Tag: Supreme Court of Pakistan
The U-Turn Hype: Anti-PTI Media twisting words yet again?
News Analysis | Prime Minister Imran Khan is once again in the news for a statement attributed to him. According to some media outlets he...
TLP & Islamic principles: Some major contradictions – Khawaja Akbar
Khawaja Akbar | The outbreak of violent protests, after the Supreme Court of Pakistan acquitted Aasiya Noreen in the blasphemy case, is another example of...
Pay Rs 1-per-litre tax or exit the industry, CJP tells Bottled...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed all provinces to impose Rs 1-per-litre tax on companies selling bottled water and constituted a...
Will NAB bow down to the opposition’s mounting pressure?
News Analysis | The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, headed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Javed Abbasi, has called the National Accountability...
Jemima Goldsmith expresses diappointment over Asia Bibi case
News Desk | Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of Prime Minister Imran Khan slammed the government of Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf for surrendering to the protestors demand...
Asia Bibi case verdict, fallacious arguments and our national mindset
Zain Ullah Khattak | Supreme Court of Pakistan, a leading judicial body of Pakistan, announces Asia Bibi case in Islamabad; as soon as declaration has...
“Don’t drag army into everything,” warns DG ISPR
News Desk | The Director-General (DG) of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor made it clear on Friday that Pakistan Army had nothing...
Who is Khadim Hussain Rizvi?
News Analysis | Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), a religious political party, has once again disrupted the peace in urban centers of Pakistan. After the Supreme Court...
National Bank aims to fight water shortage in Pakistan
News Desk | President National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Mr. Tariq Jamali, met Prime Minister Imran Khan to hand over a cheque of Rs. 19.5...
Asia Bibi case: A test for the top court
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan is all set to hear an appeal of blasphemy convict Asia Bibi on Oct 8. The SC...
Pakpattan Incident: SC rejects a ‘biased’ report, grills IG Kaleem Imam
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has completely rejected a report submitted by the former Inspector General Punjab Police Kaleem Imam regarding the...
Law Minister refuses to comment on High Treason case against Pervez...
News Analysis | Farogh Naseem, Minister for Law and Justice, has refused to comment on the case of former military dictator Pervez Musharraf. Mr. Naseem...
Hafiz Saeed free to do charity work
News Analysis | On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan allowed the leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, to continue charity work and public welfare with...
The civil-military argument – Saad Rasool
Saad Rasool | Throughout our history, Pakistan has been consumed by (an ongoing) debate about civil-military imbalance. This argument stands on two assertions, one factual...
Shahbaz Sharif demands Parliamentary committee probe into election rigging
News Analysis | In a press briefing after meeting his elder brother Nawaz Sharif, the former Chief Minister of Punjab and current leader of the...
An Artist killed in Lahore under the pretexts of Blasphemy, Social...
News Analysis | Almost two weeks ago, an artist from Sindh came to Lahore for an art show. The artist, who was identified as Qutub...
Who & who are fighting Imran Khan?
Haider Raza Mehdi | Just look at the enemies surrounding Imran, the Supreme Court, NAB and the Army! Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, Asfandyar Wali, Achakzai, Fazal,...
Police book 50 PML-N supporters as they ransack anti-narcotics court
News Analysis | 50 people, including the son of PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi and a former MPA, were booked by Rawalpindi police for rioting and...
Boxer Amir Khan pledges to make donations for construction of dams
News Desk | Pakistani-British boxer Amir Khan has announced to donate an amount of £10,997 to the funds for the construction of Diamer-Basha and Mohmand...
Supreme Court expresses grave concerns over petroleum price hike
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has shown grave concerns over the interim government’s decision to increase the prices of the petroleum products...
“I have no political agenda,” says CJP Nisar
News Analysis | The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Saqib Nisar has remarked on Monday that he has nothing to do with politics. He is...
Who wants to blow up NAB headquarters for doing its job:...
News Analysis | The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal says that the watchdog is receiving threats that its headquarters would be...
SC dismisses petition seeking Sheikh Rashid’s disqualification
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday announced its verdict in favor of Awami Muslim League leader Sheikh Ahmed Rashid in the misdeclaration of...
My Fundamental rights are being violated, complains elder Sharif
News Analysis | The ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again complained that his basic rights, as a citizen of Pakistan, were being violated....
Supreme Court of Pakistan suspends mobile card taxes
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has suspended unlawful tax collection on mobile cards today on June 11th, 2018. Earlier in May, Chief justice...
SC orders election candidates to submit a mandatory affidavit in a...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday declared it mandatory for all candidates contesting in the upcoming general elections to submit an affidavit that...
Why SC Rejected LHC Ruling on Nomination Papers
News Analysis | The Pakistan Supreme Court overruled a Lahore High Court (LHC) ruling regarding reform of the nomination papers last Sunday. Its decision came...
PML-N government failed to implement SC’s order in Asghar Khan Case
News Analysis | Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in its last cabinet meeting on Thursday, decided not to implement Supreme Court’s verdict in the Asghar...
Khawaja Asif back in business, Nawaz still on the sidelines
News Analysis | In an unexpected turn of events, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has repealed the disqualification of the former Foreign Minister Khawaja...
Why Pakistan needs more provinces?
Dr. Zafar A. Bokhari | “Leadership is about managing change—whether you’re leading a company or leading a country. Change things for betterment and people get...
PM Abbasi-the owner of Airblue-summoned by SC in pilots’ fake degrees...
News Analysis | The Supreme Court of Pakistan has summoned heads of all Pakistani airlines as well as Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi--the head of Airblue-...
Witch-hunt or a blunder?
Waqas Shabbir | After the Supreme Court beleaguered Nawaz, he is at loggerheads with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Despite Chairman NAB’s assurance that the...
Political parties cry foul amid Senate vote rigging allegations
News Desk | Amid allegations of horse trading, several political parties have called for an investigation into the Senate elections. The ruling party Pakistan Muslim...
Why did SC dismiss the review petition of Shahrukh Jatoi?
News Desk | The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has dismissed the review petition filed by Shahrukh Jatoi and Ghulam Murtaza Lashari convicted of Shahzeb...
“Withhold notifications of senators-elect believed to be dual nationals,” Chief Justice...
News Desk | The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to withhold the victory notifications of four senators-elect suspected of...
Tomorrow will be the D-Day in Operation Panama
News Analysis | The 5-member bench of the Supreme Court will announce the verdict of the Panama Case tomorrow after the three-member implementation bench reserved...
