Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti on Monday said that the welfare of lawyers is among the priorities of the government and practical steps are being taken to solve the problems being faced by lawyers in the province. He said this while taking to a joint delegation of members of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) […]
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Pakistan launches 2026 reforms report with 660 changes
The Pakistan Reforms Report 2026 was unveiled in Islamabad, highlighting over 660 institutional reforms implemented in the past year to strengthen transparency, efficiency, and digital governance across federal institutions. The launch ceremony emphasized long-term systemisation over ad hoc decision-making. Federal Minister Dr. Musadik Malik said roughly 35 percent of the reforms focused on digitisation, including […]
Punjab Prisons Overcrowded Beyond Limit, Says Hamid Mir
Breathing space has run out in Punjab’s jails, as the province has broken all previous records of overcrowding. According to senior journalist Hamid Mir’s post on X (formerly Twitter), Punjab has 45 prisons with a total capacity of 38,000 inmates — but the number of prisoners has now exceeded 70,000. سانس لینا بھی مشکل ۔پنجاب […]
Parliament dragging its feet on improving justice system: CJP
Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Saturday regretted that the justice system is ‘unfortunately’ not among government’s priorities and the parliament seems to be dragging its feet on acting swiftly to address imbalances and deficiencies in the judiciary. “Provision of justice is not just the judiciary’s job, the legislature has to do its part as […]