ISLAMABAD: In response to Vice Chairman Hafeez-Ur-Rehman Chaudhry’s address, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial ordered the lawyer not to use harsh words for his office’s registrar on Friday, as he criticized claims against judges. “My registrar has a 20-year-long academic career, stop abusing him,” he told a full-court reference summoned on the occasion […]
Day: March 25, 2022
Court sentences life imprisonment to Usman Mirza
ISLAMABAD: An additional sessions court in Islamabad has sentenced Usman Mirza, the main culprit in the Islamabad couple harassment case, to life in jail. Session Extensions Four others were condemned to live in jail by Judge Atta Rabbani, but two accomplices were acquitted. During the hearing, all of the defendants, including Mirza, were produced in […]
Shahbaz, Bilawal denounce NA speaker for not allowing them table no-trust motion
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser was chastised by two of the three Opposition leaders, PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, for refusing to allow them to file the resolution for the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan. “[Asad Qaiser] stomped the law and Parliament’s tradition under his feet once again, […]
Pakistan’s ambassador to US Asad Majeed retires
Dr. Asad Majeed Khan, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States of America (USA), finished his term and accepted a new assignment in Brussels. After Ali Jahangir Siddiqui stepped down as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States in 2019, Dr. Asad Majeed Khan was appointed. Dr. Majeed will be replaced as Pakistan’s envoy in Washington by […]
China foregin minister visits India for first time after border clash
Officials say China’s foreign minister visited India on Friday, his first trip since a fatal conflict on the Asian powers’ disputed Himalayan frontier in 2020. In June 2020, a high-altitude brawl killed 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese forces, resulting in a dramatic worsening in relations, with both sides deploying major reinforcements to […]