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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has served a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for delaying provincial elections in Punjab province until 8 October. During the hearing, the court ordered the government and the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to guarantee that the election would be both peaceful and transparent. Meanwhile, an ECP […]
Pakistan’s top court has accused the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of obstructing orders from the Supreme Court. The comments came during a hearing into a petition lodged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, which was challenging the ECP’s decision to delay the Punjab Assembly elections until 8 October due to fears over national security. Barrister […]
The governor of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Haji Ghulam Ali, has requested a delay in holding provincial elections scheduled for 28 May, citing concerns about terrorist attacks, as well as difficulties related to the ongoing census and a lack of security officials. Speaking to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Ali also suggested consultation with stakeholders including […]
Designer DNA drugs have been used to restore the loss of the protein stathmin-2 to its normal levels in the cell nuclei of mice. Stathmin-2 is a vital protein in the maintenance of connections between neurons and muscle fibres, crucial to movement and contraction. In up to half of all Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has constituted a nine-member larger bench, led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, to hear a suo motu matter regarding the announcement of date to hold elections for Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assemblies. This follows a petition filed by Ghulam Mehmood Dogar and a division bench’s warning that there was an […]
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has taken suo motu notice of the delay in conducting polls in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and has formed a nine-member bench to oversee the issue. The bench includes Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali […]
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has taken suo motu notice of the delay in conducting elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The CJP has constituted a nine-member bench to hear the case tomorrow (Thursday) at 2pm. Previous PTI governments had dissolved their assemblies before the expiry of their five-year mandated term on […]
