Electoral reforms Updated 12 Nov, 2026 06:36am EDITORIAL: The government’s decision to constitute Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms (PCER), with...
Only Parliament empowered to decide on new provinces: PPP-P Published 11 Nov, 2026 04:31am ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) has reiterated that Parliament is the sole...
PM defends steps in relation to ‘turbulent’ KP Published 14 Oct, 2026 04:31am ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday defended the imposition of emergency and Governor’s Rule in...
NA, Senate may endorse KP emergency, governor’s rule Published 14 Oct, 2026 04:31am ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly and Senate are likely to separately adopt resolutions today (Wednesday) to endorse...
Naqvi tells Senate: There’s no violation of constitution Published 14 Oct, 2026 04:31am ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has defended the imposition of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying no...
Emergency powers and federalism: a constitutional analysis Published 13 Oct, 2026 06:11am Having seen on Sunday the 11th of October that the Cabinet assembled and passed a controversial act of imposing...
Emergency and governor’s rule: KPK at a crossroads Updated 13 Oct, 2026 02:34pm EDITORIAL: With the federal government following through on its threat to impose emergency and governor’s rule on...
Governor’s rule, Emergency imposed on KP Published 12 Oct, 2026 04:45am ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Sunday imposed an emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),...
Constitution & IMF’s benchmarks Published 02 Oct, 2026 05:28am The federal finance secretary has told a parliamentary committee that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants...
Information, upon request Updated 29 Sep, 2026 06:02am EDITORIAL: When the best-performing provincial government in a national assessment complies with only 59 percent of...
Devolved, only on paper? Updated 18 Sep, 2026 05:47am EDITORIAL: It turns out that sixteen years after the 18th Constitutional Amendment transferred major...
Divided below, sovereign above Updated 12 Sep, 2026 07:54am The year is 1858. Undivided India is a patchwork of kingdoms, principalities and districts, and on paper power...
Creation of new provinces: ‘Any decision without consensus would fail to yield positive results’ Published 03 Sep, 2026 07:01am LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party Central Punjab General Secretary Syed Hassan Murtaza said on Wednesday that while the...
Too broke to obey the Constitution Updated 26 Aug, 2026 06:25am EDITORIAL: A federal government struggling to contain expenditure and repeatedly turning to foreign lenders is now...
The matter of constitutional reforms Updated 12 Aug, 2026 07:03am A debate on some large-scale constitutional reforms has been underway since last few weeks when a statement was made...
IHC seeks pending advice for judges’ appointment Published 11 Aug, 2026 04:46am ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court directed the government to explain the constitutional consequences where advice...
Fiscal federalism in Pakistan Updated 11 Aug, 2026 05:47am The World Bank has recently published a report on Strengthening Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan. This report has come...
Presidential delay in judicial appointments: IHC reserves verdict on petition’s maintainability Published 07 Aug, 2026 06:27am ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved its verdict on the maintainability of a petition challenging...
Presidential approval: Petition filed against delay in judicial appointments Updated 06 Aug, 2026 09:21am ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been asked to direct the President to approve the Judicial Commission...
Women’s inheritance rights Updated 26 Jun, 2026 06:23am EDITORIAL: The landmark ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on women’s inheritance rights is a timely...
FCC asserts authority over interpretation of constitution Published 26 Mar, 2026 05:00am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) ruled that the authority of constitutional adjudication now rests...
FCC says it’s not an appellate authority over final SC judgements Updated 05 Mar, 2026 09:13am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has ruled that Article 175E (3) of the Constitution does not grant...
Jurisdiction under Article 199 is discretionary: SC Published 18 Feb, 2026 07:04am ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court declared that the jurisdiction under Article 199 of the Constitution is discretionary...
Constitution does not empower high courts to dispense complete justice or act on compassion: FCC Published 03 Feb, 2026 06:05am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) held that the Constitution does not empower High Courts to ...
Supreme Court says it has appellate jurisdiction over rent, family matters Updated 22 Jan, 2026 07:44am ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court made clear it has appellate jurisdiction over rent and the family matters under Article...
Senate panel decries judicial ‘overreach’ Published 20 Dec, 2025 05:44am ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee Friday expressed serious concerns over what it termed judicial overreach into...
BJP and the merit row in IIOJ&K Published 29 Nov, 2025 02:39am EDITORIAL: Speaking at a Constitution Day event in Poonch on Wednesday, Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Illegally...
Of perks and privileges Updated 26 Nov, 2025 07:11am Let me begin by stating that I had to suppress the temptation to title this article as ‘pomp and splendour’. The...
Federal Constitutional Court to become guardian of constitutionalism: CJ Updated 22 Nov, 2025 07:25am ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court Amin-ud-Din Khan expressed hope that the FCC will ...
ECP decides holding LG polls in ICT immediately Published 19 Nov, 2025 08:09am ISLAMABAD: Declaring a key provision of an act of Parliament as inconsistent with the Constitution and the law, the...