 | SC issues detailed judgment against Gilani 03 July 2012
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Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday issued detailed judgment against former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
A three judge bench of the SC through its short order on June 19 had sent Mr Gilani packing, declaring him disqualified from holding office of the prime minister. He was also disqualified as member national assembly.
The 42-page detailed judgment is written by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the Urdu Language while it also include a 6-page additional note written by Justice Jawwad S Khuwaja.
The order said Gilani’s lawyers could not satisfied the court that a person guilty of contempt of court can remain prime minister.
The judgement said a person convicted of contempt of court could run the affairs of state.
The ruling said National Assembly speaker had no way except to send the reference to the election commission and she had no authority to ignore a determined matter. |  | See Also in Political News
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| Pakistan hit hard by targeted cyber attack out of India 18 May 2013
NEW YORK : A new campaign by a family of information-stealing malware, which appears to originate out ofIndia, has been hittingPakistanhard over the last few months, according to American researchers.
Citing researchers at Eset, Dark Reading, a comprehensive news and information portal that focuses on IT security, said unlike other known cyber-espionage campaigns, this one appears oddly rudimentary in that it uses publicly available tools and basic obfuscation methods, and doesn’t encrypt its ... Full Story | Prolonged loadshedding cripples life in Lahore 18 May 2013
LAHORE: Citizens in the city are facing tough situation as power outages have increased due to increase in temperature, making life and businesses miserable, Geo News reported Saturday.
Yet again, the prolonged hours of loadshedding has marred life in Lahore in the worst possible way, making it difficult for the people to carry out their day-to-day tasks.
The worst affected areas include Nishat Colony, Sabzazar, Islampura, iqbal Town, Johar Town, Fazlia Colony, Faisal Town, Mughalpura, ... Full Story | ML-N parliamentary party meeting on May 20 18 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: Muslim League–Nawaz (ML-N) has called for a meeting of its parliamentary party on May 20 here, Geo News reported Saturday.
Sources said that the meeting would discuss formation of governments in the centre, Punjab and Balochistan besides first 100-day plan, relief in load shedding, budget proposals and making alliance with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) and Muslim League- Functional (ML-F) at the centre.
Moreover, the meeting would also mull over the future strategy relating ... Full Story | |
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