Tag: Laws

Despite the approval of the Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-smokers Health Ordinance 2002, it is yet to be implemented by the Islamabad...

The Ministry of Petroleum has proposed amendments in Offences Law Against Property of Theft of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC)1860 to check gas theft. An...

Owing to negligence on the part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Environment Directorate, citizens openly violate Environmental Protection Regulation (EPR) 2008, which is...

A joint constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking the elimination of certain provisions of military laws on the touchstones...

President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and approval by the federal government, promulgated the Regulations “Action in...

Top Bollywood actor Imran Khan said Friday he would challenge in court a decision to raise the age for buying alcohol in India's entertainment...

Children Parliamentarians demanded strict laws against child trafficking and special trainings for their self defence in this regard, in a session of Children Parliament...

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt has blasted the International Cricket Council president for reportedly planning to scrap the rotational policy for the ICC’s...

ISLAMABAD - The Senate passed on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill to amend election laws to ensure security of the database of electoral rolls and make exhibition of CNIC mandatory for casting votes.
After the amendment in 'Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2011', which will come into force at once, a new section 30A (after Section 30, Act XXI of 1974) would be inserted into the constitution whereby any employee of the Election Commission of Pakistan, if found guilty of breaching

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa said on Sunday that Raymond Davis was released by the court as he was pardoned by families of murdered persons after taking blood money of Rs 200 million which was in accordance with Shariah laws.
Talking to the media at the marriage ceremony of daughter of Habibur Rehman aka Mani Pehalwan, a senior worker of the PPP, he said that the court had quizzed all 19 members of the family before the decision and their affidavits were presented

KARACHI - A constitutional petition was filed on Wednesday in the Sindh High Court for the implementation of consumer laws in Sindh. Rana Faiz ulHassan of United Human Rights moved the petition, stating that the court had issued directions to the Sindh government to implement the consumer protection law in Sindh, but till now, no concrete measures had been taken.
The petitioner argued that due to the absence of consumer law, citizens are being adversely affected. The prices of

KARACHI - While the 'World Consumer Rights Day' was celebrated across the globe on Tuesday, the Sindh province including its capital city of Karachi - the biggest financial hub and largest tax-paying city - remains without consumer protection courts or even laws.
Although, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad has thrice issued an ordinance - two times during the previous government and once in the present government's tenure - related to consumer protection, this valuable and

LONDON - The country's politicians should be able to reach a cross-party accord to end misuse of the blasphemy law, based on proposals made by the leader of a religious party, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday. The comments by Malik were the clearest sign yet of the country's attempts to reduce tension over the blasphemy law, which has become a bitterly divisive issue that has highlighted the power of the religious right in the society. Malik told Reuters in an interview

LAHORE - Shahbaz Bhatti's murder was 'deplorable' but they will not allow paving way for amendment in the blasphemy laws, under the cover of this incident, Jamiat Ulema Pakistan (JUP) Secretary General Qari Zawar Bahadar said on Thursday in a press conference at the Lahore Press Club. He said that JUP has decided to hold Tahafz-e-Namoos-i-Risalat Conference at Minar-i-Pakistan on 27th of this month. He said if the 'rulers' tried to amend the blasphemy laws or release Raymond Davis,

LAHORE - Going back on the statement that he made on Saturday after meeting Jamaat-i-Islami leader Munawar Hassan at Mansoora, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday he will not allow Shahbaz Bhatti's assassination to become a reason for allowing any review of the blasphemy law.
Addressing the workers convention of JUI-F, he said no consensus on blasphemy law is required. The government was using the cover of 'reconciliation' to take decisions to

LAHORE - Urging religious scholars to consider the reservations being expressed over the blasphemy law, MQM chief Altaf Hussain Friday said parliament was the only available forum to debate and amend the laws.
Addressing a gathering jointly organised by Defence Clifton Residents Committee and the Council of Professionals, Altaf said every citizen of the country enjoyed equal rights and those resorting to terrorism in the name of Islam were defaming the religion.
He said the

KARACHI Strongly condemning the brutal murder of Federal Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti on Wednesday, the Pakistan Peace Coalition (PPC) has said that the blasphemy laws issue presents an open challenge to the stability of Pakistan.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the PPC observed that Bhatti was killed merely two months after the assassination of Governor Punjab Salman Taseer, who too was silenced for his open remarks about the blasphemy laws.
"The blame for