ISLAMABAD: Captain (r) Safdar has on Tuesday once again urged all to respect the sanctity of the vote. Talking to media after attending the corruption references at Judicial Complex, Safdar said that the victory of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) candidate in Lodhran by-election was due only to PML-N President Nawaz Sharif’s humility. He […]
Asma Jahangir
CM Sindh requests to honour Asma Jahangir with state funeral
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has on Monday written a letter to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi requesting state funeral for deceased lawyer and human rights activist, Asma Jahangir. In an official letter written to PM Abbasi, CM Sindh said that Pakistan has lost a national treasure in Asma Jahangir and that […]
A tribute to Pakistan’s iron lady
Asma Jahangir, former president of Supreme Court Bar Association and a staunch human rights activist, passed away on Sunday in Lahore. According to reports, she passed away due to a cardiac arrest. Her funeral date would be decided once relatives of the deceased living abroad return to Pakistan. Asma Jahangir’s legacy Asma co-founded Human Rights Commission of […]
Asma Jahangir responds to criticism against the judiciary
LAHORE: Addressing the media on Monday, Supreme Court (SC) former president Asma Jahangir responded to the criticism of judiciary by saying that it should not have to justify its verdicts. Asma, a human rights lawyer and social activist, said that although people criticise institutions all the time, the judiciary should not have to justify its […]
Asma Jahangir demands probe into Army-brokers dharna deal
LAHORE: Supreme Court lawyer and prominent human rights activist Asma Jahangir has demanded parliamentary investigation against those who were behind the recent Faizabad sit-in and from where a new lot came despite a successful operation against religious activists. Addressing a press conference on Saturday she said, “We don’t want a judicial commission on it and […]
Raza Khan abduction case: Court demands answer from Naseerabad SHO
LAHORE: In a petition filed in Lahore High Court (LHC), Hamid Nasir Mehmood has pleaded that his brother Raza Mehmood Khan, member of a peace initiative between India and Pakistan “Aaghaz-e-Dosti”, had ‘disappeared without trace and remains disappeared’ since December 2. LHC’s Justice Anwaar ul-Haq heard the petition and ordered Naseerabad Police Station SHO to […]