THE dissenting opinion by three judges in last week’s landmark US Supreme Court decision on abortion spelt it out rather succinctly: “After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had.” This is neither the first time the court has stripped US citizens of their …
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SAGGING under the weight of internal weaknesses, the political system once again seems to be wobbling towards disequilibrium. Monday’s proceedings in the National Assembly saw the government’s key coalition partners reacting angrily to being ‘ignored’ by the ruling PML-N. They accused the party of going back on promises that were made to …
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LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has launched an income beyond means investigation against the director (special branch) of the south Punjab police. An ACE official told Dawn on Monday that an investigation had been launched against Ameer Taimoor (director of the special branch in south Punjab), who is former chief minister Usman …
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ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a sitting judge of the Supreme Court who is currently on vacations, on Monday took exception to the upcoming Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s meetings being called to elevate seven judges to the Sindh High Court and confirm 13 additional judges of the Lahore High Court. …
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AN individual occupying a position of power which carries with it considerable social responsibility could not be expected to make such bizarre, irresponsible statements. In a recent TV interview, the human rights minister, PML-N’s Riaz Pirzada, made the claim that some missing persons had been “engaged” by hostile foreign elements, including …
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Pakistan has received combined economic and financial targets for the seventh and eighth reviews of its International Monetary Fund bailout programme, finance minister Miftah Ismail said on Tuesday. “Early this morning, the Government of Pakistan has received an MEFP from the IMF for combined 7th and 8th reviews,” Ismail tweeted. …
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The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday instructed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notify PTI members on five reserved seats of the Punjab Assembly (PA) that fell vacant following the de-seating of 25 of the party’s MPAs over defection. Last month, 25 PTI dissident lawmakers, which included five …
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The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index opened in the green on Monday, gaining over 600 points in early morning trade. According to the PSX website, the bourse witnessed an increase of over 450 points by 9:45am. At 10:40am, the index had reached 41,734.31 points, up 683 points, or …
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With the change of government, a group of influential and leading Saudi and Kuwaiti investors who had originally purchased Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) in 2005 has swung back in action again to lead the transfer of renamed K-Electric (KE) to Shanghai Electric Limited (SEL) of China. The transaction between …
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KARACHI: Just two days before the first phase of local government elections in four divisions of Sindh, the key contesting parties on Thursday came up with serious concerns, accusing the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party of pre-poll rigging, and also demanded deployment of army fearing violence on the polling day (June …
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