<p>ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Wednesday ruled that earlier Supreme Court (SC) and Islamabad High Court (IHC) decisions that led to the demolition of Monal Restaurant and other commercial establishments within Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) constituted an exceptional transgression of judicial power, resulting in a “grave miscarriage of justice”.</p> <p>The SC had ordered the closure of Monal and the adjacent La Montana restaurant on August 21, 2024, and they wer

<p>LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on a petition seeking the registration of a case against Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for allegedly making a controversial statement about security personnel.</p> <p>Fazl made the statement during a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://x.com/juipakofficial/status/2076219565726372255">recent party rally</a>

Security forces foiled on Thursday an attempted suicide attack targeting a military post in the Kari Kot area of Lower South Waziristans Wana, killing four terrorists, sources said. According to security sources, the terrorists tried to attack the...

<p><strong>• No untoward incident reported in Poonch, Sudhnoti<br>• Thousands gather at Rawalakot’s Eidgah Ground ahead of march<br>• JAAC says it wrote to army chief after concerns failed to reach him through official channels<br>• AJK home secretary says coordinated campaigns carried out on social media to incite people</strong></p> <p>MUZAFFARABAD: The proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) on Wednesday deferred for one week its planned long march on Muzaffarabad after back-

<p>KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday said the amount allocated to provinces under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award had declined this year because the provinces contributed a portion of their share to support the federal government.</p> <p>“Despite reduced financial resources, every effort had been made to ensure that provincial development projects and grants remained unaffected,” he said while addressing a ceremony organised by the Korangi Association

<p>PESHAWAR: A house fire in the Tehkal Payan area of Peshawar killed a couple and their four children on Thursday, Rescue 1122 said.</p> <p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmed Faizi told <em>Dawn</em> that the rescue service received the report of the fire at around 2:30am.</p> <p>After reaching the site of the incident, it took the rescue team 45 minutes to bring the fire under control.</p> <p>The team recovered the bodies of six people from a room during its search ope

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission Board on Friday approved the signing of a transaction advisory services agreement (TASA) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the outsourcing of operations of Islamabad International Airport.</p> <p>In February, the board formed a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1974297">negotiation committee</a> to engage with the ADB and discuss terms for a financial advisory services agreement. This committee would undertake negotiations and submit recommenda

<p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Friday urged the National Assembly speaker and the Senate chairman to convene a meeting for deciding on a single bill for lawmakers’ privileges.</p> <p>His remarks come after the KP Assembly passed the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013735/kp-enacts-new-law-to-raise-mpas-privileges">KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026</a> on April 30. The law expanded provincial assembly members’ powers and immunities,

<p>Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Friday stated that a total of 75 terrorists had been killed since July 5 in various intelligence-based operations in the province.</p> <p>In a post on social media platform X, CM Bugti said: “Operation Shaban is progressing successfully following the terrorist attack on Mangi Dam Police Station.”</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet' data-original-src='https://x.com/paksarfrazbugti/statu

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called on Iran and all other parties involved in the Middle East conflict to <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2014275/iran-launches-attacks-on-us-military-bases-after-american-strikes-gulf-conflict-escalates-dawn">exercise restraint</a> and not jeopardise the “hard-earned peace gains” achieved over the past few months following an escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.</p> <p>Efforts to end the Middle East war have suffered a setbac