Pakistan has one of the largest written constitutions in the world and yet it is silent about certain rights, specifically the rights of a dead human being - writes Hafiz Muhammad Azeem, a high court advocate.
After years of requesting "meaningful and unfettered" access to China's far-western Xinjiang region, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is set to begin her visit before the end of this month.
In today's hearing, Justice Minallah observed that a person who has been convicted could not hold public office. Therefore, Hanif Abbasi has been temporarily stopped by IHC from performing his duties as SAPM.
International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $114.25 per barrel at 0619 GMT for a 0.47% decrease after closing the previous session at $114.79 a barrel.
Decades of dependence on US financial support have rendered Pakistan a very fragile country, where its economy remains perilous and fails to infuse confidence domestically or abroad.
Jacobabad in Pakistan's arid Sindh province is in the grip of the latest heatwave to hit South Asia -– peaking at 51 degrees Celsius (124 Fahrenheit) at the weekend.
The spike, exacerbated by fertiliser shortages and poor harvests, has fuelled inflation globally and raised fears of famine and social unrest in poorer countries.
As Pakistan witnesses an uptick in attacks by TTP, there are reports claiming that a military delegation from Pakistan traveled to Afghanistan to negotiate peace talks with TTP.
PML-N used PTI's "economic incompetence" as one of the reasons for bringing in the vote of no-confidence against Imran Khan. However, now the PML-N government finds itself in a similar situation.
