ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Supreme Court of Pakistan observed on Wednesday that it had the jurisdiction to proceed with a case relating to the appointment of the chief justice of the AJK Supreme Court. A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said it was not concerned about a restraining order issued by Azad Kashmir’s apex court to the chairman of the AJK Council. The bench…
Posts published in March 2010
The Daily Times, Mar 19 ATTABAD: The water is rising day by day in this remote part of northern Pakistan, and with it, so is the fear among thousands who stand to lose their crops, their homes and maybe even their lives. A massive landslide early this year formed a natural dam in the Hunza River, creating a lake that is consuming upstream villages, as it expands. If the dam breaks, a flash flood could…
By Sayed Abid Hussain Shah in The Dawn, Mar 17 MIRPUR: The Azad Jammu & Kashmir Supreme Court, while admitting a writ petition for hearing, on Tuesday issued a stay order, barring the AJK Council (Upper House of the AJK Parliament) and the AJK Council chairman (the Prime Minister of Pakistan) from reopening or reviewing the appointment of AJK Chief Justice Muhammad Riaz Akhter Chaudhry. The full bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice…
By Tariq Naqash in the Dawn, Mar 16 MUZAFFARABAD, March 15: A full-bench of the AJK Supreme Court restrained the AJK Council and its chairman (prime minister of Pakistan) on Monday from issuing any fresh advice or reviewing or re-opening the advice already submitted in Oct 2006 by the council about appointment of Justice Riaz Akhtar Chaudhry as Chief Justice. The AJK law department was also stopped by the bench, headed by Chief Justice Riaz…
By Nasir Iqbal in the dawn, Mar 16 ISLAMABAD, March 15: The Supreme Court asked Attorney General Anwar Mansoor on Monday to request Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who is also Chairman of the AJK Council, to settle at the earliest a pending representation of Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani regarding his appointment as AJK chief justice. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday…
By Ahmad Hassan in the dawn, Mar 16 ISLAMABAD, March 15: Dr Shamma Khalid is likely to be named the first governor of Gilgit-Baltistan. According to officials, a notification about her appointment is likely to be issued in a couple of days. Dr Shamma belongs to Astor and is settled in Lahore. She is a medical graduate and a social worker and has worked for the ministry of population welfare for 20 years. Prime Minister…
IT is hoped that discontent in Gilgit-Baltistan will now die down following the federal government’s out-of-court settlement with the thousands of families who will be displaced by the Diamer-Bhasha dam. Last month’s tragic incident in which two protesters were shot dead by security personnel is still fresh in people’s minds, and any further delay in arriving at a consensus solution could have exacerbated matters. The demands raised by those affected by Diamer-Bhasha included market-rate compensation…
By Sikander Shaheen in the Nation, Mar 14 ISLAMABAD – The governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan naively overlooked the fact that bilateral trade was directly proportional to security situation. Giving economy preference to security was an unimpressive show of imprudent diplomacy during Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent visit to Pakistan. The mild attitude that Pakistan had shown towards Afghan President reflected that Pakistani authorities were so obliged by Karzai’s arrival that they deemed it better…
By Anwar Iqbal in The Dawn, Mar 14 WASHINGTON, March 13: The blasts in Lahore are the last desperate measures of pro-Al Qaeda militants who are now being abandoned by the Taliban, diplomatic sources told Dawn. The sources also confirmed a Los Angeles Times report, published on Saturday, that the Taliban militants in Fata were now refusing to collaborate with Al Qaeda fighters. The Taliban were declining to provide shelter or assist in attacks in…
By Indrani Bagchi, Times of India, Mar 14 NEW DELHI: Terror attacks in India have graduated from the bombs-on-trains variety to commando-like operations in Mumbai, or blasts like the Germany Bakery in Pune. But thus far, India has been spared the suicide bomber – the kind that rammed into the Indian embassy in Kabul, or into the CIA tent in Khost, or even in the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. That could change. In a development…
The Times of India, Mar 14 WASHINGTON: A resolution of Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan would no longer satisfy Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the terrorist outfit responsible for 26/11 and attack on Indian Parliament would continue to pose a serious threat to both India and the western world in particular the US, top experts have told American lawmakers. “There is no doubt in my mind that we have to find ways to resolve the issues…