Friday, January 2nd, 2026
Islamabad Local govt polls once again postponed
PM Shehabaz-led meeting greenlights legislation for elections in federal capital on same lines as Punjab Saifullah Ansar/DNA ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet during a meeting headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, approved the postponement of local government elections in Islamabad, the sources said on Friday. During the meeting today, the forum ratified the decisions made on December 3, and December 30, 2025, by the cabinet committee on legislation. The development comes as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had earlier announced holding the local body polls in Islamabad on February 15.Read More
Bangladesh’s national airline ‘receives’ Pakistan’s nod for Karachi–Dhaka direct flights
DHAKA, JUN 2: Direct flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh are set to resume after the federal government granted permission to Bangladesh’s national airline to operate flights between Dhaka and Karachi, sources told Geo News on Friday. Pakistan and Bangladesh have drawn closer in recent months, and this renewed bonhomie appears to have paved the way for the decision to resume direct flight services. Currently, travellers between the two countries rely on connecting flights via Dubai or Doha. The sources said that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) granted approval to theRead More
Pakistan regards Taiwan as inalienable part of China: FO
ISLAMABAD, Jan 2 (DNA): Pakistan on Friday reiterated that it would continue to adhere to the One China Policy and regard Taiwan as an inalienable part of China. Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi, responding to the media queries on developments related to the Taiwan Strait, said that Pakistan and China were iron-clad friends and all-weather strategic cooperative partners. He reiterated Pakistan’s consistent support to China on all matters of its core interests, including Taiwan. “We will continue to adhere to the One-China principle and regard Taiwan as an inalienable partRead More
Adil Raja, Haider Mehdi, others sentenced to two life terms over ‘digital terrorism’
ISLAMABAD, JAN 2 – An anti-terrorism court in the federal capital on Friday awarded multiple life sentences to Adil Raja, Haider Mehdi, Wajahat Saeed, Sabir Shakir and Moeed Pirzada for “committing digital terrorism” in a case related to the May 9, 2023 riots. The verdict, announced by ATC Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra, relates to a case registered at the Aabpara Police Station against Syed Akbar Hussain and journalists Shakir and Pirzada. Whereas Mehdi, Saeed and Shaheen Sehbai were sentenced in a case lodged at the Ramna Police Station. Apart fromRead More
Muslim nations demand immediate Gaza aid, cite harsh winter conditions
ISLAMABAD, JAN 2 /DNA/ – The Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Indonesia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Qatar, the Republic of Türkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, expressed their deepest concern regarding the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, which has been exacerbated by severe, harsh, and unstable weather conditions, including heavy rainfall and storms, and compounded by the continued lack of sufficient humanitarian access, acute shortages of essential life-saving supplies,Read More
Linguistic Analysis of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan’s 2026 State of the Nation Address
Ilyos Rabbimov, CERR CERR Public Relations Service The analysis covers the key thematic and semantic emphases of the President’s speech, the structure of core concepts and their interrelations, priority directions of state policy, as well as the strategic benchmarks for the country’s socio-economic development in 2026. On 26 December 2025, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered his Address to the Oliy Majlis and the people of Uzbekistan. Experts of the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR) conducted a linguistic content analysis of the President’s speech. The analysis was carried out usingRead More