Tag: Ordinance

ISLAMABAD - A petition was moved in the Supreme Court (SC) to review the court's March 1 order regarding the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amended Ordinance of 2010. The court, on March 1, had dismissed the writ petitions against the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010. Applicant Shahid Orakza, who had challenged the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010, filed a review petition on the court's decision on Thursday. He questioned whether the SC could ignore an alleged violation of the constitution

KARACHI - Taxation through ordinances is an unjust practice of the government which badly affects economic activities. Keeping in view, the current economic situation of the country which suffers from load shedding and load management of gas and electricity, the government must consult the business community.
This was stated by Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry President Senator Haji Ghulam Ali in a meeting with FPCCI office bearers. The meeting was

SAHIWAL - Police registered cases against the Khateebs of seven mosques for violating the loudspeaker ordinance. Reportedly, the police registered the cases against Hafiz Muhammad Ashraf from Jhal Road Mosque, Habib Ullah from Fathe Sher Mosque, Hafiz Muhammad Ashfaq from Chak No 183-9L, Muhammad Younas from Chak No 118-12L, Abdul Bari from Chak No 101-12L, Muhammad Haneef and Umer Farooq from Chak No 109 but nobody was arrested so far.

KARACHI - The Sindh government has removed Manzoor Solangi, a famous writer, from the post of Assistant Professor through the Removal From Service (Special Powers) Ordinance 2000, a law that was promulgated by former president Pervez Musharraf in 2000.
It is pertinent to mention here that the federal government had repealed the law on March 5 last year, following which President Asif Ali Zardari had congratulated labourers and employees. Former Pakistan People's Party chairwoman

ISLAMABAD - The federal cabinet would, in principle, give approval for the promulgation of National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) Ordinance 2011 in what appears to be farewell meeting scheduled on Wednesday. The decision was earlier taken in a high-level meeting on 'national security' presided over by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in May last year.
The government took around 10 months to develop consensus among political and religious leadership for developing unanimity

KARACHI - Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), an autonomous organisation of established to promote exports is being run without a board and has lacked renewed ordinance despite a prolonged passage of time. Ordinance pertaining to TDAP which was re-promulgated by the president on 29th November 2009 and subsequently introduced in the form of a bill in the National Assembly is yet to be approved by the assembly and highlights the nonchalance displayed by the government on the

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Attorney General Anwarul Haq to present the draft and other relevant record of the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2010.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday also directed the petitioner, PML-N Senator Syed Zafar Ali Shah, to provide solid evidence today (Wednesday) to prove his claims that the president did not consult the prime

ISLAMABAD: Reservations were expressed over the date on which the summary advising the President to promulgate the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2010 was issued from the Prime Minister office to the Presidency by the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
"It appears that the letter written by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to the President Asif Ali Zardari to approve and sign the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 was tampered with," the Chief Justice

ISLAMABAD
A three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench on Tuesday directed the attorney general of Pakistan (AGP) to present the government's written point of view over the promulgation of the National Accountability Bureau (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010.
The bench comprising Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, was hearing two petitions challenging the National Accountability (Amendment) Bureau Ordinance, 2010, promulgated by