“DEPRIVATION of liberty must be considered a punishment, unless it can be required to ensure that an accused person will stand his trial when called upon … Courts owe more than verbal respect to the principle that punishment begins after conviction, and that every man is deemed to be innocent until duly tried and duly […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has been told that nothing adverse has happened to the government’s reference filed before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa. An informed source confided to The News that the premier is told that as against the media speculation that the reference is […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa on Tuesday indicated that criminal cases will be reduced to zero in the Supreme Court (SC) in the next few weeks, remarking fake accounts cannot be opened without the willingness of bank officials, therefore, transaction through fake accounts is a big offence. He expressed these views […]
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice (CJ) Asif Saeed Khan Khosa on Monday observed that life sentence does not mean 25-year imprisonment; rather, it means life imprisonment. He remarked that he would further explain the meaning of life sentence at an appropriate time. A three-member bench also comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has so far recovered record Rs 326 billion from the corrupt and deposited into the national exchequer, Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said on Monday. Presiding over Bureau’s Executive Board Meeting (EBM) here, Justice Javed Iqbal reiterated his firm resolve of taking mega corruption cases into logical conclusion was […]
Usman Hotiana Updated June 16, 2019 THE government is all set to execute a mentally ill prisoner on Tuesday. Ghulam Abbas, a 36-year-old resident of Rawalpindi, has spent over 13 years on death row. Medical records from the last six months indicate that he has been frequently visited by psychiatrists — around five times in […]
Definition of Legal Right It is of paramount importance to know the legal meaning of a right before jumping to its origin and evolution. A legal right, as defined comprehensively by John Austin, is an interest recognized and protected by law. In the light of this definition, all remaining interests which are not protected by […]
June 8, 2019 BY Shahzeb Shahid Hardly a week passes in our country without there being a media report about an incident of rape of a minor girl. This social pollutant seems to have intensified its roots in our society. It is a form of violence against women and has been devouring the dignity of […]
The Newspaper’s Staff ReporterUpdated June 13, 2019 LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Wednesday suspended sentence of a Jaranwala lawyer who was convicted of injuring a civil judge by hitting him with a wooden chair and released him on bail. The bench headed by Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi directed the convicted […]
Rana Bilal Updated June 13, 2019 Following his return after two months in London, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif appeared before an accountability court in Lahore on Thursday in the Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases. Admin Judge Jawad ul Hassan presided over the court proceedings during which […]
