Tag: Reference

ISLAMABAD - The government is reluctant to send a formal reference to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to have the top religious body's opinion on the blasphemy law in the light of Islamic injunctions, as seeking an opinion would make it mandatory for the government to legislate in accordance with the recommendations.
A source in the CII told Pakistan Today that the CII had the mandate to examine any of the prevailing laws in the country to determine whether they were in

KARACHI - A large number of people from all walks of life including trade unionists, politicians, journalists, nationalists and doctors attended a condolence reference in remembrance of late Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer at the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) House on Tuesday.
The reference was arranged by Citizens for Democracy - a joint network of several non-governmental organisations, professional bodies, independent journalists, trade unions, rights organisations, civil

KARACHI - A large number of people from all walks of life including trade unionists, politicians, journalists, nationalists and doctors attended a condolence reference in remembrance of late Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer at the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) House on Tuesday.
The reference was arranged by Citizens for Democracy - a joint network of several non-governmental organisations, professional bodies, independent journalists, trade unions, rights organisations, civil

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday adjourned the hearing of a reference against former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member of the provincial assembly (MPA) and close relative of Sharif brothers, Sohail Zia Butt, until January 16 and directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit the supplementary reference on the case's next hearing. Butt is co-accused in a reference filed in 2001 in which he was accused of embezzling Rs 2 million after purchasing the

LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a reference filed against former PML-N MPA Sohail Zia Butt and directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file a supplementary reference by the next date of hearing.
NAB filed a reference against Butt in 2001. The reference alleged that Butt embezzled Rs 2 million in the purchase of "Ahmad Mansion" for the National Industrial Co-operative Corporation. The court had declared Butt an absconder and had

ISLAMABAD: A 'Full Court' reference will be held at Supreme Court on Monday to honour Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi, a Supreme Court judge who retired on November 20 after reaching 65-years, an SC spokesman told Pakistan Today.
"The chief justice of Pakistan has not yet nominated any judge of the high court to replace Justice Jafferi in SC," he said, adding that most probably the outgoing judge will be replaced with a judge from the Lahore High Court according to the

LAHORE: A lawyer has sent a reference to the president and the Supreme Judicial Council against a judge of the Lahore High Court for influencing a police case in favour of a naib qasid of his court.
Saeed Ahmed Malik moved the application against Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed seeking proceedings against him under Article 109 of the constitution for misuse of powers. Malik said that on September 23, 2009, a mob led by Mehmood and his son Akram attacked his property and demolished it