Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, Friday paid homage to the martyrs in his remarks at the Defence Day’s reception at the GHC in Rawalpindi, the PM house said. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Khalid Shameem Wynne hosted a reception to commemorate Defence Day of Pakistan at Joint Staff headquarters. Senior officers of the three […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the government to resolve the issue of missing prisoners of Rawalpindi’s Adiyala Jail until Tuesday. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the case pertaining to the missing prisoners on Monday. During today’s hearing, the chief justice said that […]
After taking enough time, the Abbottabad Commission has finally completed its report on the covert U.S. military operation that led to the killing of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, says media reports. The commission is expected to submit the 700-page report to the government during this month. Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal has been […]
Dec 8 2012 | Posted in
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In what appeared to be a first incident in the tenure of the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) government, a convict on death row was hanged in Mianwali Jail on Thursday morning. According to the media reports, Muhammad Hussain, an official of the Pakistan army had killed his senior officer Havaldar Khadim Hussain in […]
Accepting the invitation of Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Senate Standing Committee on Defence decided to visit troops at the front line in militancy-hit tribal region of the country. According to the media reports, the invitation appeared on the heels of a heated political debate on whether the military should undertake another […]
In what appeared to be an unparallel move, a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) has dropped one of two charges against Brigadier Ali Khan, making the case more complicated. Earlier, he was charged for planning to carry out an air-raid on General Headquarters (GHQ) using F-16 jet-fighter. In the first week of March, Brigadier Ali […]
Former president and military dictator Pervez Musharraf offered his support to DG Inter-Services Intelligence Lt. Gen. Shuja Ahmed Pasha for another extension, refusing to offer any insights into the situation surrounding the situation of General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. The former dictator exhibited calmness just days after a request for the Red Warrant for his arrest […]
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 […]
Apex Court directs ISI and MI to produce detainees before it Islamabad: (Monday, January 30, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan today directed the intelligence agencies to produce seven people in their custody on February 9, before it. The petition to probe into the matter was filed by a woman whose three sons were picked […]
Jan 30 2012 | Posted in
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