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Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, whose tone has been altered after Senate elections, on Wednesday said a shuffle in the cabinet is a routine matter but his resignation is not. While speaking to the media, apparently the defiance premier said parliament was a responsible institution and whatever decision it takes will in the larger […]
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasures over the role of intelligence agencies in the missing persons’ case, warning them against illegal detention of people. Inspector General (IG) Police Islamabad Bani Amin submitted a report before the apex court about 16-year-old Umer Muhammad Wali Khan, who went missing on March 10 and found after six […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed annoyance over the workings of intelligence agencies, terming their activities beyond given mandate. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the secret agencies were not working as per their mandate saying, “We cannot comprise on the interests of the State”. The apex court resumed the hearing of infamous Mehrangate […]
Despite wide and large cries, the issue of missing people has been somewhere in the air for quite some time now. Sometimes media chose to talk about it and sometimes not. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, a few days back, ordered the intelligence agencies to show up of the missing persons. Only seven out of […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday submitted written replies to the Supreme Court, explicating the delay in the finalization process of the voter lists. However, the apex court rejected the explanations. A three-member bench with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair said the issue of preparation of voter lists is matter […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the report submitted by the intelligence agencies in missing prisoners’ case, terming it unsatisfactory and an inadequate. The displeased apex court sent a stern message to Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) saying, “You need to take this out of your mind that you intelligence agencies […]
After taking up a decade long pending petition of Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday issued notices to former ISI chief Asad Durrani and Ministry of Defence, seeking the 1998 court report on the functioning of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). On May 27, 1998, the apex court had made […]
After many years of silence, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair took up the Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan’s petition, which attracted much attention across the country. The case may embarrass certain political groups as well as security establishment but the petition before the SC […]
The strings have been getting tight around former president Pervez Musharraf, as the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday issued a notice summoning him in the May 12, 2007, Karachi bloodshed case. The court ordered the authorities concerned that the summon notice be printed in London’s newspapers, adjourning the hearing of the case by April […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday announced an All-Parties Conference (APC) to hash out the Balochistan issue. On the same day, the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights urged both the judiciary and the incumbent to stop the violations of human rights by the security forces in the region. Regrettably, the civilian leadership […]
The Supreme Court, the apex court of Pakistan has been criticized by many over its dual standard proceedings. Some believe that the SC does not extend similar deference to the civilian government that it does with the military. It is quite fraught with danger in Pakistan to target the security establishment, which is used to […]
In quite an unparallel way, the Supreme Court granted more time to Military Intelligence and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to produce the missing prisoners before the court by Monday, February 13. Earlier, the apex court on Friday directed the country’s powerful intelligence agencies to present seven prisoners, who went missing from Adiala Jail, before the […]
