Monday, October 5th, 2020
SC seeks report from trial court on Ahad Cheema’s bail plea
ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has sought a report from the trial court on a former DG Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Ahad Cheema’s bail plea in two weeks. A three-member bench of the SC headed by Justice Mushir Alam took up the plea. The counsel of Ahad Cheema stated in his argument before the court that the co-accused in the reference have been granted bail and demanded due treatment to his client. Justice Mushir Alam remarked that we will see the matter after submission of the reportRead More
Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of attacking its city Ganja as Nagorno-Karabakh conflict intensifies
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia intensified on Monday as the former’s second-largest city, Ganja, came under attack from missiles. Armenia was quick to deny involvement in the attack. Azerbaijan accused Armenia of launching missiles into Ganja’s residential areas. One civilian was killed while 32 others were injured, said Azerbaijan officials. “Opening fire on the territory of Azerbaijan from the territory of Armenia is clearly provocative and expands the zone of hostilities,” Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov said Hikmet Hajiyev, an aide to Azerbaijan’s president, wrote on Twitter that theRead More
Demolition of the Babri Mosque Revisited
Sajjad Shaukat In the pretext of lack of evidence and ignoring the facts, an Indian court on September 30, this year acquitted all the Hindu nationalist leaders, including former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, in the Babri Masjid [Mosque] demolition case. In its biased verdict, the court even neglected the authenticity of audio and video evidence submitted in the case. During the trial, Central Bureau (CBI) produced 351 witnesses and 600 documents as evidence. Initially, the court had framed charges against 49 accused, however, 17 accusedRead More
Accountability court indicts Zardari in Park Lane, Thatta Water Supply references
ISLAMABAD : An accountability court on Monday indicted Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari in Park Lane properties and Thatta water supply references. The references were taken up by AC Judge Azam Khan. During the hearing, the PPP leader pleaded not guilty in the cases. The court has also indicted 19 accused in Park Lane and 15 accused in Thatta water supply references. Copies of the references were handed over to the accused. Earlier on September 28, an Islamabad accountability court had indicted former presidentRead More
Zeeshan Malik set the tone for Northern to win fourth consecutive match
Multan : Zeeshan Malik (84) set the platform for table-toppers Northern to beat Sindh by 13 runs to win the 10th contest of the National T20 Cup. Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, and Mohammad Nawaz bagged two wickets each to restrict Sindh to 191-7 in reply to 205-runs target. Set to chase 205 runs, Sindh lost Sharjeel Khan earlier for just a run but Khurram Manzoor and Azam Khan smashed 82 runs together to set the tone for Sindh to chase the total. Azam Khan scored his second T20 fifty withRead More
Pros and cons of Opposition’s APC
To the oppositions criticism it can quite rightly be said that they are divided and their roadmap has been unclear. Further they have not aligned their objectives and there seems to be disagreement on many fronts. This is mainly due to the difference on approaches and ideology; such as PMLN demands a midterm elections, whereas PPP seems to support the idea of in house change and at the same time JUI-F has certain demands based on their which are not acceptable by the other two major parties Muhammad Asghar OverRead More