ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench hearing cases against the military trials of civilians was told on Thursday that Article 245 of the Constitution, which allows the armed forces to aid civil authorities, does not grant the military judicial powers by replacing civil courts. “There is nothing stated in Article 245 of the Constitution that the armed forces can exercise judicial powers,” …
NEW YORK: Pakistan is not under any pressure from Washington, and the country would not accept any pressure, even if it was applied, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday. Wrapping up his US visit, Mr Dar — who also holds the foreign affairs portfolio — maintained that relations between Pakistan and the United States were good. Speaking to …
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday called out Imran Khan’s PTI once again and said that the party’s relevance will end soon because of its violence-inciting politics. After more than a year of heightened tensions between the government and the PTI, the two sides commenced negotiations in December last year to bring down political temperatures. But despite weeks of …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated the Case Assignments and Management System (CAMS) — a transformative initiative designed to provide transparent, efficient, and speedy justice for litigants. CAMS is a software platform designed to efficiently track, organise, and manage individual cases within an organisation, allowing for the systematic assignment of cases to relevant personnel, monitoring progress, and ensuring …
ISLAMABAD: PTI leaders said they met Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Friday and urged the top justice to sort out issues in the judiciary and not to pack the Supreme Court (SC) with judges. After the arrival of new eight Supreme Court judges, CJP Afridi on Monday had reshuffled several committees which had been constituted to distribute …
GILGIT: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday formed a seven-member committee to address the grievances of those affected by the Diamer-Bhasha Dam project. The decision came amid the continuation of a protest sit-in by the affected people in Chilas, the district headquarters of Diamer, which has now lasted for five consecutive days. According to an official notification, the committee will …
ISLAMABAD: Five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) petitioned the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday to restrain Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar from carrying out his duties as the acting IHC chief justice. The development is the latest in the row affecting the IHC after the transfers of new judges to the high court that led to a shakeup …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday visited the Chief Justice’s House on the invitation of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi to share the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the National Judicial Policymaking Committee. During the meeting, CJP Afridi sought the government’s input to improve the existing justice delivery system. The move is part of CJP Afridi’s …
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 …