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News for Friday, 13 Jul 2012

President signs contempt of court bill into law

The Contempt Court Bill, 2012, became a law on Thursday after President Asif Ali Zardari signed it. Per the new law, the prime minister, ministers and chief ministers will have...

Judiciary won’t accept any unconstitutional action: CJP

In a clear warning to the government, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry late on Thursday night said that only law and constitution will prevail in the country and the judiciary...

Taliban assault under Mullah Faqir’s command

The reports are conflicting, with both sides making claims to have eliminated about 10 of the opposite number. What stands confirmed is: a ferocious early cross-border incursion and assault from...

6 kidnapped miners, doctor found dead in Quetta

Quetta police on Thursday found bodies of six miners and a doctor who were kidnapped on July 6 from the Dagar and Marwar areas close to the provincial metropolis, officials...

Taliban kill 9 police cadets in Lahore raid

The Taliban on Thursday launched a dawn attack in the centre of the provincial capital, gunning down nine trainee policemen as they slept. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the raid...

PPP, PML-N in covert ‘broad-based’ talks

After six months of strong confrontation between the major treasury and opposition parties - the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz - both “estranged” friends have once again...

Nothing but the letter!

The Supreme Court appears in no mood for rhetoric. It is no mood to allow the government machinery fiddle over its directions and allow the rulers make a mockery of...

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