Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, while addressing a group of civil servants in April 1948, shared the following words: “The first thing that I want to tell […]
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Transparency in Judicial Appointment The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, convened a meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan on April 4, 2019. […]
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The Brett Kavanaugh Saga – Victory of One, Defeat of Many On the 6th of October, 2018, US President Donald Trump’s “great” judicial nominee Brett Kavanaugh […]
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Appointment Of Vice Chancellors In Public Sector Universities
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Whether Deputation/ Absorption Into NAB Is Legal
Whether Deputation/ Absorption Into NAB Is Legal The august Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently taken suo moto notice on an anonymous letter pertaining to the alleged […]
Parliamentary Committees And The New Election Commission Of Pakistan
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NAB Barred From Illegal Action Against Pervaiz
NAB Barred From Illegal Action Against Pervaiz Lahore High Court has restrained the National Accountability Bureau from taking any illegal action against former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf […]
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Govt Initiates Process For Appointment Of ECP Members The government has initiated the process for appointment of four election commissioners and would send the names of […]
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Who Fired Who? The Rules of Business 1973 dictates how the Federal secretariat, comprising of Ministries and Divisions, operates. It includes Schedules that clearly delineate hiring/firing […]
Lawyers Boycott Oath Taking Ceremony of Chief Judge of Gilgit Baltistan
Lawyers Boycott Oath Taking Ceremony of Chief Judge of Gilgit Baltistan When the newly appointed chief judge of Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan, Justice Dr Rana Shamim […]