Politics & Courts Correspondent
Hamza Qureshi
Stories by Hamza Qureshi
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Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceUS congressmen meet CDF Munir at GHQ on defence, trade ties
Two US House members met Field Marshal Asim Munir in Rawalpindi, discussing regional security, defence cooperation and expanded economic and trade engagement.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan tells global watchdog polio eradication within reach
Pakistan told the Independent Monitoring Board that poliovirus transmission has narrowed to high-risk areas, but warned insecurity in southern KP remains the biggest hurdle.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceAJK police, JAAC clash in Rawalakot as polling begins
Clashes erupted in Rawalakot between police and the proscribed JAAC as AJK's first phase of legislative assembly polling concluded, with disputed casualty claims.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePTI to move court for permission to hold August 5 protest
PTI leaders said they will approach the courts for permission to hold their planned August 5 protest after Lahore's deputy commissioner did not respond to their request.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan issues glacial flood warning as Gilgit-Baltistan stays cut off
Pakistan warned that accelerating snowmelt could trigger glacial lake outburst floods in its northern mountains through early August, as key roads stayed severed.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan arrests facilitator of foreign-funded digital propaganda network
Law enforcement agencies arrested a suspect accused of running a foreign-funded digital propaganda network that targeted Pakistan's institutions, officials said.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceCourt clears PM Shehbaz, ministers in Nov 26 crackdown complaint
An Islamabad sessions court dismissed PTI's private complaint over the November 2024 protest crackdown, clearing PM Shehbaz Sharif and senior ministers.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceMonsoon death toll across Pakistan climbs to 72 as rivers rise
At least 72 people have died in monsoon-related incidents since late June, disaster officials said, as heavy rain pushed rivers higher across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceMonsoon flows swell Pakistan's rivers as Tarbela spillways opened
Heavy monsoon rain and upstream releases pushed Pakistan's major rivers higher on 20 July, triggering fresh flood alerts as officials operated Tarbela Dam's spillways.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceForty new life-saving medicines stuck as Pakistan delays price approval
Around 40 registered medicines, including the cancer immunotherapy pembrolizumab, cannot be legally sold in Pakistan because the federal government has not approved their prices.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceCanada's foreign minister makes first Pakistan visit in 20 years
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand met Pakistani leaders in Islamabad, backing Pakistan's US-Iran diplomacy and announcing over $47 million in aid and security initiatives.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan cyber agency summons Imran Khan's sister Noreen Niazi
Pakistan's cybercrime agency accused Noreen Niazi of spreading false and inflammatory social media content and ordered her to appear before it on 20 July.