- newAfter Punjab, ECP sets KP election date for October 8
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified October 8 as the date for provincial elections for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, it emerged on Wednesday.The ECP notification, available with…
- 5 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 7:31pm -
- newPresident Alvi questions timing, manner of bill aimed at clipping CJP’s suo motu power
President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday acknowledged that there was “some need to streamline” Supreme Court’s internal matters but questioned the timing as well as the manner of the government’s b…
- 5 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 7:10pm -
- Maryam advises CJP Bandial against ‘following’ Imran
PML-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday advised Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to not “follow” PTI Chairman Imran Khan, claiming that the latter had later turned hi…
- 6 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 6:32pm -
- Pakistan removed from EU’s High Risk Third Countries list
- 6 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 6:17pm -
- Justice Musarrat Hilali to become first female CJ of Peshawar High Court
President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday appointed Justice Musarrat Hilali as the first female chief justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), according to a notification from the Ministry of Law and Justi…
- 6 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 6:10pm -
- Justice Isa, Justice Aminuddin say CJP does not have powers to form special benches
Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Aminuddin Khan, in a detailed order of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, noted that the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) does not have the power to make special benches…
- 7 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 5:26pm -
- Humza Yousaf sworn in as Scotland’s leader as bid for unity falters
Humza Yousaf was sworn in as Scotland’s new leader on Wednesday in a ceremony that blended formal tradition with his Pakistani heritage before he announces appointments to his cabinet that risk wors…
- 10 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 1:42pm -
- NA passes bill to curtail CJP’s suo motu powers
The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, which aims to deprive the office of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu noti…
- 11 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 1:15pm -
- CJP seeks input from interior, defence ministries on timeframe for security situation to improve
In light of arguments made by the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding security threats in holding timely elections, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday asked the…
- 12 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 12:28pm -
- Democracy in Pakistan: Of the elite, for the elite, by the elite
One of the most perplexing debates around is on the subject of democracy, where it is easy to confuse concept with practice, form with substance and illusion with reality.There is another problem. Co…
- 14 hours ago 29 Mar 23, 9:49am -