Tag: Law

Pakistan is always on the boil Last night it finally came to me. This feeling of unease, insecurity, uncertainty gurgling within like burning rocks, melting...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday said it had become a culture that law was enforced on the poor only and...

Despite clear orders by the Supreme Court, the Sindh Law Department is reluctant to fire grade 18 contract law officers, who were appointed on...

A 20-year-old Thai student whose father has been detained for ten months under the kingdom’s strict lese majeste laws began a hunger strike on...

With the Lower House of parliament passing two important bills on Wednesday, the babus of the Law Ministry came under strong criticism of PPP...

The law and the minister After being put on the mat by a fellow cabinet member for giving liberty to the banned outfits for holding...

Mehergarh: A Center for Learning, in collaboration with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday held a review session regarding the anti-sexual...

France appealed for calm after a furious Turkey threatened “permanent” sanctions if French senators pass a bill later on Monday to outlaw denial of...

The Yemeni parliament adopted on Saturday a law giving veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution in return for stepping down under a...

It was none other than a firm Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani who vetoed the presidential decision to reappoint Dr Babar Awan law minister...

Hollywood star Jude Law is among 19 new victims of phone hacking by Britain’s News of the World tabloid who have received payouts from...

An effective law to deal with wall-chalking would be introduced soon so that those involved in this activity can be punished, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation...

Situation heating up Here we Pakistanis go again! This terrible habit of cooking on high fires with mega spoonfuls of oil to produce and eat...

Expressing concern over the worsening law and order in Balochistan, the Supreme Court on Monday sought comprehensive report on the matter by January 16. A...

An inspector of City Traffic Police in connivance with his subordinates brutally thrashed a youth over a minor issue at a sector office near...

India’s government and ruling Congress party faced a tough battle to pass its proposed flagship anti-corruption law on Thursday as the upper house of...

As always, a debate is going on these days as to how to maintain a balanced working relationship between the three branches of government...