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It’s unconstitutional to write letter to Swiss authorities: Kaira

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has made it clear that he hadn’t said the government will not write the letter to the Swiss authorities against President Asif Ali Zardari. He, however, said that the government’s stance was that writing letter was unconstitutional until Asif Ali Zardari holds office of the presidency. […]

Supreme Court to indict Malik Riaz for contempt on July 16

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday has announced that it will indict Malik Riaz, the property tycoon and former chairman of Bahria Town, on July 16 in the contempt of court case. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan while hearing the contempt of court case against the business […]

Judiciary won’t accept unconstitutional move; says Chief Justice

In a clear warning to the government, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the judiciary will not tolerate any unconstitutional steps taken by the executive or legislature. Addressing the Balochistan High Court (BHC) Association, the chief justice said that only rule acceptable was that of law and the Constitution. He observed, “Judiciary has […]

President Zardari endorses contempt of court bill

Islamabad: (Thursday, July 12, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari here today signed the contempt of court bill 2012. After his signature, the bill has become a law, said the presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar. After both the upper and lower houses of the parliament had approved the bill with majority support, the only hurdle on the […]

Pakistan ready to resolve all issues with India; says Hina Rabbani Khar

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan was willing to resolve all disputes with India, particularly Siachen and Sir Creek. While speaking to an Indian media outlet she observed, “If you look at may be some of the disputes that we have. We have Sir Creek, we have Siachen…Pakistan has already made it […]

Imran Khan says no future of Pakistan in presence of feudal class

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Thursday said that there was no future of the country if the people didn’t defeat feudal class. He observed, “This is that class, I tell the people of Pakistan, which if not defeated then this country will have no future”. Commenting about the recently passed Contempt of Court […]

Memo Commission didn’t declare Hussain Haqqani traitor: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has made it clear that the Memo Commission didn’t declare former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani a traitor. A nine-member bench of the apex court with Justice Shakirullah Jan resumed the hearing of the case, asking his counsel to file plea seeking exemption from attending hearings. The commission […]

Militants kill nine cops in Lahore

Unidentified gunmen stormed into a private hostel of policemen in Lahore where they were sleeping, killing at least nine cops and injuring another nine. In fresh wave of militancy in Punjab, it was second attack in three days on security personnel that raises fears in the provincial metropolis. Lahore has been largely peaceful over the […]

Contempt of Court bill sails thru Senate

In an apparent bid to save the new prime minister from disqualification, the Senate passed a bill that would exempt senior government figures from contempt of court proceedings, brushing aside severe criticism from opposition as well as treasury benches. It is vital to mention here that the bill had already been passed by the National […]

Local Government could have averted the Balochistan crisis: CJ Iftikhar

Quetta: (Wednesday, July 11, 2012) Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who is in Quetta these days to here the missing persons case along with the suo moto notice on law and order situation in Balochistan, said here today that the problems Baloch people facing these days could have been amicably resolved had there been a […]

Federal Cabinet decides uniform loadshedding across Pakistan

In what appeared to be another claim by Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, the Federal Cabinet on Wednesday approved uniform loadshedding across the country. The meeting held with the premier in the chair decided that all provinces will face an equal amount of power outages. The meeting, however, decided that there will be no loadshedding […]

Another IT prodigy in Pakistan; World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional

Without any doubt, Pakistan is full of genius minds and they can overcome in every field of life if given chances. Following on the footsteps of Arfa Karim Randhawa, who became Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) at the age on nine, another eight-year-old Pakistani Shafay Thobani reportedly became world’s youngest Microsoft Certified. Shafay, who was born […]

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