Islamabad: (Saturday, August 04, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has stricken down the contempt of court law while declaring it against the fundamental structure of the constitution. A five member bench of the apex court, headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry along with Justice Shakirullah Jan, Justice Khilji Arif […]
Aug 4 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Friday, July 20, 2012) Supreme Court of Pakistan, while accepting a petition to look over the contempt of court law, has constituted a five-member larger bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The bench will review the petition challenging ‘Contempt of Court Amendment Act-2012’ Other honorable judges, who, along with the Chief Justice, […]
Jul 20 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Thursday, July 12, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari here today signed the contempt of court bill 2012. After his signature, the bill has become a law, said the presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar. After both the upper and lower houses of the parliament had approved the bill with majority support, the only hurdle on the […]
Parliament will emerge successful in ongoing trials, says Aitzaz Lahore: (Tuesday, February 14, 2012) Pakistan Peoples’ Party central leader and renowned barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said today while judiciary had a very significant position and status, the members of parliament will emerge successful in the ongoing trials. Talking to the journalists after submitting his nomination papers […]
Feb 14 2012 | Posted in
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Prisoners await for their rights; govt. yet to form FCR Tribunal Peshawar: (Monday, January 09, 2012) with the government yet to decide upon the formation of FCR Tribunal through introducing amendments to the Frontier Crimes Regulations, hundreds of prisoners from Federally Administered Tribal Areas waits for their fates to be decided. Earlier, after promulgation of […]
Jan 9 2012 | Posted in
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Injustice and corruption – Part Two Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) once said that there was a nation which was destroyed by God because the rich got away with all their doings and the poor had to face punishment for even the smallest of the crimes. Today National Reconciliation Order (NRO) is part of our law which […]
Oct 23 2011 | Posted in
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