Month: April 2018

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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