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Hamza Qureshi

Hamza Qureshi covers Pakistan's federal and provincial politics for KhabarWire: Parliament, the courts, the Election Commission and the parties, working from official records, court documents and Pakistan's newspapers of record.

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A wide, tree-lined avenue in Islamabad with a blue road sign pointing towards the Supreme Court of Pakistan and hills in the distance.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

K-P emergency challenged in Federal Constitutional Court as PHC sets 10 November hearing

A Lahore lawyer asked the Federal Constitutional Court to void K-P's emergency and governor's rule, while the Peshawar High Court issued notices and set a 10 November hearing.

Pakistan's Parliament House in Islamabad at night, its facade covered in strings of red, green and white lights around a central illuminated Urdu sign.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Senate bill lets former lawmakers keep blue passports after partial terms

The Senate approved a bill allowing former MPs and senators to retain official blue passports even if they served only part of a term. The National Assembly must still approve it.

A sandstone court building with a central dome, columns and arched windows, seen across a paved courtyard with pigeons in the foreground.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Sindh cabinet to publish Mir Raza report that found murder and police failure

Sindh's cabinet decided to publish the Mir Raza Ali inquiry report after it found he was murdered and police mishandled the investigation, recommending a JIT and FIA inquiry.

A wide view of the Quaid-i-Azam University campus in Islamabad, with academic buildings set against green slopes and a partly cloudy sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PM Shehbaz inaugurates Daanish School Kuri in Islamabad

PM Shehbaz Sharif on 18 October 2026 opened Daanish School Kuri and said the network has more than 40,000 students and 28 schools under construction.

Schoolgirls in pink uniforms read textbooks at wooden desks inside a government primary-school classroom in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with light falling through the open doorway.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

K-P launches province-wide identification of unsafe school buildings four days after Peshawar collapse

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Advisory Council for Education says the process of identifying unsafe school buildings across the province has begun, four days after a Peshawar roof collapse.

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777 on the apron at Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore, the carrier's narrow wide-body jet under a clear sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PM defends K-P emergency as 'compulsion' after 48-hour talks failed

PM Shehbaz on Saturday said the K-P emergency became a compulsion after 48-hour federal–PTI talks collapsed, with Nawaz backing it from London.

A wide landscape view of Kumrat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa showing forested hills and the river plain under a clear sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan notifies 48-member Area Development Council for 12 K-P districts

Pakistan's federal cabinet on Saturday notified 48 ARDC members from 12 K-P districts under governor's rule, naming Shaukatullah Khan of Bajaur as chair.

The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court inaugurating the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy's radio station, with officials seated behind a microphone.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Peshawar High Court fixes October 20 to hear PTI plea against K-P emergency and governor's rule

The Peshawar High Court has fixed 20 October to hear PTI's petitions challenging the emergency and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Gentleman Cadets of the Pakistan Army on parade at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul, with rows of cadets in ceremonial uniform visible across the parade ground.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan's nuclear commander warns of 'cross-border aggression' at PMA Kakul passing-out parade

CNSC Gen Aamer Raza told PMA Kakul cadets on 17 October that Pakistan will not tolerate cross-border aggression and warned of consequences in a nuclearised environment.

A red-brick boundary wall and white metal gate of a government English-medium primary school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a school signboard mounted above the gate.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Peshawar school collapse: FIR names owners and contractor as K-P orders safety inspections

Police charged the owners and contractor of the Peshawar school where a roof collapse killed more than 30 children, as K-P ordered province-wide school safety inspections.

Wide shot of the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, a long horizontal modernist facade with a central dome, set behind trees on a clear day.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Justice Munib Akhtar sworn in as acting Chief Justice of Pakistan

On 15 October 2026 Justice Munib Akhtar, the Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, took oath as acting Chief Justice in Islamabad.

The exterior of the Election Commission of Pakistan headquarters in Islamabad, a low-rise building behind a wide gate, photographed in 2013.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

ECP rejects Punjab plea to delay local government polls until April 2027

The Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 October 2026 rejected Punjab's request to push local government polls to April 2027, ordering immediate election schedules.