Pakistan reckons with possible political void as experts say election timing uncertain

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Country is supposed to hold elections in 90 days, bringing an interim government to an end amid a sharp economic downturn Pakistan is facing another period of political tension as questions swirl around a forthcoming election, supposedly in three months, that will end the caretaker government. The elections, which experts tell The National are at risk of delay, will usher in a government that will have to chart a course for a country that has suffered 20 per cent annual inflation, worsening terrorist violence and devastating floods that killed nearly 2,000 and caused at least $15 billion worth of damage last year. To pave the way for general...

12 June

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PHC rejects Edwardes College principal’s review plea

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PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday rejected review petition filed by the principal of historical Edwardes College Peshawar, challenging last month’s judgment of the court of declaring the college a nationalised educational institution governed by a government constituted Board of Governors (BoG). The bench of Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Mohammad Nasir Mahfooz pronounced the order after preliminary hearing of the petition of Principal retired Brigadier Nayyar Firdous, who claimed that he was necessary party to the case and was not heard by the court while pronouncing the judgment on October 1. The high court had on October 1...

11 June

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Peshawar high court strikes down law on retirement age increase

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government act of increasing retirement age of government servants from 60 to 63 years by amending the civil servants law. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar accepted 10 petitions filed by lawyer Shabina Noor and people from other walks of life against the KP Civil Servants (Amendment) Act, 2019, through which the relevant provision of law was amended to increase the retirement age. The bench pronounced a short order after the completion of arguments by lawyers for the petitioners and provincial advocate...

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Pakistan reckons with possible political void as experts say election timing uncertain

PHC rejects Edwardes College principal’s review plea

Peshawar high court strikes down law on retirement age increase