Tag: Order

QUETTA - Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi Wednesday expressed his dissatisfaction over the law and order situation in the province. Talking to newsmen after an awards ceremony held at Governor House in connection with the Pakistan Day, Magsi observed that the incidents of kidnapping for ransom were growing rapidly. When asked about government's failure to ensure security situation, he said, "Judges, lawyers and even women are being abducted while the killings continue and

SAHIWAL - Regional Police Officer Dr Arif Mushtaq Chaudhry has asked the citizens to cooperate with, and assist, police to maintain law and order effectively. He said this while talking to a delegation of Citizens-Police Liaison Committee in his office. Chairman Sh Azmat Saleem, Convener Syed Alamdar Hussain Shah, Abraham Azeem Daniel, District Bar President Malik Muhammad Hussain, Rotary International former assistant governor Chaudhry Abdul Quyyom and Mian Saghir Anjum were also

LAHORE - The PML-N has publicised a fact sheet on the issue of the alleged stay order against Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday. The fact sheet says there is absolutely no stay order whatsoever which has been passed in this case (or, for that matter, in any other case), on the strength of which Shahbaz Sharif continued to hold the office of Punjab Chief Minister Punjab.
The facts regarding the litigation pertaining to the raising of challenge to (i) the very

ISLAMABAD - Taking notice of statements that the Punjab government was functioning under a stay order granted by the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday said that anyone intending to make such statements must first gather information from the Supreme Court registrar, "instead of maintaining a version which is not supported by the apex court's record."
The CJP said this while heading a five-member bench conducting hearing on a case

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik phoned Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain on Saturday and discussed various issues with him including law and order situation in Pakistan. Both of them discussed the political situation in the country and agreed that stringent security measures were required for the protection of life and property of the citizens, said a press release.
Rehman Malik told Altaf Hussain that terrorists wanted to destabilise the country

KARACHI - The Sindh government filed an urgent application in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday to vacate the stay order passed over a petition filed against the alleged appointment of police constables on political basis. On February 1, the SHC had restricted the Sindh government from hiring police constables till official comments were filed.
On Tuesday, Sindh Advocate General Fattah Mallak submitted an urgent application in which he requested the able court to vacate the

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday directed the attorney general to bring into the notice of the prime minister the worsening law and order situation in Balochistan and submit within three days policy statement of the premier on the steps to improve the situation.
A three-member, bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, was hearing a petition filed by the Balochistan High Court Bar Association president

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday maintained the stay order against alleged political appointments in the Karachi police until March 8.
An SHC division bench, comprising Justices Maqbool Baqir and Shahid Anwer Bajwa, also directed Sindh Advocate General Fatah Malak to produce the complete record of the written and verbal tests.
On February 1, the SHC had restricted the Sindh government from appointing constables in the Karachi police who were allegedly

KARACHI - The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal of the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) to cancel bail order of Ali Hassan Brohi - former manager of President Asif Ali Zardari's father Hakim Ali Zardari.
Presenting a report before an SC bench, comprising Justices Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Amir Hani Muslim, at the Karachi registry, Landhi jail superintendent stated that after receiving the court order, Brohi was released on December 1 last year and the police has no

LAHORE - Malik Ali Raza Awan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Lahore, the other day issued an injunction in respect of singing, recording, releasing, re-recording, performing and broadcasting (through audio or video), the song 'Bijli Aye Ya Na Aye, Dhol Bajega', in any manner whatsoever.
The order was passed in a suit for permanent injunction, instituted by Meesha Shafi against Syed Farhad Hamayun and the public at Large, as the author of the song.

KARACHI - In Zarah David's artworks, there is a subtle mood of timeless calm and unexpected interpretations of space, prominent art critic Marjorie Hussain says of David. "Here the artist is not concerned with the representation of the observed world. What she portrays are imaginative, strongly atmospheric scenarios touching on the surreal," Hussain says.
To the observer, they may suggest landscape or mirage-like dreamscapes slightly distorted as though seen through a mirror, she

Lahore - The Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved verdict on a writ petition challenging ban on journalists' entry into anti-terrorism courts, National Accountability Bureau courts, special courts and tribunals. Earlier, the court had formed a committee to resolve the issue. Representatives of Federal Union of Journalists, Punjab Union of Journalists, Court Reporter Association and federal and Punjab governments were included in the committee which had submitted its

ATHENS - Greek police clashed with protesters on Wednesday as around 100,000 workers, pensioners and students marched to parliament in protest at austerity policies aimed at helping Greece cope with a huge debt crisis. Riot police fired scores of rounds of teargas and flash bombs at protesters hurling petrol bombs, choking the main Syndagma square with smoke and sending crowds of striking protesters running for cover.
Public and private sector employees' 24-hour strike grounded

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the dysfunctional PCO judges from passing any order against members of the bench hearing contempt cases against them or any other judge of the Supreme Court.
A seven-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing intra-court appeals by two PCO judges of the Lahore High Court - Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi and Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan, requesting the court to overturn its February 2 decision of charging

BANGALORE - Half centuries by the South African openers set up a surprisingly easy seven-wicket victory over Australia on Tuesday in a World Cup warm-up match giving the holders' skipper Ricky Ponting much food for thought. In particular, another slump by his middle order will concern Ponting. Chasing a modest 218 for victory, South Africa's captain Graeme Smith (65 retired) and Hashim Amla (60 retired) survived a barrage of leg before and caught behind appeals by Brett Lee and Shaun

MUMBAI - Kumar Sangakkara or Mahela Jayawardene should drop down and bolster a concerning middle order if Sri Lanka are to be successful at this month's World Cup, former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga told Reuters.
Ranatunga, the burly left-handed batsman who led Sri Lanka to the title the last time it was played in the subcontinent in 1996, believes the island nation are the favourites, besides India, to win the World Cup for a second time.

KARACHI - "Order...order...order... qanooonsazi huwa chahti hai...," said Sindh Assembly (SA) Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro in his customary style at the session on Friday in an attempt to bring the members' attention to Law Minister Ayaz Soomro who had risen to present a bill.
It was not the first time that Speaker Khuhro requested the members maintain decorum in the house; in fact, it was the order of the day. It was almost as if the Speaker was the teacher in a classroom and MPAs his