ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Monday said that the introduction of electoral reforms were imperative to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections in the country. “We want to hold elections on which no one could raise a finger and the electoral reforms will guarantee fair elections,” he expressed these […]
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SC to hear lawyers’ chambers demolition case on Monday
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hear review petition filed by the Islamabad Bar Association (IBA) pleading to review decision of demolishing illegal chambers of lawyers constructed on football ground in the federal capital on Monday. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi would hear […]
Lawyers blame EU migrant policy for crimes against humanity
More than 40,000 people have been intercepted in the Mediterranean and taken to detention camps and torture houses under a European migration policy that is responsible for crimes against humanity, according to a legal document Monday asking the International Criminal Court to take the case. Citing public European Union documents, statements from the French president, […]
Lawyers charged for discharging weapons in courtroom
Cases were filed against certain lawyers on Thursday for carrying out firing and creating ruckus inside a local court’s premises in Faisalabad. Sources stated that police filed the First Information Report (FIR) under terrorism section. On Wednesday, two groups of lawyers clashed in a local district court of the city. Lawyers released gunshots and created […]
40 lawyers booked for storming Multan’s judicial complex
LAHORE: A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against 40 lawyers for vandalising Multan’s new judicial complex in Multan. Lahore High Court Bar Association Multan President Sher Zaman Qureshi’s name was also included in the FIR, which was registered against the protesting lawyers on Thursday. Police registered the FIR a day after the lawyers […]