Medical treatment of prisoners government’s responsibility: IHC By: inp on December 15, 2019Providing medical treatment to jail inmates is responsibility of the government, Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice remarked on Saturday while hearing a petition of Adiala Jail prisoner for treatment. “The state has lesser responsibility when a person is free, but when a person is imprisoned the state have maximum responsibility to extend medical treatment […]
Rana Sanaullah’s judicial remand extended till 21st By: DNA on December 15, 2019A special court for control of narcotics substance on Saturday extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member National Assembly (MNA) Rana Sanaullah till December 21 in the heroin recovery case. Owing to law and order issue, Rana Sanauallah was not produced before the court. The police submitted its report in this regard. […]
IHC to hear Al Azizia case, Talpur bail plea next week By: DNA on December 15, 2019ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is set to hear important cases including Nawaz Sharif’s appeal in Al Azizia sentence and Faryal Talpur’s bail plea next week. According to the cause list issued by the registrar office of the IHC, the court will take up the case of challenging appointment of Abrarul Haque in the […]
Moot reviews legislation against sexual harassment By: Staff Report on December 15, 2019A consultation to review anti-sexual harassment legislation was organized by Mehergarh on Saturday in Islamabad. Maliha Husain, executive director of Mehergarh, said that a series of such review consultations will be held in all provinces leading up to a major event to consolidate the learning of implementation. Mehergarh has been leading the implementation of the […]
President for enhanced economic cooperation with France By: DNA on December 14, 2019President Dr Arif Alvi says Pakistan wants to strengthen economic cooperation with France, both at bilateral level and in context of European Union. Talking to French Ambassador Marc Barety in Islamabad on Friday, he stressed that there exists immense scope of investment in Pakistan due to its friendly policies. On India’s controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act […]
Three new judges of IHC sworn in By: Staff Report on December 14, 2019Three new judges of Islamabad High Court (IHC), including a female judge, who is the first female judge in the history of the IHC, were officially sworn in on Friday. Female judge Lubna Saleem Pervaiz took oath along with her two male colleagues Fiaz Anjum Jadran and Ghulam Azam Qambrani. The oath was administered by […]
Only 89 of 2,107 prisoners returned from Saudi jails, LHC informed By: Agencies on December 13, 2019The Justice Project Pakistan on Friday informed the Lahore High Court that only 89 Pakistani prisoners have returned from Saudi Arabia following Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s promise to release 2,107 prisoners in February this year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlier stated 579 of them had come back home. During the hearing of […]
Education, skilled human resource can address current challenges: Alvi By: inp on December 13, 2019President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday said that it is imperative for creating knowledge-based economy and sustainable societies under the fourth industrial revolution, adding that with education, skilled human resource, able minds and strong cooperation can address present day challenges to help achieve Sustainable Development Goals in the country As part of COMSATS Silver Jubilee […]
Dr Mazari says international relations is a dynamic discipline By: Staff Report on December 13, 2019Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shereen Mazari on Thursday said that international relations (IR) is a dynamic and cross-cutting discipline and it needs to be predictive in nature while keeping in view the academic transformation to the pace of fast moving world in lieu of international relations. She was addressing a seminar at Quaid-i-Azam […]
Zardari will return ‘looted wealth’ by March next year: Sh Rasheed By: Agencies on December 13, 2019Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Thursday claimed that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who has been released from prison on medical grounds earlier in the day, is likely to return the nation’s “looted wealth” through a plea bargain by March 2020. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Rasheed, who is also […]