LAHORE, March 26: President Pervez Musharraf has not objected to the release of detained judges on the orders of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, official sources say. “Under the Constitution, the executive authority is with the prime minister and since he has exercised it in ordering the release of the detained judges, the president has […]
KARACHI: Accountant General Sindh Zulfiqar Ali Kadri has said eighteen district accounts offices of Sindh province will be computerised by March 30. This he said at the inaugural ceremony of the computerised payroll and accounts at District Accounts Office Khairpur. The new system of computerised accounting was introduced in 1994.by the Controller General of Accounts […]
LAHORE: The NetSol Technologies Ltd, a multinational provider of IT services, launched the first corporate university of the country on Tuesday. The NetSol Corporate University (NCU) is the first-ever initiative taken by any corporate entity in Pakistan, focusing on management skills to expand its organisational capability. Rehmat Ghauri, the founding member of the NetSol Technologies […]
PESHAWAR, March 25: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani may speak about freedom of the press in his inaugural speech in the parliament, but here in the NWFP government officers have been restricted from leaking official information to the press. “I am directed to refer to … and to state that Rule 38 of the […]
SLAMABAD: Release of deposed judges, including chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, is the first gift of democracy for the people of Pakistan, Justice Javed Iqbal said on Monday. “There is dire need that all the stakeholders should adopt a reconciliatory approach,” he said. The matter of the deposed judges is in parliament and we should […]
ISLAMABAD: PML-N MNA Tehmina Daultana here on Monday said the PPP and the PML-N-led coalition would ensure the independence of judiciary, supremacy of parliament and the freedom of media to transform the country into a social welfare state. She said that her party contested the elections on the basis of the restoration of judges, freedom […]
ISLAMABAD: For us Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has been restored, said members of the civil society who thronged to the CJ House on Monday after the prime minister, soon after getting elected, ordered release of all detained judges in his speech. The whole crowd had the unanimous opinion that it was not […]
ISLAMABAD, March 24: The new National Assembly on Monday elected Makhdoom Yusuf Raza Gilani prime minister by more than two-thirds majority to put a rainbow coalition of President Pervez Musharraf’s opponents in power, which the new leader used immediately to order the release of deposed judges of superior courts kept under detention for over four […]
KARACHI, March 23: A rally was staged at the Regal Chowk here on Sunday to protest against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in Danish newspapers. The rally was organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in its ongoing campaign against what it called, indulgence of western press in blasphemy in the name of press freedom. Addressing the […]
KARACHI, March 22: Karachi University students can get their exam results on cellular phones through a short-messaging service after an agreement inked by the university with an information technology firm. According to the Controller of Examinations, Karachi University, Prof Maqsood Hussain, the university has entered into an agreement with Keyframe Interactive Company whereby students would […]
TOBA TEK SINGH, March 19: Doctors, medics, druggists and locals took out a procession on Wednesday in Gojra to condemn republication of blasphemous caricatures by the Danish media. Medical Superintendent Dr Altaf Pervaiz Qasim and druggists’ association president Mian Abdul Aziz led the demonstration, which started from Fawara Chowk. The participants carrying placards and banners […]
LAHORE – As a mark of solidarity with deposed judges, a large number of lawyers, representatives of civil society and students staged a car rally from Aitzaz Ahsan’s residence to the house of deposed judge of Supreme Court Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday in GOR-I. Hundreds of lawyers, who are observing ‘Black Flag Week’, gathered outside […]
MIANWALI, March 18: Traders observed a complete strike here on Tuesday and the locals rallied to protest the republication of derogatory caricatures by the Danish media and a film regarding desecration of the Holy Quran. Protesters emerged from different parts of the city and gathered at Railway Chowk to participate in the main rally. The […]
LAHORE – Lawyers have called for the release of report prepared by the Lahore High Court on the direction of Supreme Court on the March 17, 2007 police action against the lawyers in the city. The inquiry was conducted by senior judge of the LHC and the report on the same was forwarded to the […]
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