News Pakistan

September 25, 2019

SC issues notices to President Alvi, PM Imran in Justice Isa case

ISLAMABAD: The top court has issued notices to all respondents including President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan over petitions filed by the Supreme […]
September 25, 2019

FM Qureshi addresses letter to UN secy gen, UNSC president over Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi addressed a letter to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and the president of the UN Security Council outlining Pakistan’s legal […]
September 24, 2019

Extension in judges’ retirement age stirs debate

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led federal government’s decision to seek an increase in the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from […]
September 24, 2019

CJP concerned over high acquittal rate in criminal cases

ISLAMABAD.: Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa has expressed his concern over the alarming acquittal rate of 69% in criminal cases decided in Punjab during the period […]
September 24, 2019

Education secy summoned in school fees case

LAHORE: Expressing his dismay over the non-implementation of the verdict of the Supreme Court on exorbitant fees charged by private schools, Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi of […]
September 23, 2019

Pakistan to tackle Reko Diq penalty in US

ISLAMABAD.: Pakistan’s top legal officials are in the United States to chalk out a strategy against the massive penalty of $5.976 billion imposed by the International […]
September 20, 2019

FBR pulls plan for sales tax relief to car assemblers

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has withdrawn at the eleventh hour a summary that it earlier moved to seek the federal cabinet’s approval for […]
September 20, 2019

Justice Isa case to be heard on September 24

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday fixed hearing of Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s petition for September 24, despite the superior judge’s attorney Muneer A Malik requesting […]