National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has revised its policy to facilitate the overseas Pakistanis in getting DUP clearance. Now Overseas Pakistanis can apply online to get DUP clearance. NADRA has been facing issues related to DUP for quite some time. A citizen is marked as DUP in the NADRA database if the overseas Pakistani has multiple identity cards with different particulars. Now NADRA is offering online applications to facilitate overseas Pakistanis who face similar issues. The Wafaqi Mohtasib Secretariat has notified all the centers abroad who deal with theRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has dismissed appeal of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for clubbing of NAB reference during in-chamber hearing of the case. Nawaz Sharif had filed an appeal against objections of Registrar of the court to his application for clubbing of the references. The Chief Justice upheld objections of the Registrar and said that Nawaz Sharif has already exercised the review option in Panama papers case. Earlier, former PM filed the appeal through his legal team, headed by Khawaja Haris Ahmed, comprisingRead More

ISLAMABAD, (DNA) – The Islamabad High Court on Thursday ordered different religious groups to call off the sit-in in the capital, staged as a protest against the Election Bill 2017. Hearing a petition filed by Maulana Allah Wasaya against the manipulation of Khatam e Nabuuwat clause (which was later amended) of Electoral Reforms Bill 2017, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui issued directives for calling off the strike, that has virtually paralysed the city from last 8 days. ‘The petition will be taken up on the condition of ending the sit-in’ remarked Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui. HeRead More

ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar on Thursday rejected chamber appeal of ex-prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif which he filed over registrar office’s objections on his plea seeking merger of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references. According to details, Nawaz Sharif’s lawyer Khawaja Harris met CJP in his chamber during which the plea was rejected while the objections of the registrar office were upheld. The office had expressed reservations and said that constitutional plea against Supreme Court (SC) verdict cannot be filed and that Nawaz Sharif has usedRead More