Chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, said Sunday that he would launch a “political drone attack” in three days and no one in Pakistan will be able to launch a counter attack. In a statement the self-exiled MQM leader said his drone will hit the country on Tuesday (January 8). However, he neither […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan will consult political parties to examine the issue of delimitation of constituencies in Karachi Division in the light of the observations of the Apex Court, the Commission said Friday. For this purpose, letters have sent to political parties asking them to nominate not more than two representatives to attend […]
In a bid to avoid untoward incident, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Tuesday hinted shutting down mobile services on Eid-ul-Azha. He, however, said the mobile services will be closed down for a limited time where there would a threat of law and order situation. In this connection he said directives would be issued separately. […]
Islamabad: (Saturday, August 11, 2012) Supreme Court of Pakistan, while accepting government’s review petition on NRO implementation case, has set August 15 for hearing. Headed by Justice Asif Khosa, a five member bench will hear the petition. Earlier, the government had filed a review petition against the July 12 order of the apex court in […]
Aug 11 2012 | Posted in
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SC directs Riaz to appear before the court for hearings Islamabad: (Thursday, June 28, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has rejected Malik Riaz’s plea to be exempted from appearing in the court for the hearing process of the contempt of court case. Earlier, Riaz had pleaded the court to exempt him from marking […]
Jun 29 2012 | Posted in
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Supreme Court and its judges cleared of wrong doing by verdict – Dr Arsalan Iftikhar case The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry started proceedings against his own son, Arsalan Ifthikhar, yesterday as he has been accused of receiving a bribe worth Rs 400 million by the real estate tycoon […]
Jun 15 2012 | Posted in
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Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry starts proceedings against his son The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry started proceedings against his own son, Arsalan Ifthikhar, today as he has been accused of receiving a bribe worth Rs 400 million by a real estate tycoon for the purpose of having sway over […]
Jun 6 2012 | Posted in
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After the Supreme Court released detailed judgment in contempt of court case against Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, legal experts started explaining different facets of the verdict. Majority of legal minds believe that the counting of Gilani’s possible disqualification as Member of the National Assembly (MNA) would start after the expiry of the 30-day […]
May 9 2012 | Posted in
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Supreme Court of Pakistan extends memo commission term by six weeks The Supreme Court of Pakistan has extended the term of the memo commission by a period of six weeks. The decision was made by the Supreme Court of the country today. The bench which is overlooking the memo gate scandal consists of a total […]
Mar 29 2012 | Posted in
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Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani adamant not to write to Swiss probe The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani has recently made the statement that he would not write to the Swiss probe and would prefer going to jail. The Supreme Court of Pakistan has been asking the Prime Minister of the […]
Mar 15 2012 | Posted in
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Hussain Haqqani asks Supreme Court not to appoint forensic expert The former Pakistani ambassador to the United States has requested the Supreme Court of Pakistan recently not to appoint a forensic expert to investigate the memo gate scandal and let Mansoor Ijaz bear the cost of the expert as he was the one who brought […]
Mar 14 2012 | Posted in
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Hussain Haqqani denies allegations made against him The former Pakistani ambassador, Hussain Haqqani, to the United States has recently denied the allegations made against him that Haqqani had previously said that he had no contact with the key person in the memo gate scandal, Mansoor Ijaz. Haqqani said this as he submitted his response to […]
Mar 13 2012 | Posted in
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