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Govt pleads Supreme Court for review of its verdict on NRO
ISLAMABAD: The federal government filed a plea at Supreme Court (SC) for review of its verdict on National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) here on Saturday. Barrister Kamal Azfar filed the appeal on part of the government, pleading the court to review the verdict regarding Swiss accounts and re-opening of cases under the NRO. It is pertinent [...]
Malik Qayyum files a review petition against NRO verdict
ISLAMABAD: Former Attorney General Malik Qayyum has filed a review petition to challenge the decision against NRO in Supreme Court on Friday. In the petition, Malik Qayyum stated that remarks about his authorities as attorney general and action ordered against him for abolishing Swiss cases to be excluded from court’s decision. Malik Qayyum has also [...]
January 15, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
این آر او پر فیصلے کے بعد پیپلز پارٹی کا عدلیہ سے عدم تعاون، ججوں کا تقرر روکا جارہا ہے
اسلام آباد: قصرِ صدارت کے ماتحت وفاقی حکومت بظاہر اعلیٰ ترین عدلیہ کے ساتھ تصادم کی راہ پر گامزن نظر آرہی ہے کیونکہ نہ صرف سپریم کورٹ میں ججوں کے تقرر کو روکا جا رہا ہے بلکہ ان ہائی کورٹس میں بھی ججوں کا تقرر نہیں کیا جا رہا جہاں ہنگامی بنیادوں پر ضرورت محسوس [...]
January 14, 2010 | Posted in URDU NEWS | Read More »
Ex-chief of Pakistan Steel arrested in Rs22 billion corruption case
Former chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills Moin Aftab, one of the main accused in the corruption case that caused a loss of Rs 22 billion to Pakistan Steel was produced in the local court on Wednesday where he was remanded to FIA custody for ten days. FIA officials, after getting cue about his presence [...]
January 14, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
The NRO democracy
The NRO, the product of a deal between the Pakistan People’s Party and Gen Musharraf and sponsored by the British and the Americans, opened the door wide to politicians absconding abroad or hiding inside the country, or those who were locked up in jails on charges including massive corruption and multiple murders. It also guaranteed [...]
January 10, 2010 | Posted in COLUMNISTS' VIEWS | Read More »
PPP-led coalition: Successes and failures
The National Finance Commission (NFC) Award constitutes a major success for the PPP-led coalition. Singularly most important for the integrity of the country, for the first time in living memory, all the provinces of the federation are in absolute agreement about something. Given the terms of previous NFC Awards, the smaller provinces were aggrieved because [...]
January 7, 2010 | Posted in COLUMNISTS' VIEWS | Read More »
PML-N warns of long march over 17th Amendment
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N has threatened to launch a movement, similar to the one initiated for restoration of judiciary, to force the government to fulfil its commitments to repeal the 17th Amendment. Addressing a press conference on Friday, PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal said his party would “give another chance” to the PPP-led government to implement [...]
January 2, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
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Potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years
