KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday observed that the Supreme Court had given an order to cable operators and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to ensure smooth transmission of TV channels, then what reason cable operators had for not telecasting Geo. The court was hearing a set of identical petitions filed […]
KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) refused to accept compact disc (CD) from Pakistan Rangers Sindh’s counsel, which pertained to the Sarfraz Shah murder case and carried footages of the scene. The footage containing the CD was derived from a particular private television. The said CD was based on recording of a special programme on slain […]
Dear Sir, I belong to the Butt community and have been associated with the container transport industry for more than a decade. The purpose of this letter is to condemn in the strongest possible terms the persistent negative portrayal of Butts and containers in your coverage of the ongoing political turmoil. Linguistically, the Butt community […]
ISLAMABAD: A PPP Member National Assembly Ejaz Jakhrani has bitterly criticised restrictions on Geo despite orders by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Talking to newsmen here he said curbs on Geo are not acceptable under any circumstances and they must be removed forthwith. It is surprising that other channels are available but Geo is being […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday formed a five-member larger bench to hear a constitutional petition seeking orders against unconstitutional steps under the country’s current political situation. The bench comprising the CJP, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and Justice Mushir Alam, will hear the petition filed […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court restored on Monday Pervez Rathore as acting chairman and Kamaluddin Tipu as member of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). The court overturned the July 15 order of the Islamabad High Court which had suspended the June 24 notification about appointment of the two officials on petitions filed by Pemra […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the suspended Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) member Mian Shams to submit reply till Friday (today). A two-member bench headed by SC Chief Justice Nasirul Mulk and comprising Justice Amir Hani Muslim resumed hearing of the Pemra case. During the course of proceedings, Hashmat Habib, counsel […]
On January 15, 2013, a bench of the honourable Supreme Court (SC) ordered the creation of a commission to conduct research into nine terms of reference (TORs) raised through the filing of several petitions in the SC. The commission had Mr Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid as the chairman and Senator (retd) Javed Jabbar as […]
RECENTLY the Supreme Court ordered the government to establish a task force for the protection of the places of worship of minorities. This is a historic decision by the apex court. The minorities are thankful to the chief justice for this decision. Now this is the government’s turn to fulfil its duties towards protecting minorities […]
ISLAMABAD: The Geo TV owners and management have withdrawn the petition from Supreme Court (SC) seeking hearing of all the cases registered against it across the country at one place and the court has disposed of the matter. The court observed that the SC had no powers to club the cases and such powers rested […]
ISLAMABAD: The federation on Friday submitted its reply in the Supreme Court over Geo TV’s petition and opposed TV channel’s plea to combine all the FIRs registered in different parts of the country. Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt submitted the reply on behalf of the government stating that the apex court was not a proper […]
The Supreme Court is often accused of being an institution that goes beyond its remit in adjudicating the case. That it often has to do so says more about the lack of governance in the country than power lust on the part of the judges. If we had a government that did its job, the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court allowed on Thursday a television anchor to resume hosting talk shows temporarily by suspending an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order which had restrained him from appearing on any news channel. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk suspended the high court’s order when senior counsel Irfan Qadir representing Mubasher Lucman of […]
KARACHI: Media persons Friday boycotted the budget speech of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali in protest against the suspension of license and transmission of Geo News. Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon rushed to the Press Gallery to persuade media persons’ representatives to end their token walkout.Sharjeel told journalists that the ruling PPP in the […]
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