LAHORE (PPI): “The Jamat-ulDawa (JD) Pakistan in order to systemize the protest against reprinting of derogatory caricatures by Danish and other European countries’ newspapers has announced to gear up campaign for contacting the religious and political parties under which meetings, processions and seminars would be held all over the country. The new government would be […]
LAHORE, Feb 27: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday observed that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) could announce results of the constituencies, where contestants seek re-polling on grounds of irregularities, subject to the final decision of the cases pending before it. The court observed that the re-polling could be ordered if allegations or irregularities […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Mohammad Farooq has appointed election tribunals for Sindh and Balochistan to hear petitions. Justice Azizullah M. Memon, Justice Yasmin Abbasey, Justice Ali Sain Dino Metlo, Justice Syed Mahmood Alam Rizvi, Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan, Justice Pir Ali Shah, Justice Arshad Noor Khan and Justice Dr […]
KARACHI, Feb 27: The women wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami Karachi and members of the Diocese of Karachi Church held separate demonstrations on Wednesday at the Karachi Press Club against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in Denmark newspapers. The participants of the demonstrations, holding banners and placards, called upon the United Nations to frame laws to […]
KARACHI (February 28 2008): The Election Commission of Pakistan is all set to issue notification of final results on March 2, 2008. “We would issue the notification of final results within a couple of days…on March 2,” Provincial Election Commissioner Chaudri Qamr-uz-Zaman told Business Recorder here on Wednesday. He said issuance of the notification was […]
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan Justice (retd) Malik Qayyum says the Supreme Court’s dismissal of petitions against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) has no political connotations. “It is not meant to send any goodwill message to the beneficiaries of the NRO,” he told The News after the apex court order on Wednesday. However, political analysts […]
ISLAMABAD: Thomas George Houlahan, a senior fellow with Center for Security and Science, on Washington said the elections were the “best Pakistan has ever had”. Speaking at a function held to launch the final report of Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), he said the recent elections were even better than those held in western […]
ISLAMABAD – A special bench of Supreme Court Wednesday revived the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) 2007 by overruling a previous court order that stopped the subordinate judiciary from deciding any case under this law. A five-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, also dismissed three of the five constitutional […]
ISLAMABAD: A division bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday stopped Election Commission (EC) from announcing official results of NA-49, Islamabad, and NA-20, Mansehra. The division bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Munir Paracha and Justice Syed Qalbe Hassan, issued the orders in this respect while hearing two separate petitions. One petition was filed by Nayyar […]
SUKKUR: The Sindh High Court Bench Sukkur on Tuesday granting status quo on the results of PS-30 Khairpur-II Kingri, has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) not to issue the notification of the official result of this constituency till March 4. The division bench of the Sindh high court Sukkur comprising Justice Dr Rana […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: A number of people suspected to have links with Monday’s suicide blast in Rawalpindi that killed the army’s surgeon-general and seven other people, have been arrested, according to interior ministry spokesman Brig (retd) Javed Iqbal Cheema. “Investigators have found important leads to the Rawalpindi blast and the arrested men are being interrogated. […]
KARACHI (February 27 2008): Speakers at the All Parties Conference (APC) have demanded United Nations to pass a declaration that blasphemy of the religious leaders and the prophets a crime against humanity. The APC has also announced to organise a rally on March 2 from Guru Mandir to Sea Breeze Plaza against the publishing of […]
KARACHI: Karachi city is no stranger to gruesome crimes, but the murder of seven NGO workers in 2002 went down as particularly horrifying. Six years later, on Tuesday, however, the Crime investigation department (CID) police arrested three suspects of the ‘Tehreek-e-Islami Lashkar-e-Mohammadi’ in a raid in Korangi. This organization has been propagating hate against non-Muslim […]
ISLAMABAD – The blue-eyed boys of the outgoing regime holding key positions in the bureaucracy mostly on extensions and contracts were on the run ahead of the induction of newly elected government. Dozens of top bureaucrats including ambassadors posted abroad were employed either on contract basis or were serving on post-retirement extensions. With their apex […]
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