Tag: Law

Pakistan signed the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control on May 18, 2004. The law imposes a ban on tobacco use in public buildings and...

A full court meeting of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday reiterated to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the country and...

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said the country’s constitution did not permit taking voice samples of any accused, but it would still ‘’exhaust’’...

A long-awaited anti-corruption bill aimed at tackling endemic graft in India will be introduced in the next session of the parliament beginning August 1,...

The provincial government has taken concrete steps to restore law and order in Karachi and other parts of the province, Sindh Home Minister Manzoor...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that a clear, corruption free and efficient judicial system is must for rule of...

The Sindh High Court (SHC) put the federal law secretary, the acting Sindh governor, the Sindh Assembly speaker and others on notice on Monday,...

Owing to the government’s failure to implement its own laws, child labour in almost every part of the country including the federal capital, is...

The federal government has turned down the Ministry of Water And Power’s request to establish special courts for dealing power theft cases, a source...

Terming 2012 as the election year, PML-Likeminded President Senator Salim Saifullah said on Friday that the violation of court orders by the government was...

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan said on Tuesday that all by-elections held in the absence of the Election Commission were...

Information Secretary Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Women Wing Sindh Ms. Sharmila Faruqui has sought punishment to perpetrators of 5th July 1977 Martial Law as...

The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the Federal and Sindh Law Secretaries as well as the Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) until...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the court would not go beyond the parameters of Article 186 of...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill legalizing gay marriage, delivering a powerful victory for gay rights advocates in one of...

Expressing concerns over the deteriorating law and order across the country, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said...

Nine bodies, including two of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists, and a human skeleton were recovered from separate parts of the city, the police...