Tag: Sends

SC sends NAB chief packing, govt decides he’ll stay

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday declared the appointment of Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman illegal and ultra vires and directed him to relinquish his charge with immediate effect. Meanwhile, the government has sought legal consultation from the Law Ministry for reappointing Justice (r) Shah. A well-placed source informed Pakistan Today that in view of the apex court's verdict, the government is mulling on a proposal to

FIA sends Musharraf’s arrest warrants to London

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has dispatched non-bailable arrest warrants for former president Pervez Musharraf, also a retired Chief of the Army Staff, to the Pakistan High Commission in London, a private TV channel reported on Sunday.
Musharraf could be declared a proclaimed offender if his arrest was not possible, the channel said, and confiscation of his properties is also likely. The FIA had requested for more time to arrest the former president at the

Shehri-CBE sends out message to MPAs with a demo

KARACHI - Shehri-CBE, a Karachi-based non-profit body - organised a demonstration at Mazar-e-Quaid on Saturday to protest what it termed as the "hypocritical" 'Protection and Prohibition of Amenity Plots Bill 2009' that was placed before the Sindh Assembly last week. According to a press release issued by the NGO, the participants of the demonstration included people from all walks of life: students, teachers, lawyers, engineers, architects, town-planners, businessmen, industrialists,

FIA sends back ‘brave’ Moonis

LAHORE - In order to prove his innocence in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) land purchase scam, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Chaudhry Moonis Elahi visited the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Office at the Regal Chowk to record his statement but the FIA sent him back again asking him to present his interim bail papers if he had any.
According to details, Moonis, son of former Punjab CM Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, is

Hernandez double sends United four points clear

LONDON - Striker Javier Hernandez's double helped move Manchester United four points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic on Saturday. Hernandez justified his selection with his eighth and nine league goals of the season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers moved off the foot of the table and out of the bottom three by thrashing 10-man Blackpool 4-0 at Molineux. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake scored twice for Wolves, who made their extra man count after Blackpool's

US sends search teams to New Zealand

WASHINGTON - The United States sent a search and rescue team to New Zealand on Tuesday to help in the aftermath of a powerful, deadly earthquake that hit the country's second city, the State Department said. Spokesman Philip Crowley said in a twitter message that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had phoned her counterpart to "express sorrow" over the disaster, which killed at least 65 people in Christchurch.
Clinton phoned New Zealand FM McCully to express sorrow over the

FIA DG dodges axe, PM sends 8 others packing

ISLAMABAD - Acting upon the orders of the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sacked eight high-ranking contractual government officials. However, the notification for sacking Federal Investigation Agency Director General Wasim Ahmed, also a contractual officer, was not issued until the filing of this report.
The court had recently ordered the government to review the appointments made in government departments on contractual basis. Establishment Division Secretary

Court of Inquiry sends NLC report to COAS

ISLAMABAD - The Court of Inquiry formed to probe into alleged malpractices in the National Logistic Cell has submitted its findings, opinion and recommendations to the chief of army staff for his consideration and perusal.
The Court of Inquiry formed by COAS General Ashfaq Kayani to probe the NLC scam was headed by a serving corps commander along with two major generals as members. It was the National Assembly's Public Account Committee (PAC) that in its recent meeting took

Messi sends Barcelona seven clear

MADRID - Lionel Messi struck twice as Barcelona beat Hercules 3-0 on Saturday to clinch a record-equalling 15th consecutive Spanish league win as the champions moved seven points clear of Real Madrid.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola said he was honoured to match the long-standing record of the great 1960-1961 Real Madrid side which was captained by Alfredo di Stefano. "It is a tremendous honour to win 15 consecutive league games and equal the record of (Alfredo) di Stefano's Real

Imran Farhat sends legal notice to Majeed

LAHORE: Pakistan's discarded opener Imran Farhat on Wednesday threatened to sue a British-based marketing agent unless he apologise for naming him in a spot-fixing scandal. "Through our London-based lawyer, Farhat has sent a legal notice to (Mazhar) Majeed asking him to prove his allegation. If he fails to do so or to apologise, then we will take further action," Farhat's father-in-law Mohammad Ilyas told AFP.
The 28-year-old opener, left out of Pakistan's Twenty20 and Test

Peshawar court sends married pupil back to school

PESHAWAR: A court on Thursday ordered a married pupil back to school, saying that tying the knot was no grounds for expulsion despite teachers' fears of gossip.
Ghairat Khan, a seventh grader with a beard, was thrown out of an elite English-language school in Peshawar seven months ago because teachers believed marital relations were inappropriate playground talk.
"The court reinstated Ghairat Khan and he will rejoin school tomorrow. The board of directors at the school has

SC sends notice to Raja Riaz and Uzma Bukhari for defaming...

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Thursday issued notices to Raja Riaz, PPP Punjab senior minister and Uzma Bukhari, PPP's provincial assembly member, asking them to submit their replies over a statement they made in an assembly session that certain TV channels were shareholder of India's Bajaj Group.
The bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani issued notices to both leaders through the Punjab Assembly

Fake degrees: committee sends 4 cases to CEC

ISLAMABAD: Fake degree cases of four lawmakers were referred to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for legal action after being closed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday.
The decision was made after the accused lawmakers, Gulam Dastagir Raja , Afshaan Farooq, Muhammad Safdar Gill and Farah Deeba, failed to appear before the ECP's special committee despite repeated reminders. The committee did not close the case of Federal Minister for Postal Services Mir

SC sends ball rolling in parliament’s direction

ISLAMABAD
A 17-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry on Thursday asked parliament to review Article 175A - new mechanism of appointing judges under the 18th Amendment - but stopped short of scrapping the amendment.
"We would like to refer to parliament for reconsideration, the issue of appointment process of judges to the superior courts," said the judgement read out in English by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The bench however held