ISLAMABAD: Five judges from the Islamabad High Court filed a petition on Saturday asking the new Federal Constitutional Court to send their appeal back to the Supreme Court, contending that a recent constitutional amendment improperly shifted jurisdiction over the case.
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Pakistan says Hasina death verdict ‘internal matter’ for Bangladesh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Friday the death sentence handed down this week to Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, was strictly an internal affair of Dhaka and that its people were entirely capable of resolving their own political and legal matters through their constitutional processes.
Gas blast in Faisalabad factories kills 15, injures dozens
FAISALABAD: A gas explosion ripped through a cluster of factories in the Malikpur area on the outskirts of this industrial city early on Friday, killing at least 15 people, injuring more than a dozen others and reducing buildings to rubble, officials said.
Top court split as judges reject mass-resignation proposal over 27th amendment
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court judges gathered in emergency session last week, confronting the stark new reality created by the 27th Constitutional Amendment, but a dramatic proposal that all of them resign en masse to protest the changes met with only silence and the meeting ended without agreement on any collective action, Dawn newspaper reported on Thursday.
SCP reshapes top judicial forums under sweeping 27th Amendment
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) announced on Tuesday that three of the country’s most powerful judicial oversight bodies have been reconstituted to comply with the 27th Constitutional Amendment, the sweeping and bitterly contested overhaul that created a new apex constitutional court and fundamentally altered the balance of judicial authority.
Fourth AJK PM in four years as Haq ousted, Rathore elected
MUZAFFARABAD: Lawmakers in Azad Kashmir ousted Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq on Monday in a no-confidence vote that capped months of political maneuvering and street protests, installing Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore of the Pakistan Peoples Party as his successor in a swift and largely choreographed transition.
Jordan’s King Abdullah awarded Pakistan’s top civilian honour on official visit
ISLAMABAD: King Abdullah II of Jordan, arriving in Pakistan on a two-day official visit, on Sunday received the country’s highest civilian honour and oversaw a display of Pakistani military capabilities alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, underscoring the deepening defence and diplomatic partnership between the two nations.
Pakistan, Jordan leaders vow ‘zero-tolerance’ for forced Palestinian displacement from Gaza
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Saturday that they would oppose any forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, reiterating a joint position of “zero-tolerance” for such moves as diplomats search for a durable end to the war in the territory.
President accepts resignations of two top Supreme Court judges
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday accepted the resignations of two of Pakistan’s most senior Supreme Court judges, Mansoor Ali Shah
In nine minutes, parliament redefines military command and court structure
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday pushed through a rapid cascade of legislative changes that reshape the country’s military command structure and further alter its judicial architecture, less than 24 hours after President Asif Ali Zardari signed the controversial 27th Constitutional Amendment into law.