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Iftikhar A. Khan

Articles by Iftikhar A. Khan

ECP warns KP, Islamabad again over delays in local govt polls

News July 7, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday again warned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the federal authorities against delaying local government (LG) elections, directing t...

30pc of MNAs record ‘perfect attendance’ in National Assembly budget session; 2pc skip all

News July 2, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Ninety-nine members of the National Assembly, or 30 per cent of the House, attended all 15 sittings of the 28th session, while six MNAs, or 2pc, did not attend any sitting, a Free and Fair ...

South Asian leaders urged to choose ‘talks over hostility’

News July 1, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Over one hundred civil society representatives from Pakistan and India have jointly appealed to the two prime ministers to take “meaningful and sustained” steps to restore peace, dialog...

ECP reserves verdict on suspension of Senate by-poll schedule for Murad Saeed’s seat

News June 30, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its verdict in a case regarding the suspension of the schedule for a Senate by-election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The ECP had post...

FBR stonewalls Senate panel on tobacco tax data; FIA to probe Badshah Wazir case

News June 29, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) failed to provide the required data to a Senate sub-committee on Monday, prompting the panel to seek a comprehensive 20-year record of tobacco tax collect...

Senate ends fuel conservation, austerity measures after fuel prices ease

News June 20, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Secretariat has terminated all “Fuel Conservation and Additional Austerity Measures” with immediate effect and will return to a regular five-day work week with full staff str...

Pakistan to fully shift to e-passports

Business June 19, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to phase out machine-readable passports and switch fully to e-passports, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced on Friday, saying the move will offer advanced s...

FBR tells Senate panel tobacco tax theft is Rs40bn, not $1bn

Business June 19, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday told a Senate sub-committee that estimated tax theft in the tobacco sector is around Rs40 billion annually — far below the government’s pu...

Muharram gatherings, processions to be digitally monitored through drones in Islamabad

News June 18, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Muharram processions and gatherings will be monitored digitally through drones while geo-tagging of all imambargahs, majalis venues and procession routes has been completed, according to an...

PPP lawmaker calls for separate South Punjab province in Senate

News June 17, 2026

ISLAMABAD: As senators from the treasury and opposition traded accusations during Wednesday’s budget debate in the Senate, PPP Senator Rana Mahmoodul Hassan demanded a separate South Punjab province...