Tag: court judgement
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‘They do love marriages, then become a problem for court’: Chief Justice
Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa has remarked that having a beard does not make a person a Muslim, people themselves marry for love and then it becomes an issue for the court as per Aaj news. The case of the extradition of two minor girls was heard in the Supreme Court by a three-member bench…
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SHC allows children of single parents to get CNIC without father’s information
In a ruling, the Sindh High Court (SHC) has ordered the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) to issue Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) to a woman who didn’t know about her father’s whereabouts, reports Samaa. Rubina was brought up by a single mother as her father had left the family many years ago. The local…
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Justice Ayesha not elevated to the Supreme Court
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has not approved the nomination of Justice Ayesha Malik as a Supreme Court (SC) judge. “As a lawyer, I feel that the JCP needed to set a transparent criteria for appointment, failing which has resulted in what we have seen today. And I feel that the more unstructured this…
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Father sentenced to 14 years jail for raping eight-year-old daughter
Recently, a session court in Karachi has sentenced a man to 14 years in jail after he was found guilty of raping his eight-year-old daughter three years ago, reports Zubair Ashraf for The News. On March 7, 2019, the rapist Shahid’s wife, a young maid, was at work. Her three children came back home from…
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Hamza Ali Abbasi takes his words back about not accusing judges of being anti-Army
Ever since a special court on Tuesday awarded death penalty to former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for high treason, there is pretty much nothing else anyone can talk about. Hamza Ali Abbasi, who is one of Pakistan’s most vocal actors, has been tweeting furiously on the matter. Earlier in the day Hamza had requested…