by Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 25th, 2023LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Malik Ahmed Khan, who is visiting London, criticised the Supreme Court’s decision regarding amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance, terming the law “destructive for Pakistan”. Mr Ahmed, who is here on a personal visit and is staying at The Churchill hotel in central London where interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar is also staying, said the two had not met and that…
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By Asim Yasin in The News, Sept 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: Around 2,000 NAB cases, including those at the reference, complaint verification, inquiry, and investigation level, are expected to be restored after the Supreme Court’s verdict in the NAB law amendments case on Friday. Cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari and six former prime ministers, including Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Shaukat Aziz, Yusuf Raza Gilani, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Shehbaz Sharif, are expected to…
by Ali Hamza in The Nation, Sept 16, 2023ISLAMABAD – A three-member bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued verdict on the NAB amendments bill by 2-1 through which cases on public office holders have been restored which were withdrawn after the amendments in the NAB Law bill. Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ejaz ul Ahsan voted for the petition put up by PTI Chief Imran Khan in 2022 and Justice Mansoor…
by Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 25, 2023The government on May 9 registered a bill to amend some Nepal Acts in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to revise 80 Acts—around a third of the country’s total. With the single bill, the government is preparing to amend the Acts related to criminal office, forest use, environment protection, university education—and what not. In case of minor revisions, there is a practice of amending…
By Mumtaz Alvi in The News, August 21, 2023ISLAMABAD: On the issue of President’s signature on draft amendments to the Official Secrets Act and Army Act, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sunday decided to move the Supreme Court immediately in the light of Alvi’s message on his social media account. “We will place the matter before the Supreme Court and request the chief justice to fix and account for the responsibility through investigation in every aspect of it,”…