ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench (CB) has been requested to treat the intra-court appeals (ICAs) more like a review petition, instead of appeals against the October 2023 decision of a five-judge SC bench in civilians’ military trial, to determine the validity of Pakistan Army Act. The scope of the ICAs has been “confined to a review” where the present …
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday that a team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be in Pakistan for a four-day visit next week to take forward the discussion on a $1 billion fund for climate resilience. Pakistan has been ranked as the most vulnerable country to climate change in 2022 when it faced devastating monsoon floods …
ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has declared sexual harassment at the workplace “less about sexual desire and more about control and domination” in a recent Supreme Court judgement. The judgement, dated Feb 12, was issued on a petition filed against a 2023 order by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in a sexual harassment case. The verdict was issued on …
LAHORE: After a dialogue between the government and the opposition failed to produce any tangible outcome that prompted the PTI to announce a nationwide protest movement after Eid, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the government would not let the political groups “unfamiliar” with democracy stage long marches or violent protests. The former prime minister did not name anyone …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended an invitation to Bahraini investors to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan, emphasizing the strong brotherly ties between the two nations. The statement was made during a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and an 11-member Bahraini parliamentary delegation led by Ahmed bin Salman Al-Musallam, Speaker of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives, in Islamabad. Strengthening …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reaffirmed the government’s pledge to eradicate terrorism after seven Punjab-bound passengers were offloaded from a bus and shot dead in Barkhan district last night. Pakistan has recently witnessed an uptick in terror activities, especially in KP and Balochistan. Terror attacks have increased since the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke a fragile ceasefire agreement …
LONDON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir was awarded a ceremonial guard of honour during his visit to the United Kingdom, according to a statement by the military’s media wing. The army chief is set to participate in the seventh Regional Stabilisation Conference at the esteemed Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he will deliver the keynote address on …
NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar sought the United Nations’ support for counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan during a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Tuesday. The meeting comes a day after Dar addressed a high-level UN Security Council debate calling for a unified, non-discriminatory approach to combat terrorism and rejecting “double standards” in dealing with extremist …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s constitutional bench (CB) hearing a set of intra-court appeals was requested on Tuesday to strike down Sections 2(1)(d)(i) and (ii) of the Pakistan Army Act (PAA) on the basis of Article 10A of the Constitution that guarantees the right to a fair trial. Unlike elsewhere in the world where civilians cannot be dragged into courts that …
ISLAMABAD: Acting Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar on Tuesday turned down a request to register the Al-Qadir Trust under the Charity Act, observing that the petition has become infructuous after the judgement in the £190m corruption reference. Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana had sentenced ex-PM Imran Khan and his spouse, Bushra Bibi, in the …