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Apparently, a unanimous vote is not good enough PTI Chief Imran Khan has challenged the 20th Amendment ignoring that it was passed unanimously by lawmakers...

Agreeing to agree The PPP and the PML(N) have reportedly reached an agreement on the 20th Amendment and on measures to ensure fair and free...

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) ON Wednesday categorically denied meeting of DG ISI Ahmed Shuja Pasha with Arab leaders to oust Zardari government. "It is...

While members of Lollywood are still trying their level best to have Indian films banned, independent cinema it seems has begun to make headway...

An independent appellate court, headed by a high court judge, should be set up in FATA with an aim to ensure accessible justice for...

North Sudan officially recognised the independence of South Sudan on Friday, a government minister announced on state television. "The Republic of Sudan declares that...

The Muttahida Muslim League (MML) leaders have decided to maintain their independent status, pending the final decision to forge election alliance with PML-N or...

ISLAMABAD - In an effort to keep the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) engaged in dialogue, the government on Tuesday announced the formation of a 12-member parliamentary committee through the National Assembly speaker for the formation of an independent election commission. An independent election commission was one of the 10 demands of the PML-N.
Although the election commission will be formed after a process undertaken by the parliamentary committee, the notification of the

ISLAMABAD - With the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (JUI-F) in search of its status in the Parliament - either to join the treasury or the opposition - Speaker National Assembly (NA) Dr Fehmida Mirza finds herself in a difficult position about announcing the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for the constitution of an independent Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The proposed committee, under Article 213 of the Constitution after the passage of 18th Amendment, shall comprise equal

LAHORE - The Punjab government claimed on Monday that that proposed healthcare commission will be an independent and separate entity, completely free of external influence by government and other channels.
"We will appoint a chairman of the commission and separate commissioners, who would be non-controversial and professionals of the highest integrity", Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said adding that the commission would neither recruit serving or retired officers nor

LAHORE - Anticipating the changing political climate and recent moves on the political front as countdown bells for the general elections, many prospective independent candidates have launched public-liaison campaigns in Lahore to introduce themselves among voters as candidates, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Interestingly, political groups have geared up preparations in name of local government elections but political workers have termed their party restructuring, workers contact

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that the movement for independence of judiciary was in its final phase and he was determined to eliminate corruption from the judicial system as early as possible.
He was addressing the lawyers at the inauguration of Lahore Bar Association's official website in the sessions courts premises. He said that democracy was incomplete without the eradication of corruption and the lower judiciary had to act like the

TEHRAN: Iran reiterated on Tuesday that the nuclear fuel swap issue was separate from its overall atomic programme for which the six world powers and Tehran are expected to hold talks later this month.
"We have said from the beginning that these two issues are independent from one another," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told AFP. "The issue of fuel swap is an independent issue and the issue of dialogue with 5+1 is another independent issue.
If the

LAHORE: Independence of the judiciary is possible if judges are appointed on merit, newly-elected Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jehangir said on Saturday.
"Presently most of the judges are good but a few have not been appointed on merit," she said while addressing lawyers at the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) where she went to thank lawyers for their support in her victory. "If lawyers are tortured then it means that the judiciary is not independent. We