ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Sindh High Court to dispose of disqualification case of Pakistan People s Party member Waheed Shah w The News International – Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had breathed a sigh of relief when the Speaker National Assembly ruled that his conviction for contempt did not equate to disqualification. However, he was given fresh reasons to worry when on Wednesday Justice (retd) Riaz Kiani of the Election Commission said that the body could yet make a decision […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had breathed a sigh of relief when the Speaker National Assembly ruled that his conviction for contempt did not equate to disqualification. However, he was given fresh reasons to worry when on Wednesday Justice (retd) Riaz Kiani of the Election Commission said that the body could yet make a decision […]
ISLAMABAD: For almost three decades, Pakistan has played host to over 3 million Afghan refugees who first fled the fighting following the Soviet invasion in 1979. Over that period, the refugees have been a challenge for Pakistan’s meagre resources and international aid agencies to upkeep. On Tuesday, when representatives of respective refugee departments met in Islamabad, […]
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet on Wednesday failed to reach a decision on a programme aimed at avoiding the wrath of the people in next general elections by reducing electricity outages by 40% for residential consumers of urban and rural areas and enforcing power cuts on cement, textile and processing industries. The programme, proposed by the Ministry […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, chairing the Cabinet’s Defence Committee meeting in Islamabad stressed that it was detrimental to Pakistan’s interests to remain deadlocked over the Nato supply routes and that it is high time the committee takes a decision, at least in-principle, to conditionally reopen the route. However, the talk failed to make any […]
ISLAMABAD: In sharp contrast to the widely held view of leading lawyers and jurists, noted constitutional expert Barrister Wasim Sajjad has stressed t Islamabad News Sources
ISLAMABAD: In sharp contrast to the widely held view of leading lawyers and jurists, noted constitutional expert Barrister Wasim Sajjad has stressed t Islamabad News Sources
ISLAMABAD: A single-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed as withdrawn a petition requesting the court to direct Yousaf Raza Gilani to stop functioning as prime minister after his conviction in a contempt of court case. GM Chaudhry had filed the petition under Article 199 of the constitution. Justice Shaukat Aziz […]
ISLAMABAD: A single-member bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed as withdrawn a petition requesting the court to direct Yousaf Raza Gilani to stop functioning as prime minister after his conviction in a contempt of court case. GM Chaudhry had filed the petition under Article 199 of the constitution. Justice Shaukat Aziz […]
