Tag: #SupremeCourt
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Senate Elections to be held as per past practice
Lahore, 2nd March: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said that Senate Elections on March 3 will be held as per past practice. Baaghi TV: ECP said on Tuesday that the Senate elections slated for March 3 (tomorrow) will be held through secret balloting as per past practices. A meeting of the Election Commission…
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Supreme Court allows which important personality to contest in Senate Elections?
According to Baaghi TV, the Supreme Court allowed Saifullah Abro to contest the Senate elections. The court upheld the decision of the Sindh High Court and dismissed the disqualification petition. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad while talking to the lawyer said that the elections are going to be held tomorrow, after which disqualification can be challenged.…
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Dr Babar Awan tells what happened in the meeting with Chief Election Commissioner
Lahore, 1st March: Dr Babar Awan tells what happened in the meeting with the Chief Election Commissioner? According to the report of Baaghi TV, the federal government has approached the Election Commission after the Supreme Court ruled on the presidential reference regarding the Senate election open ballot. A delegation of federal ministers has reached the…
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Foreign funding case: PM Imran Khan reaches Supreme Court
Imran Khan has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court, for an early hearing on the pending petition case, against committee in foreign funding case. MQM-Pakistan delegation calls on Sindh Governor UK jabs top 20 mn as Europe lags behind, Czechs turn to Sputnik V UNICEF urges repatriation of all children in Syria’s al-Hol camp…
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Senate elections, where did the government delegation go after the Supreme Court decision?
Lahore, 1st march: Where did the government delegation reach after the decision of the Supreme Court? According to the report of Baaghi TV, the federal government has decided to approach the Election Commission after the Supreme Court ruled on the presidential reference regarding the Senate election open ballot. A delegation of federal ministers has reached…
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Senate Elections – A short Note (Part 2)
This opinion is shared by Haider Mehdi. Received feedback implying that Proportional Representation was for equity to Provinces not to Parties. This was the argument of the Sindh Bar Council chief to the SC. So here’s the question. If the electoral college for Senate comprises members of political parties who were voted to reflect the…
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Senate Elections
This opinion is shared by Haider Mehdi. I think this whole piece of proportional representation, secret ballot, show of hands for Senate elections is totally effed up. So here’s what proportional representation means. If a party has “x” number of seats in the electoral college, which comprise both the National and Provincial Assemblies then it…
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The Supreme Court adjourns the hearing of an appeal of the NAB
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (APP): The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking cancellation of the bail of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Khan Durrani for two weeks. A three-member SC bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar heard the appeal against…
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Supreme Court issues major order on temple demolition accused
According to Baaghi TV, the Supreme Court heard the case of Minority Rights and the Karak temple demolition incident. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, while making his remarks, said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started construction of Samadhi at its own expense. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs.2 million for the reconstruction of Samadhi.…
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Supreme Court summons Chief Election Commissioner & members of the Election Commission
Baaghi TV: Supreme Court summons Chief Election Commissioner and members of Election Commission. Justice Faiz Issa said that if the Attorney General is with the Prime Minister, then tell him that the Constitution is more important. Why are the people being deprived of democracy? The order of the Supreme Court not to hold local body…