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Accord on judges’ appointment as per Charter of Democracy

Accord on judges’ appointment as per Charter of Democracy

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms reached agreement on Tuesday on proposed constitutional amendment over procedure for appointment of

Only 4 of 22 in the run for NA-55 seat by-election pay taxes

Only 4 of 22 in the run for NA-55 seat by-election pay taxes

RAWALPINDI: Only four of the 22 candidates running in the NA-55 (Rawalpindi-VI) by-election scheduled for Wednesday have declared their tax details, a report released by a coalition of NGOs working to foster democratic accountabilities reveals. According to declarations made by the contestants in their nomination forms submitted to the Election Commission, only five have declared that [...]

PM swears by CoD, promises package by March 23

PM swears by CoD, promises package by March 23

LAHORE: After a breakfast meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told reporters here on Monday he would ask the parliament’s constitutional reforms committee to complete its report on amending the Constitution before March 23. The package of amendments, he said, would be based on the Charter [...]

US special envoy Richard Holbrooke meets Nawaz Sharif

US special envoy Richard Holbrooke meets Nawaz Sharif

ISLAMABAD:  US special envoy for the Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke called on PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday.             Sharif told the US official that both Pakistan and India should resume the composite dialogue process. He also emphasized that genuine peace and stability was not possible without a resolution of Kashmir dispute [...]

Zardari signs summary of judges appointment on PM’s advice

Zardari signs summary of judges appointment on PM’s advice

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari signed on Wednesday a new summary regarding appointment of three judges of the Supreme Court and 22 additional judges of Lahore High Court (LHC) and nine of Sindh High Court (SHC), presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said. The president, on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, appointed Justice Saqib [...]

PM Gilani announces withdrawal of presidential notifications

PM Gilani announces withdrawal of presidential notifications

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that his government has accepted the recommendations of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Gilani

Apex court’s judgment to settle executive-judiciary power chaos

Apex court’s judgment to settle executive-judiciary power chaos

Powers of the executive and chief justices are likely to be conclusively settled in the forthcoming judgment of the apex court on

Zaradri to backtrack to end the Govt-judiciary confrontation

Zaradri to backtrack to end the Govt-judiciary confrontation

ISLAMABAD: Leaders of parties in the ruling coalition urged President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday to withdraw the notifications regarding elevation of Lahore High Court judges to end confrontation between the government and the judiciary. Sources said the proposal was made at a meeting attended by Farooq Sattar of MQM, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI-F, [...]

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s meeting with PM Yousuf Raza Gilani at PM House amid crisis

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s meeting with PM Yousuf Raza Gilani at PM House amid crisis

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry’s meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the PM house lasted for two and half hours in a pleasant environment on Wednesday (Today) in Islamabad to find the way out of the ongoing crisis. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani took on Tuesday a major initiative in what appeared to be an [...]

What do Amitabh Bachan, Ch Nisar, Nawaz Sharif & PM Gilani have in common?

What do Amitabh Bachan, Ch Nisar, Nawaz Sharif & PM Gilani have in common?

In the late ‘70s, Indian superstar Amitabh Bachan was known as the ‘angry young man’ of Bollywood. His motto: If it moves, kick it; if it sneers, kill it; if it smiles, kiss it. In the ‘90s, Mian Nawaz Sharif took over as the angry-lost-young man of Pakistani politics. His motto: if it’s red-black-green, bash [...]

66 Bars’ resolution declares appointment of judges illegal

66 Bars’ resolution declares appointment of judges illegal

KARACHI: Bar associations across Pakistan passed a unanimous resolution on Monday declaring the February 13 presidential order regarding judges’ appointment illegal. At least

Lawyers announce their plan for boycott, protests

Lawyers announce their plan for boycott, protests

RAWALPINDI: The national coordination council of lawyers decided on Sunday to boycott courts on Monday in protest against Saturday’s notifications about two Lahore High Court judges in disregard of recommendations of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Addressing a press conference, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) chief Qazi Mohammad Anwar accused President Asif Ali Zardari of [...]

Zardari to chair PPP meeting today to chalk out line of action

Zardari to chair PPP meeting today to chalk out line of action

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will preside over a PPP meeting on Monday to chalk out a line of action to cope with the new judicial crisis which erupted after he issued notifications about two Lahore High Court judges. “It will be a dinner meeting attended by PPP parliamentarians,” presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told our [...]

Shahbaz Sharif calls on Gen Kayani ‘openly, not secretly’

Shahbaz Sharif calls on Gen Kayani ‘openly, not secretly’

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif called on Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday and later said he had met the general “openly, not secretly”. “There should be no apprehensions about the meeting because it had already been announced,” the PML-N leader told reporters at Benazir International Airport before leaving [...]

Gilani, Nawaz agree to work for political stability

Gilani, Nawaz agree to work for political stability

LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and PML(N) leader Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif held a meeting and agreed to work for political stability. The leaders also agreed that all outstanding issues should also be resolved in accordance with Charter of Democracy. During the meeting, they took review of the current political, economic and security situation [...]

Punjab won’t budge from its stance on water: Shahbaz

Punjab won’t budge from its stance on water: Shahbaz

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said the province will not back out on its stance regarding the water issue. During the Punjab Assembly session, Sharif said the province will not give up its constitutional right and will not spare even a single drop of water from its share. Shahbaz Sharif said he [...]

SC judges to be appointed as per Charter of Democracy (CoD)

SC judges to be appointed as per Charter of Democracy (CoD)

ISLAMABAD: Constitutional Reforms Committee has agreed to appoint the judges as per Charter of Democracy (CoD). Under the decision, appointments of all the judges including Chief Justice of Pakistan would be made by a Parliamentary Commission. In the meeting of Constitutional Reforms Committee under the chairmanship of Mian Raza Rabbani in Islamabad, the proposed Parliamentary [...]

Punjab Assembly passes local govt amendment bill

Punjab Assembly passes local govt amendment bill

LAHORE: Despite opposition from the Pakistan Muslim League Q and reservations by the Pakistan People’s Party, the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz has successfully got the Local Government Amendment Bill 2010 passed in the Punjab Assembly. The PML-N had always referred to the local bodies system as part of the dictitorial regime of President Pervez Musharraf. [...]

PML-N ambiguous on Zardari’s immunity for political mileage

PML-N ambiguous on Zardari’s immunity for political mileage

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has been deliberately keeping its stance on the president’s immunity vague

PML-N alleges PPP govt of fake power crisis, fraud in RPPs

PML-N alleges PPP govt of fake power crisis, fraud in RPPs

ISLAMABAD: Releasing a white paper on the Rental Power Projects (RPPs), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said on Friday that it would use all constitutional forums to get the contracts awarded to eight RPPs reversed. The PML-N has termed Rental Power Projects (RPPs) the biggest fraud in the country’s history and threatened to use all [...]

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