Nasir Iqbal

Articles by Nasir Iqbal

New administrative units ‘under serious consideration’

News August 15, 2026

• Top govt functionary thinks discussion could be precursor to proposed 28th Constitutional Amendment• Proposals include bringing Karachi, Gwadar under federal control; splitting Punjab into three...

SC judges’ pay, benefits raised to FCC-level

News August 14, 2026

• Judges’ salaries raised to Rs1.5m per month • Afridi to remain ‘CJP’ until retirement, title will subsequently go to whoever is senior among FCC and SC chief justices ISLAMABAD: ...

Retrospective tax penalties are ‘unlawful’: Supreme Court

Business August 11, 2026

• Says sanctions under ITO 2001 cannot apply to assessments governed by repealed law• Settles conflict between two previous rulings ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that penalties impo...

SC sets aside orders to restore BISP retailer’s blocked ID

Business August 9, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Saturday ruled that a complaint filed by a Point-of-Sale (PoS) agent against the Ben­azir Income Support Programme (BISP) over the blocking of his retailer ID was not ...

SCBA backs call for new provinces, calls it 'step forward' for better governance

News August 7, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) — a premier lawyers’ body — on Friday voiced support for the controversial proposal recently put forward by Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqv...

Imaan Mazari seeks urgent SC hearing against conviction

News August 1, 2026

• Claims IHC failed to follow court’s May 12 directives• Insists delays have kept her behind bars for more than 140 days despite pending appeal ISLAMABAD: Rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari-Haz...

Supreme Court accepts PTI founder’s chamber appeal, orders fixation of case before bench

Health July 31, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday accepted a chamber appeal moved by former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan and ordered early fixation of the case before an apex court bench as ear...

FCC says earlier order in Imran’s release case remains in force

News July 29, 2026

• Defers further hearing until after summer recess• Seeks replies in Radio Pakistan attack case ISLAMABAD: The Federal Consti­tutional Court (FCC) on Tuesday ruled that its earlier direction caut...

No ‘release Imran force’ exists, KP CM tells Federal Constitutional Court

News July 28, 2026

• Sohail Afridi says ‘Imran Khan Rehayi Aman Movement’ is a peaceful, voluntary civic initiative, aimed at raising awareness about due process of law• Terms petition ‘speculative, politicall...

‘Not a matter of surrender or conquest’: SC says it cannot hear NAB cases, transfers them to FCC

News July 24, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday settled a jurisdictional dispute by declaring that it could not hear bail applications in pending National Accountability Bureau (NAB) appeals, and all such pend...