ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected a set of pleas moved by former chief commissioner Khalid Pervaiz and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chaudhry Mohammad Ali, allegedly involved in roughing up former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on March 13, 2007. Headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, a five-judge bench had taken up the petitions seeking review of the June 6, 2018 decision in which the apex court had ordered sending all the police officials to jail under contempt of court charges for being involved in the alleged manhandling of the former chief justice. Khalid…
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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit a detailed report on its inquiry into the high-profile Malam Jabba land lease case and the subsequent case closure last year. A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar expressed annoyance over the reports that the NAB had closed the Malam Jabba case in light of certain orders issued by the high court in Oct 2020 and observed that it had never issued such orders and instead, it had directed the bureau to continue with the inquiry. It directed the bureau to…
LAHORE: The PML-N says Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) former chief Bashir Memon has disclosed that the agency instituted a fake case against opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif. “Bashir Memon has exposed the government on the fake case against Shehbaz Sharif,” PML-N Punjab information secretary Azma Bokhari said in a statement on Wednesday. She said the FIA was being used for political engineering but this effort (against Shehbaz) would fail like that of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). “The Imran Khan government wants escape from the foreign funding case that is why it is targeting Shehbaz Sharif,” Ms Bokhari…
RAWALPINDI: The committee formed to probe the Murree tragedy was told on Wednesday that of the 29 snow-moving heavy vehicles available, 20 of them were parked at Sunny Bank when a snow storm hit the hill station last weekend. In addition, it emerged that drivers and staff deployed to man the vehicles were also not on duty at the time of the blizzard. It is routine practice that whenever there is the risk of a blizzard, snow-clearing vehicles were deployed at various key points along the roads in the area so they can clear the snow before it accumulates and blocks…
Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday came down hard on the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) over the Murree tragedy , in which at least 22 people died after their cars were stranded in a snowstorm, saying the fatalities would not have occurred if NDMA was “prepared and had taken prior measures”. Tens of thousands of people had thronged Murree last week, creating traffic jams which were exacerbated by heavy snowfall. Among those stuck and forced to spend the night in cars, 22 had lost their. Eight of them froze to death while others probably died from asphyxiation…
ISLAMABD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on a petitioner seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan and Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah also dismissed the petition for being frivolous. Petitioner Fidaullah Marwat was seeking disqualification of Imran Khan and Sheikh Rashid on the basis of their public speeches after Yousuf Raza Gilani secured a Senate seat by defeating Abdul Hafeez Sheikh. In their speeches, they talked about horse trading and bribe during the Senate election. “The plain reading of the memorandum shows that no legitimate ground has been…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A teen girl was shot and killed while out walking her dog in her southwest Houston neighborhood, police say. Her family told ABC13 the victim is 15-year-old Diamond Alvarez, who was a sophomore student at Madison High School. It happened at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at 15400 Park Manor near Markwood Lane. Police told that residents said they heard gun shots including a family member of Alvarez. Family members knew Alvarez was out walking her dog named “Peanut,” so they became worried when the dog returned without her and they went to look for her. Her…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s almost time to buy your RodeoHouston concert tickets! Last week, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo announced the full lineup of performers who will take the star-shaped stage after two years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, tickets will go on sale today at 10 a.m. with prices starting at $20 plus a $4 convenience fee. Fans can join the online waiting room at 9:30 a.m. Those who join the waiting room from 9:30 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. will be randomly selected to enter the store so they can purchase their tickets at 10 a.m.,…
Nicki Minaj is no longer accused of harassment after the rapper’s husband Kenneth Petty’s alleged sexual assault victim, Jennifer Hough voluntarily dropped the case. According to TMZ, Hough’s lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn shared that the lawsuit against the Starships rapper was dismissed. However, the case against her husband is ‘still going on.’ The 39-year-old rapper’s lawyer Judd Bernstein clarified that Minaj will claim to reimburse the amount she spent in legal fees. According to People, Bernstein sent an email to Blackburn stating, “Your conduct in pursuing this case against Nicki represents the worst of our legal system: bottom-feeding lawyers who pursue frivolous actions against…
Andrew Garfield didn’t jump for joy after finding out that he has been nominated for Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards 2022 as he revealed being in ‘shock’. The A-listers are over the moon to have nominated for the prestigious awards; however, The Amazing Spider-Man star’s reaction was poles apart. During his conversation with People, the 46-year-old actor opened up on getting nominated for ‘Best Actor Movie’ for Tick, Tick… Boom! “It’s a strange thing, because I would’ve played Jonathan Larson for free,” he expressed “it’s quite humbling, really. It makes me bow very deeply, because I feel so lucky that I get to be…
