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Daily Archives: November 18, 2012

Government decides to defer two controversial bills

By: Amir Wasim ISLAMABAD: The government will not present two expected bills — the National Accountability Commission Act and Investigation for Fair Trial Act — till the next session of parliament though it earlier was keen to get them adopted during the ongoing session. The reason cited by sources in the law ministry on Saturday […]


Nadra comes out in defence of 4.8m ‘unverified voters’

ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) declared on Saturday that 4.8 million voters registered at their permanent addresses without their consent held a valid and verified identity and termed the call of some parliamentarians for their disenfranchisement unjustified. Such voters include 69 lawmakers, six judges of the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice Iftikhar […]