ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has welcomed the ‘fair and peaceful general election’ held in Pakistan. In a message to Election Commission Secretary Kanwar Mohammad Dilshad, Mr McKinnon said the elections were an important step in Pakistan’s journey towards democracy. “The people of Pakistan have spoken and their voice must be heard and […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The voters turnout in the February 18 general elections was 44.6 per cent, showing an increase of 2.7 per cent over the 2002 elections. Out of 262 constituencies, 171 registered improvement in voter turnout, which was recorded at 25.37 per cent at maximum. Thirteen constituencies 11 in Sindh and two in Punjab […]
RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani played an important role in holding of free and fair elections in Pakistan in a peaceful atmosphere by stopping large-scale rigging, a French journalist has said. Gen Kayani had ordered the army not to partake in any political and electoral activity on the election day, […]
ISLAMABAD: The Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute has announced Award of Honour for deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his brother judges who refused to swear allegiance to Musharraf. The institute has also pledged to sensitize the issue of restoration of judges by pressing the newly-elected lawmakers in this regard. It has termed […]
KARACHI: Hundreds of angry Muslim youths rallied in major cities in Pakistani on Friday and torched Danish flags to protest against the recent republication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Witnesses said about 150 supporters of fundamentalist party Jamaat-i-Islami gathered outside a mosque in the port city of Karachi, flying banners demanding Pakistan […]
LAHORE: The lawyers fraternity resumed their countrywide protests on Thursday for the restoration of the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, other sacked judges of the superior judiciary and release of all detained lawyers. The protest rallies were taken out in all big cities. Court proceedings were boycotted by the lawyers too. In the provincial […]
TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 21: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Secretary Chaudhry Amin Javed has announced that if judges deposed under the Nov 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) are not restored by March 7, a long-march of lawyers and political activists led by all deposed judges will start from Lahore to Islamabad on March 9. […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Former president Supreme Court Bar Association Tariq Mehmood, who is yet under detention, on Thursday asked the victorious political parties in the elections to resolve the issue of restoration of pre-November 3 judiciary with great care and deliberation. In a statement issued from office of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), […]
RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Lawyers of Rawalpindi Bar Association (RBA) here on Wednesday asked the newly elected members of National and provincial assemblies of major political parties that before taking oath they should make their stand on the restoration of deposed judges clear. In a general body meeting the lawyers said they would stage rally outside […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq ordered on Wednesday re-polling in 10 polling stations. According to a notification issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan, polling will be held on Feb 23 at polling station No235 set up at the Government Boys High School in Khar for the NA-172 seat […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The European Union has criticised the government for its failure to provide a level playing field in the electoral process. It has also pointed out ‘procedural irregularities and institutional inadequacies’. “The elections were competitive,… but there were significant problems with the election framework and environment,” according to the preliminary assessment of the […]
PESHAWAR, Feb 20: The NWFP Bar Council and entire bar associations in the province on Wednesday resolved to continue the boycott of courts and hold demonstrations across the province on Feb 25 if the barrooms and library were not unsealed and the FIR against the lawyers not withdrawn. Through unanimously adopted resolution a meeting of […]
MINGORA, Feb 20: A protest rally was held here on Wednesday against alleged poll riggings by the supporters of a PML-Q leader. A large number of ANP leaders and workers, including district president Sayed Farin Khan, candidate for NA-31 Sarerur Reman and candidate for PF-87 Mohammad Yar Khan participated in the rally. They alleged that […]
RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Two policemen were arrested while another escaped after an inquiry found them guilty of implicating an innocent citizen in a fake case, a police source said. Abdul Khaliq lodged a complaint that his son Tahir was coming home from duty when the policemen intercepted him. After a brief exchange of words, they […]
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