The Supreme Court of Pakistan has clarified that the parliament could not discuss the conduct of judges under Article 68 of the Constitution. Registrar Supreme Court in his reply to the Chairman Public Accounts Committee with the consent of full-court bench said that the panel could not carry out the audit of the apex judiciary. […]
Jul 4 2012 | Posted in
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In a bid to show solidarity with Young Doctor Association (YDA), senior doctors at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) shut all departments at the hospital excluding Emergency Ward. While addressing a news conference, they have demanded that apprehended and house-arrest young doctors be freed at the earliest. Dr Ijaz Ahsan, the president of Medical […]
With all to and fro about parliamentarians holding dual nationalities, it is best time for parliament to introduce concrete legislation on the matter. In what appeared to be a right step, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has started asking by-polls contesters to declare about their dual-citizenship. Although many countries do not have such restrictions, […]
Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered to arrest Director General Planning of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Ghulam Sarwar Sindhu over contempt of court charges. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the IHC issued these orders while hearing the case against former chairman of the prime minister’s task force on CDA Faisal Sakhi Butt. During the course […]
Jul 2 2012 | Posted in
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The gruesome incident in which a bus of Shia pilgrims was attacked in Quetta coupled with numerous others in Balochistan over the past few months is part of baleful conspiracy to divide the country vertically and horizontally. More than dozen people, who were returning from Iran, were lost their lives while another 30 sustained severe […]
Salman Butt, the former skipper of the Pakistan’s national cricket team, disclosed the record relating to text messages between former pacer Mohammad Amir and UK-based agent Mazhar Majeed, saying he was not involved in the spot fixing scam. Addressing a news conference, the tainted cricketer, who spent almost eight months in British prison, claimed that […]
Terming the incident barbaric and crucify, Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, has strongly condemned attack on a bus carrying Shia-pilgrims from Iran to Quetta which led to loss of 15 innocent lives. In his view, the attack was part of a systematic wave of violent incident against Hazara community whose 60 people have been brutally killed […]
Jun 30 2012 | Posted in
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An ordinary or middle class citizen cannot dream of representing the people in the parliament, as election has become the game of millionaires in the country. However, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the directives of Supreme Court issued a new set of rules that political parties and independent candidates would have to follow […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira, urged media owners to work sensibly, saying that the government has firm belief that independent and responsible media was imperative to flourish democracy in the country. Addressing an inaugural session of the two-day conference on media ethics, the minister commended the unprecedented sacrifices of the media […]
Jun 29 2012 | Posted in
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the Pakistan’s only Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker denied all the charges leveled against her by one of victims whose narrative was recorded in her documentary, saying that she didn’t offer any compensation to acid-attack survivor. Rukhsana while talking to the media claimed that the Oscar-winning lady didn’t fulfill her promises of providing financial compensation […]
Jun 29 2012 | Posted in
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A survey carried out by Pew Research Center declared Imran Khan, the Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), as the most voted politician in the country with 70 % popularity rate. According to the survey report, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif lagged behind the cricketer-turned-politician with 62 popularity rate. It is vital to […]
Jun 28 2012 | Posted in
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By attacking an office of a private TV channel, the Taliban have given a shut-up call to media which is being criticized wide and large in the present scenario. However, it raises many fears when Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) openly claimed the responsibility of the attack. Although the nature of the attack was not much devastating […]