Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has suggested three names for the caretaker Prime Minister in response to a letter of Opposition leader in the National Assembly, spokesman for the PM office said on Thursday. The prime minister in his letter proposed three names of former Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh, former State Bank Governor […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday annulled the army court’s death penalty judgment to two civilians convict in suicide attack case on former military president Pervez Musharraf. The army court had turned life terms into death penalties of two civilians, Rana Naveed and Ameer Sohail, convicted in the case. Both had challenged the verdict in […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has disposed of 682 cases whereas 435 new cases have been instituted during the period from Saturday 23rd February 2013 to Friday 1st March 2013. The backlog remains 18949, the Supreme Court said Friday. The backlog in the apex Court on 23rd February 2013 was 19196 cases. As 435 […]
Interior minister Rehman Malik Thursday submitted a written apology to the Supreme Court in reference to the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) corruption case. The Supreme Court had taken a suo moto action against the corruption charges against PSM. Rehman Malik’s involvement in the case began when he formulated a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan, in its short order, on Friday directed the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) to dispose off Shahzeb Khan’s murder case in seven days and conduct its hearing on daily basis. The apex court also directed the Federal Investigation Agency to initiate action against the official of the agency for their negligence […]
Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, has ordered an immediate operation against suspected terrorists three days after a huge bomb attack killed 87 people in Quetta, official said Tuesday. The Saturday’s blast in a crowded marketplace and targeting Shiite Muslims had also injured nearly 200 people that prompted countrywide protest and the relatives have refused […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken notice series of attacks in Quetta and summoned the attorney general and advocate general on Tuesday. The notice was taken two days after a deadly blast killed 87 people in Quetta that was the second major attack in the city in less than two months. “The […]
Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, said Tuesday that petition filed by Tahirul Qadri regarding reconstitution of election commission is not maintainable under provisions of the constitution. He made these observations during hearing of Tahirul Qadri’s petition in Islamabad on the second consecutive day. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry advised Tahirul Qadri to go […]
The Swiss authorities have informed Pakistan government that cases against President Asif Ali Zardari cannot be reopened, the Law Minister said Saturday. Pakistan had sent the letter to Swiss authorities in November 2012 weeks after Pakistan’s top court ordered the government to send a letter to the Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against […]
Routine life was disrupted in the commercial center of Karachi on Friday on a strike call by religious parties against the recent target killing of Islamic scholars by terrorists. The strike was called by the Ahl-i-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) and was supported by Jamiat ulema-e-Islam, Jamaat-e-Islami and several other groups. Traders had also joined […]
Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, on Tuesday convened an emergency meeting in Islamabad to seek legal opinion on the Supreme Court’s order of his arrest in a corruption case. The apex court issued Ashraf’s arrest warrant at a time when the country was in the grip of political uncertainty in view of the long-march […]
Mystery still shrouds the much publicized ‘political drone strike’, that the MQM self-exile chief plans to carry out in two days as the MQM leaders Monday argued that ‘no one share information about drone strikes’. The MQM leaders, who appeared in the Supreme Court during hearing of the contempt proceedings against Altaf Hussain, evaded […]