On April 26, Chief Justice (CJ) Muhammad Ameer Bhatti of the Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear a petition filed by newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz regarding his oath-taking issue (Tuesday). According to Hamza Shehbaz, the LHC had expressed the expectation that the President of Pakistan would appoint someoneContinue Reading

Marriyum Aurangzeb, Federal Minister of Information, agreed to enact legislation to combat fake news while meeting with a delegation from the Media Joint Action Committee (JAC) on Saturday. The meeting decided that legislation would be enacted in accordance with PEMRA law, and that a provision would be included in theContinue Reading

On Monday, bar associations across the country issued a joint statement condemning the negative campaign against judges and declaring that the propaganda continues in the name of the party that lost the majority in Parliament, Imran Khan, who is taking a confrontational approach with the institutions. In an unified statement,Continue Reading

KARACHI: The election commissioners for Sindh and Punjab provinces have been reassigned, while an interim officer has been appointed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Ejaz Anwar Chauhan has been reappointed as Sindh’s election commissioner, while Saeed Gul, a Grade-21 officer, has been appointed as Punjab’s interim election commissioner. It should beContinue Reading