LEAP-Pakistan

March 25, 2019

SC admits sacked judge’s petition against his removal

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court larger bench, while setting aside registrar office objections, has admitted former Islamabad High Court Justice (retd) Shaukat Aziz’s petition regarding his removal by […]
March 25, 2019

Treason case: SC proposes three options for Musharraf

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Monday proposed three options for former president Pervez Musharraf to record his statement in the treason case after rejecting […]
March 22, 2019

EU fines Google $1.7 billion for breaching antitrust rules

The European Commission called Wednesday for more efforts to ensure adoption of security proposals and fined Google €1.49 billion (USD $1.7 billion) for breaching EU antitrust […]
March 22, 2019

The “Charleston Loophole” and the Second Amendment

Edited by: Ashley Rundell JURIST Guest Columnist Jacob D. Charles of Duke University School of Law discusses a bill in Congress to close the “loophole” in […]
March 22, 2019

Harvard University sued for profiting on earliest known photographs of African-American slaves

Harvard University was sued Wednesday for allegedly profiting on the earliest known photographs of African-American slaves. In the complaint, plaintiff Tamara Lanier alleges that the slaves […]
March 22, 2019

India establishes anti-corruption ombudsman

India’s federal anti-corruption ombudsman, the Lokpal, officially commenced functioning on Tuesday with the country’s president appointing former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose as the body’s […]
March 22, 2019

Top oil firms spending millions lobbying to block climate change policies, says report

The largest five stock market listed oil and gas companies spend nearly $200m (£153m) a year lobbying to delay, control or block policies to tackle climate […]
March 22, 2019

May’s appeal falls flat as EU seizes control of Brexit date

F The EU has handed Theresa May two weeks’ grace to devise an alternative Brexit plan if her deal falls next week after the prime minister […]