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Lawyers observe Iftikhar Day against dictator
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 2 years ago
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Like other parts of the country, lawyers of the Islamabad Bar Association on Wednesday observed black day against the steps of March 9, 2007 and boycotted the court proceedings. In their general body meeting, lawyers appreciated the role of the legal
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PCO judges supported ?a man? at the cost of dignity: SC
London :: United Kingdom | over 2 years ago
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) had not maintained the dignity by showing allegiance to a person (ex-President Pervez Musharraf). A four-member bench headed by Justice
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Bench and Bar integral part of one system: CJP
Islamabad :: Pakistan | over 2 years ago
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The delegation also comprised other Presidents of Bar Association namely...Naimat-ur-Rehman President Ugi Bar Association and about 40 other office bearers and members who called on his lordship Tuesday in the Supreme Court Building, Islamabad.
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Party Leaves Pakistan's Ruling Coalition, Leaving It Without a Majority
Islamabad :: Pakistan | over 2 years ago
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Pak coalition on brink after partner pullout Karachi/Islamabad, Jan. 2 (PTI): The Pakistan Peoples Party-led government in Pakistan was today reduced to a minority after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the second largest party in the coalition,
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Pakistan's ruling coalition loses parliamentary majority as key partner joins opposition
Islamabad :: Pakistan | over 2 years ago
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A key political party says it is withdrawing from Pakistan's ruling coalition, depriving the pro-U.S. government of a parliamentary majority. Faisal Sabswari, a lawmaker from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, said Sunday that his party will join the
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CJP Iftikhar has taken notice of unfair treatment of Pak pilgrims: LHC CJ
Rāwalpindi :: Pakistan | over 2 years ago
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Lahore High Court Chief Justice Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has said that CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken serious notice of the unmerited behaviour with Pakistani pilgrims during Hajj and constituted a special bench to deal with the
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Nawaz assured Patterson to work with PPP: WikiLeaks
Former US ambassador Anne W Patterson had strongly opposed the restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry during a January 2008 meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, who told the US ambassador that without restoring of the
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Musharraf wanted to replace the Gilani government with a set up of technocrats
ISLAMABAD: In a cable sent to Washington on July 25, 2008, it was said that former President General Pervez Musharraf was mulling after just six months of February 2008 elections to replace the freshly elected government with that of technocrats,
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No progress without justice: LHC CJ
Faisalābād :: Pakistan | over 2 years ago
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The corruption is biggest problem and menace at present, which needs to be eradicated...The depressed people will not happy on us unless they get justice without greed and recommendation and without which the country would not achieve progress and
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Asma becomes first woman president of Pakistan's top bar
Famous human rights activist and a senior lawyer, Asma Jahangir, has become the first Pakistani woman president of the country's Supreme Court Bar Association.Media reports said Asma defeated her rival candidate Ahmed Owais in an annual
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