by Ahmad Noorani in The News, December 01, 2014 ISLAMABAD: Under several apex court judgments, convictions in absentia is illegal and if any official or authority tries to get any such order implemented, it would amount to violating the law and Supreme Court verdicts, says the country top legal brain Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan while referring to the Gilgit court’s recent decision of sentencing Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Editor-in-Chief of the Jang Group, for 26 years imprisonment. He…
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KARACHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has outright rejected the order of the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Anti-Terrorist Court against Jang Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman. Talking to this correspondent on Sunday, SCBA President Fazal Abbasi said that the decision had been rejected keeping in view the legal requirements and judicial process. Since it is a matter of court jurisdiction and basic rights, a strategy will be formed against it in the SCBA meeting, he added. He…
The News, December 01, 2014 ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate (JM) of Gilgit has issued a notice to declare Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Editor-in-Chief Jang Group, Shaista Lodhi, a former host of Geo TV programme, Veena Malik and her husband as “absconders” and directed them to appear on December 26. It said if the accused persons fail to appear, one-sided proceedings will be carried out against them. The notification is yet another attempt to prosecute the accused in…
By Shabbir Mir in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2014 GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Chief Minister Mehdi Shah will only consult opposition leader Janbaz Khan over the appointment of a caretaker chief minister once amendments are made to the Self Governance and Empowerment Order 2009. Speaking to The Express Tribune, Shah said amendments are a prerequisite to the consultation process. “However, changes can only be introduced by the federal government,” he added. Shah held…