ISLAMABAD: Although 12 names were approved for appointment as additional judges of the Sindh High Court, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) missed the opportunity to appoint a first minority judge in the higher judiciary. Since the 18th constitutional amendment in 2010, there is no judge from a minority community in the higher judiciary comprising […]
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Rawalpindi: Security forces neutralized six terrorists in Zhob district while they were trying to infiltrate into Balochistan across the border along Afghanistan, the media wing said on Thursday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), “on [the] Night of 22/23 January, the movement of a group of Khwarij, who were trying
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KARACHI: Strongly objecting to keeping the federal government in the dark over the question paper leak probe, the Inter-Board Coordination Commission (IBCC) has written a strong letter to the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) , asking him to share the findings. of the investigation before January 23. In the letter, the IBCC reminded the CIE that
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ISLAMABAD: The Additional Registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan submitted his reply and pleaded before the court to withdraw the contempt of court notice as he did not disobey the court but wrote a note in the light of the order Judicial Committee on Practices and Procedures of the SC. The two-member SC bench,
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Karachi: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Publishers (CPNE) has rejected the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Bill, presented by the federal government in the National Assembly, due to lack of prior consultation with stakeholders. In a joint statement, the president, secretary general and other CPNE officials said the government should have adopted democratic principles and
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ISLAMABAD: The apex judge formed separate committees comprising senior judges and the Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) to oversee appointments to key posts in the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP), Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) and the Supreme Judicial Power. Council (SJC). According to a statement issued by the Supreme Court on Thursday,
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ISLAMABAD: Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, Minister of Finance, addressing a high-level panel discussion at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday, highlighted the crucial role of information technology in Pakistan’s development and stability. Aurangzeb highlighted that Pakistan had made significant vertical progress in IT and was home to the third largest population of freelancers, which he
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Listen to the article A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a Pakistani man to 30 years in prison for attempting to murder two people outside the former Charlie Hebdo offices in 2020 with a meat cleaver. When he carried out the attack, Zaheer Mahmood, 29, wrongly believed the satirical newspaper was still based in the
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Listen to the article Information Minister Attaullah Tarar criticized the PTI’s decision to call off the negotiations, saying the government was considering “common ground” by proposing a committee instead of a judicial commission. “There is no need to constitute a commission…we deliberated on common ground to move things forward,” Tarar said during an appearance on
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Listen to the article Journalists’ organizations in Pakistan have strongly opposed recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), expressing concerns over the lack of consultation and its implications for press freedom. A joint action committee, comprising Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Pakistan Council of Newspaper Editors
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