By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the federal cabinet decided on Wednesday that Babar Awan, the counsel of President Asif Ali Zardari, would present five questions of law before the Supreme Court on Thursday relating to a reference for revisiting the case of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Addressing a press conference after the cabinet […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a government petition seeking review of an order extending the service of six additional judges of the high courts of Punjab and Sindh. “We are sorry that we are dismissing the review petition,” observed a four-judge bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad […]
By Iftikhar A. Khan and Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The value of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s only declared property remained almost unchanged during 2009-10, but he managed to save more than half a million rupees from his annual salary of less than Rs1 million, the statements of assets and liabilities of members of the National […]
By Khawar Ghumman ISLAMABAD: A special meeting of the federal cabinet decided on Wednesday that Babar Awan, the counsel of President Asif Ali Zardari, would present five questions of law before the Supreme Court on Thursday relating to a reference for revisiting the case of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Addressing a press conference after the cabinet […]
By Nasir Iqbal ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a government petition seeking review of an order extending the service of six additional judges of the high courts of Punjab and Sindh. “We are sorry that we are dismissing the review petition,” observed a four-judge bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad […]
By Iftikhar A. Khan and Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: The value of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s only declared property remained almost unchanged during 2009-10, but he managed to save more than half a million rupees from his annual salary of less than Rs1 million, the statements of assets and liabilities of members of the National […]
By Sohail Khattak KARACHI: Journalists all over the city came together to protest the attack on a TV news reporter and gave the government a two-day deadline to arrest the culprits. Twenty-six-year-old Naveed Kamal was attacked by unidentified men on Tuesday night at Abul Hasan Isphahani road. He was shot in the neck and is […]
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s Co-ordination Committee has strongly condemned the attack on a reporter of a private TV channel and termed it an attempt to curb the freedom of the press. They said that the attack has created a sense of insecurity in the journalist community, a statement said on Wednesday. They demanded of […]
Qadeer Tanoli Karachi: The self-proclaimed King of Djinns, Mahboob Ahmad Khan, has decided that his subjects must be kept up to date with the latest developments and has therefore decided to launch a newspaper that caters to them. Khan, who apart from supposedly ruling the djinns also works as a coordinator at an NGO named […]
By Hanif Khalid ISLAMABAD: US Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen has appreciated the media role of the Jang Group in tremendous manner. In an interview with The News at the residence of US ambassador here on Wednesday, Mullen said that the role of the Jang Group is extremely important with regard to […]
ISLAMABAD: While the Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear today (Thursday) an important writ petition against acting chairman Pemra Dr Jabbar filed by a senior Pemra official Dr Safdar Rehman, the petitioner has been put to immense pressure to withdraw his petition but he has refused. The petition filed by Dr Safdar Rehman and Muhammad […]
LAHORE: International Finance Corporation (IFC) Pakistan in collaboration with New World Concepts arranged 1st Consultative Session for Women on Gender Sensitisation in the field of Alternate Dispute Resolution here on Wednesday evening. The workshop was organised under the Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Project focusing on dialogue targeted at women lawyers, advocates and counsels based in […]
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