Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Protests have erupted in Parachinar, the headquarters of Kurram district, as residents demand the reopening of roads closed for two weeks. The main Peshawar-Kurram and other roads have been shut down, causing severe difficulties for locals, including shortages of medicines, food and fuel. According to Kurram Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Mehsud, the roads
ISLAMABAD: Unknown people riding four Vigos opened fire on three police vans in which 82 PTI workers and three MPAs were being shifted from Islamabad to Attock jail on Friday afternoon, police said. After the armed attack at the Sangjani toll plaza, the three MPAs Anwer Zeb, Liaquat and Yasir Qureshi and a number of
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Thursday demanded that a committee headed by the minister for interior be constituted for looking into demands of the Pakhtuns Peace Jirga which were related to the federal government. Such a committee must include representatives from all the government and opposition political parties and the chief minister of KP.
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ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee formed under the 26th constitutional amendment on Tuesday picked Justice Yahya Afridi as the next chief justice of Pakistan. At its maiden session to select the chief justice from among the three senior-most judges of the apex court, the list sent by the outgoing CJP was presented. However, members belonging to
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ISLAMABAD: The Senate and National Assembly on Sunday night passed the 26th constitutional amendment bill with two-third majority. The bill needed a two-third majority in the Senate – 64 members. The chair, who belongs to the PPP, an ally of the PML-N government, did not join the voting. After the passage of the bill clause
