To PM Imran’s dismay, top posts still vacant in state units

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed dismay over failure of different ministries and divisions to meet the deadline for appointing heads of 135 organisations and departments, which are still being run on an ad hoc basis for more than a year. In July this year, PM Imran had set a three-month deadline for appointing heads […]

SC forms larger bench to determine the span of life imprisonment sentence

Life sentence means life imprisonment, not 25-year jail: CJP

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the formation of a larger bench to determine the exact length for a life sentence. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, took notice of the issue while hearing a petition to reduce a convict’s life sentence into half. Haroonul Rashid was sentenced to life imprisonment […]

Supreme Court to hear judge Arshad Malik video scandal case

Supreme Court to hear judge Arshad Malik video scandal case

Three-judge Supreme Court bench led by CJP to conduct hearing on July 16 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken up the case over the video scandal allegedly involving accountability court judge Arshad Malik. The case has been fixed for hearing by a three-judge bench of the apex court led by Chief Justice of […]

Miss Marium Haroon New Intern

Introduce Miss Marrium Haroon

Let me introduce Miss Marrium Haroon, she has joined Hyder Shar Law Associates as legal intern. She is keen interested to become a prominent, successful Criminal Defense Lawyer. Currently, she is pursuing her studies in LLB (Hons) from University of Karachi, School of Law. We wish her best of luck for her success in the […]

Uncontrollable AIDS/HIV in Pakistan – Its alarming growth – Misuse of Global AIDs funding

HIV Akhbar

While looking at the salient features of budget 2019–2020, I noted that there are hardly any substantive funds allocated to health and education sectors. The most detrimental disease, AIDs spreading in Pakistan by leaps and bounds but unfortunately, like the other fatal diseases it is also not being taken seriously in Pakistan hence no required […]

SJC to resume hearing of cases against Justice Esa, Justice K. K. Agha on July 2

Justice Qazi Faez Esa

SLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) is set to resume proceedings on the presidential references against Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court and Justice K.K. Agha of the Sindh High Court on July 2. Sources privy to the development told Dawn that during the proceedings, Attorney General Anwar Mansoor Khan was likely to […]