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Ministry of Law on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari has filed a reference in the Supreme Court, seeking guidelines from the apex court over the procedures of the appointment of the judges in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Under Article 186 of the Constitution, the president may refer any question of public importance […]
In what appeared to be a shocking development, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a notification allowing President Asif Ali Zardari and governors of four provinces to take part in election campaigns. According to the notification issued by the commission, the president and the governors have been removed from the list of […]
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari will visit the United Kingdom (UK) to meet Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old peace activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban. The young peace activist is being treated at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Officials of the Foreign Office declared the visit as an extraordinary move by President […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has inked a presidential reference seeking guideline from the Supreme Court over the procedure of the appointment of the judges. According to Law Minister Farooq H. Naek, the president asked for the advice from the apex court under the Article 186 of the constitution. The reference would be filed tomorrow […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the international community to help Pakistan economically as it is fighting a war against terror left behind in Afghanistan by the world community. Addressing members of the Overseas Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industries in Islamabad, the president pointed out that the European Union has granted Preferential Market […]
The Sindh Assembly on Thursday adopted a condemnation resolution against construction of Kalabagh Dam and political leaders’ statements in its favor. The resolution was tabled by PPP’s Imran Zafar Laghari when the house met with Speaker Nisar Khuhro in chair. MPA Sikandar Mendro said they condemned those who support Kalabagh dam. Later, a two-hour […]
Pakistani Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, raised the issue of drone attacks with the U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Richard G. Olson, in a meeting in the backdrop of Saturday’s attack on the country’s North Waziristan tribal region, the Prime Minister’s office said. The U.S. spy aircraft fired missiles on a house near Mir Ali, […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to cancel the licenses of CNG stations that are not willing to get their accounts audited. A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Jawad S Khawaja resumed the hearing of a case pertaining to the price of […]
There is no let up in U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions and in a latest attack early Thursday, an American spy aircraft fired missiles into North Waziristan and killed at least four people, a tribal elder in the region said. Malik Mumtaz told The News Pakistan from Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan, […]
Rejecting the new local government law in Sindh, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chief Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday stated that this was an attempt to separate the province. He said his party would solve problems of Sindh after coming to power. People of Sindh are being subjected to discrimination and LG Ordinance was tantamount to […]
Rejecting a request submitted by the CNG station owners seeking an increase in the price of per kilogram price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the Supreme Court sought records pertaining to the details of their tariff accounts. A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja resumed hearing of the […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to verify voters in Karachi by conducting a door-to-door check with the help of the army and the frontier constabulary. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had reserved its verdict on November 28 over […]
