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The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday directed the authorities to resume the mobile service in Karachi immediately. The SHC gave the order during the hearing of suo motu case pertaining the ban of motorcycle riding in Karachi announced by the interior ministry of Pakistan. Earlier, the government suspended the mobile services Karachi […]
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the Supreme Court reserved the judicial authority to take notice of any issue, adding that the judiciary was a role model for other state institutions. Addressing a full court session, the chief justice said no institution in the country had the right to interfere in another institution’s […]
In what appeared to be an unprecedented move, the Sindh High Court (SHC) revoked a ban on riding motorcycles in Karachi just hours after Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced that the government was banning motorcycles in Karachi and Quetta for one day. The minister banned the motorbikes in view of serious security threats on […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday admitted a petition against intervention from the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on the Reko Diq mining lease dispute for hearing. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary issued notices to all parties […]
In what appeared to be a first incident in the tenure of the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) government, a convict on death row was hanged in Mianwali Jail on Thursday morning. According to the media reports, Muhammad Hussain, an official of the Pakistan army had killed his senior officer Havaldar Khadim Hussain in […]
In what appeared to be a sigh of relief for the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), the Supreme Court on Wednesday withdrew contempt of court notice against Prime Minister Raja Parvez Ashraf in NRO implementation case. Heading the hearing today, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, who penned down the ruling, said that the government complied […]
In quite a shocking statement, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that around 70 per cent of Taliban’s income comes from managing and taxing the illicit drug business. The minister said this while chairing the concluding session of a two-day Regional Ministerial Conference entitled, ‘Counter narcotics, enhancing cooperation for effective coordinated and sustainable narcotics […]
Politicians have come and gone, ousted and exiled, punished and threatened and even killed and hanged, but for the first time in history, Pakistan is close to seeing, for the very first time in its short history as an independent country, that an army general will be held accountable for his crimes against this nation. […]
Renowned business tycoon Malik Riaz on Tuesday said that Arsalan Iftikhar, the son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was a don and was managing things according to his will. Speaking to the media after appearing before the Suddle commission tasked to probe the Arsalan-Riaz saga, he said, “Arsalan will get the same justice […]
Expressing displeasure over the non-appearance of Hussain Haqqani, the Supreme Court asked Asma Jahangir to file a request for obtaining security for her client. The court directed the counsel for Haqqani to guide the Interior Secretary K M Siddiq Akbar as to what kind of security was required by her client, former envoy to […]
Pakistan has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body within the UN system. Pakistan, which had the endorsement of the Asia Group, polled 171 votes, when 97 were required. The United States and Germany won a closely contested race among western nations. In Asia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, South Korea […]
In what appeared to be a brilliant and significant move, President Asif Ali Zardari has signed Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) Bill to repeal fake medicines. According to new bill, stern action would be taken against the druggist involved in preparation of fake and poor quality-medicines. He signed the bill at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr in […]
