2007-09. Dr Sonali Ghosh is the first woman to become field director in KNP's 118 year old history
The marriage of Imran Khan with Bushra Bibi was illegal under Islamic law? Islamabad court summons them both
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Cleric Mufti Muhammad Saeed who conducted the marriage between Imran and Bushra submitted in his statements to court that Khan had married Bushra Bibi during the latter's iddat, despite knowing everything.
Pakistan: Islamabad police attempt to arrest Maulana Abdul Aziz, gets assaulted by burqa-clad female students of madarsa
Maulana Abdul Aziz, an Islamist leader in Pakistan, has consistently been promoting extremist ideologies and has faced numerous accusations related to terrorism.
