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Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday alleged once again that three members of the joint investigation team (JIT) formed to probe his family’s business dealings abroad were “are our worst political opponents”, and expressed fears that Adiala Jail was already being prepared for him. Sharif, along with his daughter Maryam, made the remarks after appearing before an accountability court in Islamabad in a reference concerning his family’s Avenfield properties. “Bit by bit, the reality of the JIT’s investigative report is being revealed,” he said in his customary talk with the media…

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 Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday directed the last two chief ministers of Balochistan — Dr Abdul Malik Baloch and Nawab Sanaullah Zehri — to appear before the apex court and explain what they did for the improvement of governance in the province during their respective tenures. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the CJP, was hearing cases at the court’s Quetta registry regarding the plight of public hospitals and medical colleges, and a doctors’ strike in the province. “Three chief ministers came during one tenure…

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Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Mr Ali Raza Syed has said, Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) is most militarized zone of the world, with a large deployment of the occupation security forces. He was addressing meet the press program at Karachi Press Club this week where he was received and warmly welcomed by General Secretary Mr Maqsood Ahmad Yousafi and other office bearers of the club. Referring a recent survey report of Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) headed by the eminent human right lawyer Parvez Imroz on terrible situation…

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Despite Rs4 billion being spent on the Punjab government’s Saaf Pani project, not a single drop of clean water has been made available to the citizens, Punjab Chief Secretary Zahid Saeed informed the Supreme Court on Sunday. A two-member bench of the SC, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, was hearing the suo motu case regarding alleged irregularities in appointments in the Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC) at its Lahore Registry. A day earlier, the company’s CEO had told the court that Rs300 million had been spent on the services…

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1 The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition against the appointment of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as chief justice of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) and his elevation to the apex court. The petition, filed by Advocate Riaz Hanif Rahi, had argued that there exists no provision in the Constitution for direct appointment of the chief justice of a province and the guidance provided in Articles 196 and 200 of the Constitution was not followed (in Justice Isa’s case). The complainant informed the court that according to Article 193…

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Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday called for “political decisions to be taken in polling booths, not in courts” as he took another dig at PML-N’s rivals for getting the party’s former president Nawaz Sharif disqualified and ousted from the PM office. The PM’s remarks come in the wake of his recent meeting with Chief Justice (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar — a rendezvous that had raised many eyebrows in political circles. The meeting, and Justice Nisar’s subsequent referring of the PM as a supplicant, had also irked Sharif, who later publicly…

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