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The News International (blog)
April 27, 2018
New ban on students: More than two months after her rape and murder, Asifa's ordeal finally registered on India's conscience when the international media took up the story following open support from extremist Hindu lawyers for the perpetrators of this crime. In her death, the eight-year-old girl seems toÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 27, 2018
Afridi, a former senior surgeon believed to be in his mid-50s, had been living in solitary confinement in a small room in Peshawar's Central Jail, his lawyer Qamar Nadim said. In 2016, a US threat to cut aid to Pakistan saw a tribunal slice 10 years off his sentence -- but since then US pressure for his releaseÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 27, 2018
A provincial anti-corruption court on Friday acquitted on the grounds of want of evidence Karachi Development Authority (KDA) Director General ... Taking into account the arguments put forward the defence lawyers, the court ordered the acquittals of 14 defendants, including Siddiqui, Sajjad Bashir, AdnanÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 27, 2018
The eminent panel included the likes of renowned columnist and writer, Imtiaz Alam, former Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, veteran politician and lawyer, Senator Ch Aitzaz Ahsan, world-renowned linguist, Dr Tariq Rahman, fashion designer, Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, journalist, Fahd Husain andÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 27, 2018
Even after the judgment, his reaction was calculated and measured in which he said that there was nothing new because he has already declared the facts impugned. He never attended any hearing in the IHC and left the entire job to his lawyer to deal with. A number of lawyers had stated after the July 28,Ãâà...
The News International (blog)
April 26, 2018
For a young lawyer like myself, the most difficult thing to do is to speak before of the Chief Justice of Pakistan but we walked in the courtroom determined to let the Chief hear Sumaira out. Around 3pm, we went inside the court room number one and noticed that nearly 300-400 people had occupied the roomÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 25, 2018
PESHAWAR: The campaign for the Peshawar High Court Bar Association (PHCBA) election for 2018-19 has gained momentum as four candidates are in the run for the post of the president. As per the final list of the candidates issued by the Election Commissioner, Fazal Elahi advocate, four candidates areÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 25, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has lamented he couldn't undo “Musharraf's NAB law”. Talking to the media outside the accountability court here Tuesday, he said whatever was happening to him regardless, he would not compromise on the basic human rights and also on the country'sÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 24, 2018
KARACHI: Meesha Shafi's counsel Barrister Ahmad Pansota has come forward claiming the singer has evidence to back up her allegations against Ali Zafar. Talking to Geo News, the barrister said: "She has proof of sexual harassment against Ali Zafar," while elaborating that the allegations are underÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 18, 2018
KARACHI: Karachi Bar Association announced to boycott the judicial proceedings at courts against police torture and arrests of lawyers outside Sindh assembly. On Tuesday, Sindh police launched crackdown against the lawyers protesting outside the provincial assembly and arrested over 30 of them.
The Nation
April 14, 2018
Governor Sindh Mohammad Zubair called on President Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in Karachi today, reported Radio Pakistan. They discussed law and order and economic situation in the country. Shahbaz, who formally took charge of the PML-N last monthÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
April 14, 2018
"Lawyer community ran a great movement for restoration of democracy," said Shehbaz, adding "lawyers play a significant role in dispensing justice to ordinary citizens." No society can progress without justice and law, he asserted. Shehbaz also remarked that he will improve the conditions in Karachi ifÃâà...
DAWN.com
April 7, 2018
KARACHI: The legal fraternity of the country on Saturday resolved to resist any move against the 18th Amendment and said that the plot against the constitutional provisions was aimed at paving the way for martial law. They also said that the cult of personality within state institutions should be discouragedÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 2, 2018
In the three-page letter sent by him four days ago, the lawyer highlighted the problems facing the citizens of Peshawar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa just like inhabitants of Karachi and Lahore. In the letter, he recalled that the chief justice, while hearing his miscellaneous applications in suo moto case inÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 2, 2018
PESHAWAR: A group of senior lawyers here on Sunday visited the Governor's House at the invitation of Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra. The lawyers met Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafique Rajwana over a reception. Welcoming the distinguished guest, the lawyers thanked the Khyber PakhtunkhwaÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 1, 2018
KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has allowed rectification on payment receipts to facilitate taxpayers and decentralised the ... tax period or cases where due to mistake of attorney or bank officials, the name / NTN of taxpayers has been recorded incorrectly,” the FBR said in a notification.
The News International (blog)
April 1, 2018
Why local bodies elections on SC order? Why Karachi operation after 2011 'Karachi Badamni' case. If one goes through high profile cases and the SC verdicts, which had political implications as well, one finds most of it in favour of democratic values and the rule of law. One can have difference of opinionÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 1, 2018
Additional Attorney General Waqar Rana produced the prosecution witnesses – Pemra DG Haji Adam Khan and a reporter of private TV channel Sajid Hussain Chaudhry. Haji Adam informed the court that his role in Pemra was to monitor television programmes and presented parts of multiple video clipsÃâà...
The Express Tribune
April 1, 2018
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed on Friday the lawyer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Haider Zaidi to argue on the maintainability of his petition that sought publication of reports of inquiries into high-profile criminal activities allegedly committed with the involvement of politiciansÃâà...
Samaa Web Desk
April 1, 2018
“How far is Larkana from Karachi,” the CJ asked attorney general, adding that he wanted to visit the city. The top judge then asked former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani, who was sitting in the court, to visit the Larkana hospital and help the apex court. The parents of deceased children told the bench thatÃâà...
The News International (blog)
April 1, 2018
And it is not just government servants on the receiving end; it was reported that the lawyer requesting adjournment on behalf of Aitzaz Ahsan had his licence suspended – until other lawyers pleaded with the CJP to recall the order. Now, if the licence was suspended for good reason, why was it restored onÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 31, 2018
Former CJP Anwar Zaheer Jamali, while hearing an election-related appeal, had pointed out how hundreds of fake lawyers practised in Islamabad courts. According to an investigative report in an English daily, about 400 fake lawyers practise law in the courts of the capital. All one has to put on is a blackÃâà...
The News International (blog)
December 31, 1999
Senior lawyers on Wednesday voiced concerns over the reported objectionable remarks by members of the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) against the judiciary, and said the lawyers' community would not support the council or any other such body if they went beyond their charter and mandate. Addressing aÃâà...
