Defence budget goes up by 7% to Rs 920bn on May 26, 2017ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday proposed to hike the defence spending by nearly 7% to Rs 920 billion in the fiscal year 2017-18 from Rs 860 billion of the last year’s. “We have increased the defence budget to Rs 920 billion from Rs 860 billion,” Finance Minister Ishaq Dar told the National Assembly as he […]
Well-reputed doctors involved in illegal kidney transplants: police on May 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan that several doctors from well-reputed hospitals were involved in illegal kidney transplants. ICT Police, through its 53-page report, stated that a number of cases had been registered against doctors working in Shifa International Hospital, Heart International Hospital, Al-Sayed Hospital (Kidney […]
Tariq Shafi conveys reservations over JIT to SC on May 24, 2017ISLAMABAD: Mian Muhammad Tariq Shafi, a cousin of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan and expressed reservations over the functioning of the Pamanagate Joint Investigation Team (JIT). Earlier, the top court’s three-judge bench had expressed satisfaction over the progress report submitted by the JIT. A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader, requesting […]
Ex-Army men ask SC to make report public on May 22, 2017ISLAMABAD: Seventeen ex-servicemen of the Pakistan Army have approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan with a request to direct the federal government to make the Dawn Leaks inquiry report public. They have further requested the top court to bring the persons involved in leaking the matter to justice under the Official Secrets Act 1923. The […]
Court slams Nisars report on Musharraf properties incomplete on May 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Special Court hearing high treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over interior ministry’s report regarding his properties and termed it as ‘incomplete’. “We direct the Interior Ministry to furnish the requisite information regarding the properties mentioned in the report before the next date of hearing,” the court ruled. […]
SJC yet to decide maintainability on May 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council on Thursday adjourned a matter about the maintainability of a complaint against National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry. The SJC was supposed to consider whether the reference filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was maintainable before the forum in terms of Article 209 of the constitution read with […]
Ruling didnt change status of Jadhav case: Pakistan on May 19, 2017ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf, in his remarks over the interim order of International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding convicted Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, on Thursday said that the court had clearly underscored that the provisional measures were without prejudice to the ‘final determination’ of the merits and jurisdiction of the case. […]
Mashals father requests Supreme Court to transfer trial to Islamabad on May 18, 2017ISLAMABAD: Claiming security threats, the father of Mashal Khan, student of Mardan University lynched by a vigilante mob, has requested the Supreme Court to transfer his son’s trial from Mardan to Islamabad. The request was made before a three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, on Wednesday. Iqbal Khan told the […]
SC directs CADD to present inquiry report within 2 months on May 17, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed the registrar of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) to appear before an inquiry committee investigating irregularities at the varsity. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar warned that the matter would be referred to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) if the registrar did […]
Police report absolves administration, blames crowd on May 16, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police on Monday informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan that the Bahria Enclave stage collapse incident had been caused by “excited audience”. Police also expressed its inability to fix responsibility for turning off lights immediately after the incident. In a report submitted to the SC, police stated that claims that the lights […]