ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition against the appointment of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as the Balochistan High Court (BHC) chief justice and later his elevation to the apex court. Petitioner Riaz Hanif Rahi advocate contended before a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Umer Ata Bandial […]
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court hearing the Avenfield properties reference was informed on Thursday that deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s salary at his son Hassan Nawaz’s company, Capital FZ, was more than the salary declared on the employment contract. During cross-examination, head of the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Sharif family on the top court’s […]
LARKANA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) demanded accountability of former President Pervez Musharraf on Monday for violating Article 6 of the constitution. PPP urged ‘merciless’ accountability of dictators and vowed that the country cannot sustain martial law or NRO. The political party called on immediate hearing of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ‘murder’ case and asked to consider […]
Exactly at midnight, Google started displaying this brand new doodle paying tribute to original pop diva of Pakistan Nazia Hassan. The late pop icon would have turned 53rd today. Google honours prominent personalities and occasions with special logos that it calls ‘doodles’. This doodle is not only being showed to users in Pakistan but also […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Monday sought the list of all captives in detention centres across the country in missing persons case, while it adjourned the case for three weeks. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan questioned registrar commission of Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (CIED) regarding the case. Ejaz […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday dismissed petition filed by the Punjab government against regularisation of work-charge employees. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar heard the petition. Punjab government attorney Asma Hamid said that the recruitment of employees in 2012 are illegal. The CJP inquired who had ordered […]