Tag: Unconstitutional

Fawad will be spokesperson of another political party soon: Murtaza Wahab

KARACHI: Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister (CM) for Information, Law and Anticorruption, Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Monday slammed Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, saying that...

Sitting government unconstitutional, says Achakzai

QUETTA: Pushtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai has said that the present government is unconstitutional and its affairs were being run by undemocratic...

Miftah’s appointment as finance minister triggers new battle

--Legal experts say govt’s move ‘in violation of law’ --PM defends Miftah’s appointment, says ‘nothing unconstitutional about it’   ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Miftah Ismail as federal minister...

Punjab govt unlikely to present budget

Other provinces also reportedly reconsidering decisions to announce budgets LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided not to present the budget for the upcoming fiscal year...

Sheikh Rasheed says AML to contest polls with PTI

RAHIM YAR KHAN: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed said on Friday that the threat of unconstitutional measures and power hungry aspirants will...

Federal judge rules Florida’s ban on felons voting as unconstitutional

TALLAHASSEE: Florida’s policy of banning felons from voting until they petition the government is unconstitutional and forces them to “kowtow” to the whim of...

IHC says deal between Faizabad protesters and govt is ‘unconstitutional’, ‘illegal’

Justice Siddiqui says court expects Pakistan Army to probe into COAS' name being used in agreement IHC proposes taking issue of agreement to parliament ISLAMABAD:...

Ugandan court rules anti-homosexuality law unconstitutional

A Ugandan court on Friday invalidated an anti-gay bill signed into law earlier this year, saying it was illegally passed and is therefore unconstitutional. The...

Inviting army to TTP talks is unconstitutional: Rabbani

ISLAMABAD Deputy opposition leader in the Senate Raza Rabbani on Thursday said that inviting army to negotiations with the Taliban was an unconstitutional act. Speaking on...

Sri Lanka SC rules impeachment panel unconstitutional

In escalating tussle between the parliament and judiciary in Sri Lanka, the country’s apex court on Thursday passed a ruling declaring the impeachment of...

SC’s decision on delimitation of constituencies absolutely unconstitutional: Altaf Hussain

Remarks made by a judge of the Supreme Court regarding delimitation of constituencies in Karachi are “absolutely unconstitutional, autocratic and biased”, MQM chief Altaf...

PPP Balochistan declares provincial government unconstitutional

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Balochistan has declared the provincial government unconstitutional. President of the PPP Balochistan and Provincial Minister Mir Sadiq Umrani said that the...

Calling Contempt of Court Act 2012 void unconstitutional: AG

Attorney General Irfan Qadir on Friday said calling the Contempt of Court Act 2012 null and void was unconstitutional. Commenting on the Supreme Court’s verdict...

SC declares contempt law unconstitutional

The Supreme Court on Friday in a short order declared the new law of contempt of court 2012 as unconstitutional and illegal and held...

Supreme Court can strike down unconstitutional laws: Ramday

Former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retd) Khalilur Rehman Ramday on Friday said that the nation should not be misguided through political sloganeering. Speaking at a...

Let the people decide

CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry speaking at the dinner hosted by the Balochistan High Court Bar Association said that the SC stood for supremacy of the...

Not unwilling to write letter but it’s unconstitutional, says Kaira

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday claimed he had never said the government would not write the letter to Swiss...