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Parliament, the provinces, the parties, the courts and the elections: who holds power in Pakistan and how they use it.
Bilawal urges PTI to rejoin panels, seeks security briefing for parliament
PPP chairman asks opposition leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai to nominate PTI members to the electoral reforms committee and calls for lawmakers to be briefed on Iran and defence pacts.
PTI ties 28th Amendment support to Imran Khan's release
ARY News says the decision came at a seven-hour parliamentary meeting in Islamabad that formed a six-member committee on access to Khan and his medical treatment.
Imran Khan's son accuses government of risking father's life in prison
Sulaiman Khan says the family has not seen or heard from the former prime minister since August, and that a Supreme Court order for treatment at Shifa International remains unimplemented.
Pakistan told to cut blue passports to 25,000 for visa-free deals
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told a parliamentary committee that arrangements with 25 countries should be finalised within six months, but lawmakers disputed the figures.
Naqvi tells Senate JUI-F has crossed a line over NA speech
Interior minister warns the party it will lose state funds, employment and election tickets, drawing protests from opposition senators.
PM, law minister congratulate Independent Group on SCBA victory
The two messages named the group's leaders but gave no seat count, turnout figure or margin, and named no rival panel.
PM says Pakistan, Turkiye to push diplomacy alongside defence build-up
Shehbaz Sharif told a Republic Day event in Islamabad that the Makkah Defence Agreement, signed on August 7, strengthens the two countries' collective deterrence.
PM directs PML-N KP unit to prepare for local government polls
Shehbaz Sharif briefed the party's parliamentary group on the grounds for governor's rule and emergency, a day after the election commission ordered polls in 23 districts.
Sanaullah says amendment may bring AJK, GB into development plans
PM's adviser on political affairs tells Geo News there is no plan to withdraw facilities from AJK, and dismisses Raja Farooq Haider's concerns as a misunderstanding.
NAB names Malik Riaz, Qaim Ali Shah in 18,000-acre Karachi land case
The accountability bureau's Karachi reference names 33 accused and cites exchequer losses of up to Rs783 billion over Malir Development Authority land.
PTI reaffirms Sohail Afridi as K-P chief minister, bars succession talk
The notification says only Imran Khan may name a replacement and stops party meetings on the subject, with the province under governor's rule since October 11.
PTI bars members from debating a replacement for Sohail Afridi
A notification from Barrister Gohar Ali Khan says only Imran Khan can nominate another chief minister, as the party's internal rift becomes public.
Gohar Khan delegation meets Fazlur Rehman, backs NA speech
The declaration issued after the meeting condemns what it calls character assassination of the JUI-F chief by government ministers and seeks access to Imran Khan's sisters in jail.
PTI says Sohail Afridi remains KP chief minister
The party's central secretariat has barred members from discussing any change in the provincial office, weeks after governor's rule was imposed on October 11.
PM forms committee on Gilgit-Baltistan provincial status
Aaj News names Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in the move but gives no composition, terms of reference or timeline, and cites no official notification.
PTI raises alarm over Imran Khan's sister's health in custody
Two Indian news sites carried the party's claim, but neither named the sister, described her condition nor quoted an official, doctor or jail authority.
Islamabad ATC dismisses pre-arrest bail of Bushra Bibi and PTI leaders
The court rejected the pleas of leaders who stayed away from Thursday's hearing, while workers who appeared had their interim bail extended to February 11.
Adviser tells Senate Imran Khan's sister Noreen is well after treatment
Noreen Niazi was shifted from Kot Lakhpat jail to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology for high blood pressure, her lawyer said a day earlier.
Khawaja Asif rejects Fazlur Rehman criticism over Tehran meetings
Defence minister tells National Assembly no defence pact was under discussion in Iran and that Field Marshal Asim Munir went there to push for regional de-escalation
Bilawal presses opposition to engage with parliamentary committees
The PPP chairman also asked Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi to brief the National Assembly and proposed a cross-party committee on electoral reforms.
Asif says Tehran meeting attendance not defence ministry's mandate
The defence minister's reply came after JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman criticised his absence from a Tehran gathering of Makkah Defence Alliance officials.
Supreme Court Bar Association polling opens in Lahore and Peshawar, delayed in Karachi
About 4,634 lawyers are registered to vote for president, secretary, additional secretary and finance secretary in the 2026-27 annual elections.
Qatar gives Iran new war-ending draft as Pakistan co-mediates
Tehran is expected to answer by the end of the week on a seven-day plan of daily confidence-building steps, though an Iranian official called the ideas unacceptable.
Pakistan reopens airspace to Taiwan's airlines until March 2027
The CAA permission, reported by Dawn, reverses a closure imposed under the One China policy that Khawaja Asif confirmed to Bloomberg.
PTI and allies signal support for Fazl's new Charter of Democracy
Opposition parties are weighing a Nov 9 or 10 all-parties conference to agree a joint political roadmap after Fazl told the National Assembly the Constitution had been misused.
Federal Constitutional Court faults Supreme Court bench over decided case
Two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Amin-ud-Khan dismissed the review petitions, holding that the Supreme Court's 28 December 2021 ruling on the Income Support Levy remains undisturbed.
Report says Hindu share of Pakistan's population fell below 2%
The finding, carried by NDTV and an Arabic-language news network, does not name its authors, the years it covers or the data behind it.
Imran Khan's sister Noreen Niazi moved from jail to Lahore cardiac hospital
Her lawyer says the 70-year-old was shifted without the family being told, while PTI sources say blood tests are under way at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
PTI to contest Islamabad local body elections on December 20
The party has told its district and town organisations to file nomination papers in every ward between November 2 and 6, saying it will fight all 125 union council seats.
Justice Munib Akhtar sworn in as acting chief justice
The Supreme Court's senior puisne judge took the oath at a ceremony in Islamabad administered by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, APP reported.