Tag: Laws

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court neither wanted to block any foreign investment nor was it against it in any way, however, it wanted foreign investment to be subject to local laws.
A three-member bench comprising the CJ, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a case against the leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan - worth over $260 billion - against the

LAHORE - National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) N-5 Central conducted a special patrolling in N-5 Central Zone to ensure enforcement against illegal use of LED Lights, wrong use of indicators and vehicles without tail lights on Sunday. According to a handout issued on Sunday DIG NHMP N-5 Central Syed Ibne Hussain personally monitored the special patrolling and forwarded different instructions to the patrol officers.
During monitoring, DIG stopped at different places to

ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday passed the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2011 with a few amendments. On Tuesday, the committee could not reach consensus over some clauses of the bill as Senator Raza Rabbani had opposed the formation of local commission, fearing, new body could be used for changing election results.
The committee amended some clauses and deleted the controversial clause for the

ISLAMABAD -The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs could not reach a consensus over the Election Laws Amendment Bill 2011. The bill was introduced by Senator Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari on behalf of the law minister to the committee that met here under the chairmanship of Senator Kazim Khan.
Senator Jehangir Badar, Senator Abdul Haseeb Khan, Senator Raza Rabbani and officials of the law ministry attended the meeting. Senator Raza

ISLAMABAD - The government and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) agreed on Monday to dovetail all the accountability laws for various cadres into one consolidated law for across-the-board accountability. The PPP ministerial team led by Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan held talks on the accountability mechanism with the PML-N team led by Senator Ishaq Dar.
PML-N MNAs Zahid Hamid and Anusha Rehman were also at the meeting. Briefing the media after the meeting,

November 15, 1947
An Inter-Dominion Minority Board to protect the interests and rights of the minorities of India and Pakistan is set up at Karachi.
August 27, 1948
The Governor General declares "state of emergency" in Pakistan.
March 12, 1949
The ruling party sets the ideological frame-work of the future constitution moving - by the Prime Minister himself - the Objective Resolution in the Assembly. The Resolution is adopted after a stimulating debate. It

NEW DELHI - A UN envoy on a human-rights mission this month to India on Friday called for reforms including the repeal of laws giving security forces wide powers of arrest in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK). Margaret Sekaggya, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, told a news conference in New Delhi that, during her 11-day tour of five Indian states, including Kashmir, she had been told of many abuses. "I heard numerous testimonies about male and female rights defenders, and

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said his government would not allow anyone to misuse the blasphemy law. "We are neither in favour to amend the blasphemy laws nor we will allow anyone to misuse it," the prime minister said while addressing the Ulema and Mashaikh Conference 2011 held here.
It was the first official conference since the assassination of Salman Taseer, who was killed by one of his official guards, for his views on the blasphemy law.

LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari should dissolve the committee formed to reconsider Section 295-C of the blasphemy laws and parliament should pass a bill to assure that Section 295-C would never be touched again, the Tahafuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz (TNRM) demanded on Monday during a protest.
The rally was held from the Data Darbar to the Governor's House. TNRM President Raza-e-Mustafa Naqashbandi said that the Muslims are ready to sacrifice everything in way of the Holy

LAHORE - The Tehreek-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool organised a rally at the Nasir Bagh on Sunday to protest against statements of Pope Benedict XVI calling for repeal of the blasphemy laws. The protest began its journey from the Nasir Bagh at 11:30am and concluded at the Punjab Assembly (PA).
Protesters were holding banners and placards and chanted slogans against the Pope's statements. People from all over Punjab joined the protest on motorcycles, cars, buses and foot while members of the

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik assured religious scholars on Saturday that blasphemy laws would not be amended, while the clerics demanded that the government form a 10-member committee to resolve the blasphemy law issue. Malik gave the assurance during a meeting with leaders of religious parties, including Shah Turabul Haq, Sarwat Ejaz Qadri, Kaukab Noorani and Allama Abbas Kumaili, as well as Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad at the Governor's House.
"The committee

KARACHI - The blasphemy laws are brutal and inhuman, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Arisar group chairman Abdul Wahid Arisar told Pakistan Today on Saturday. Unlike the JSQM-Bashir Qureshi group, which plans to protest after January 17, Arisar's faction does not intend to confront clerics on the issue.
"A Christian would believe in Prophet Isa (AS); and if anyone says anything against their prophet or their beliefs, that should constitute 'Tauheen-e-Risalet' too, but it doesn't in

KARACHI - The blasphemy laws are brutal and inhumane, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Arisar group chairperson Abdul Wahid Arisar told Pakistan Today on Saturday. Unlike the JSQM-Bashir Qureshi group, which plans to protest after January 17, Arisar's faction does not intend to confront clerics on the issue.
"A Christian would believe in Prophet Isa (AS); and if anyone says anything against their prophet or their beliefs, that should constitute 'Tauheen-e-Risalet' too, but it

LAHORE - The clerics will stage a 'show of strength' in support of the blasphemy laws in the city on January 30, while Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will host an All Parties Conference on January 29 at the Mansoora, JI Chief Syed Munawar Hasan said on Saturday, while addressing the opening session of the JI Shoora meeting.
Munawar said it was tragic that many people were falling victims to the target killings in Karachi, where the government's writ was no where to be seen, while instead

ISLAMABAD - Expressing concern over the violation of Insurance Ordinance 2000, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Human Rights Friday directed the insurance companies, including the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan, to keep their clients updated on their annual profits and reduce procedural issues for quick disbursement of the amounts against clients' claims.
Taking notice of the complaints that insurance companies were violating the Insurance

KARACHI - The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) Bashir Qureshi group, the biggest nationalist party in Sindh, has condemned the abuse of blasphemy laws; the party would announce a protest after GM Syed's birth anniversary on January 17, JSQM chairman Bashir Khan Qureshi told Pakistan Today on Thursday.
"No murderer should be valorised, and terrorism is not to be condoned under any circumstances," Qureshi said. "Sindh is a land of peace. We neither believe in, nor support, bigotry and

ISLAMABAD - The federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2011, which would ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the country with penalties to government employees for breach of secrecy, security of information or data contained in the electoral roll database to ensure security and integrity of database of the electoral rolls.
The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, reviewed the implementation status of its previous