Politics & Courts Correspondent

Hamza Qureshi

Stories by Hamza Qureshi

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The Parliament House of Pakistan in Islamabad, photographed from a distance in daylight, with its dome and four minarets rising above an avenue lined with trees.

Pakistan federal cabinet meets Sunday on K-P, parliament sessions set for 13 October, Fazl mediates

Saturday night's presidential and PM House meetings agreed separate National Assembly and Senate sessions on Tuesday, with JUI-F's Fazlur Rehman offering to mediate.

Brick campus buildings with arched windows at the International Islamic University Islamabad, seen behind a bed of green shrubs.

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Student's death in fake US university admission fraud prompts FIA case

Pakistan's FIA has booked two suspects over a fake US university admission fraud that a family says cost about Rs7 million, after the death of IIUI gold medallist Laiba Ijaz.

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PTI terms Centre's KP emergency plan an 18th Amendment violation as long march enters seventh day

PTI on 10 October said the federal emergency plan for 12 KP districts breaches provincial autonomy, as the long march reached Charsadda on day seven.

A nuclear power station on the shore of a large lake, with a domed containment building, low turbine buildings and steam rising under a clear sky.

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IAEA finds Pakistan's nuclear security regime robust in first IPPAS review

The IAEA's first physical-protection review of Pakistan concluded on 9 October 2026, finding a robust nuclear security regime and recommending further improvements.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet parked on a tarmac, seen from the front-left with its canopy open and a green-and-white tail flash.

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Pakistan rejects NYT report that PAF jets are striking Houthis

Pakistan's Information Ministry on 8 October 2026 rejected as 'fake and fabricated' a New York Times report that PAF aircraft were being used against Yemen's Houthis.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, photographed at night from the air, its tiered roofline lit against the sky and the surrounding gardens and access roads in shadow.

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FCC sets Bushra sentence plea for 14 Oct, Marwat-Afridi challenge for 15 Oct

The FCC fixed Bushra Bibi's plea to suspend her Al-Qadir sentence for 14 October and Marwat's petition challenging Sohail Afridi's KP CM election for 15 October.

Close-up portrait of Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, a white-haired, white-bearded man wearing a dark suit and a clerical collar, photographed indoors in front of a sign.

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Vatican foreign minister to make first visit to Pakistan

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See's foreign minister, begins the first visit of its kind to Pakistan on 8 October, with interfaith harmony and 75 years of ties in focus.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, a pale-stone structure with a stepped geometric facade and a flag on the roof, seen across a road with green trees and flower beds in the foreground.

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Supreme Court bars forced khula, recognises shiqaq as divorce ground

The Supreme Court held that a family court cannot turn a woman's cruelty-based divorce plea into khula without her consent, and recognised shiqaq as a separate ground.

The Indus River flowing through a rocky valley near Skardu under a bright sky, with shallow water spreading over the riverbed in the foreground.

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Dar tells Vienna symposium any Indian bid to cut Pakistan's water share would have 'serious implications'

At the Vienna water symposium on 6 October 2026, Dar said any Indian move to curb Pakistan's IWT share would carry serious regional implications and cited the PCA award.

Daytime panorama of the Manama skyline in Bahrain, showing high-rise towers along the waterfront.

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Bahrain FM arrives in Islamabad for third Pakistan-Bahrain Joint Ministerial Commission

Bahrain's FM Al Zayani arrived in Islamabad on 7 October for a two-day visit and the third session of the Pakistan-Bahrain JMC with DPM/FM Ishaq Dar, the FO says.

Head-and-shoulders official portrait of Faisal Karim Kundi, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, wearing a dark pinstripe suit and a patterned blue tie against a white background.

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KP chief minister calls governor's security meeting 'unconstitutional' as governor's-rule fears rise

KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi told his cabinet on 7 October 2026 that Governor Faisal Karim Kundi's 6 October security meeting was an 'attack on the Constitution'.

Portrait photograph of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif in 2026.

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Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz receives UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour in Muscat

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz received the 2026 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award at World Habitat Day in Muscat on 5 October for the Apni Chhat Apna Ghar housing programme.