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Bail and liberty

Bail and liberty

“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 […]

Govt’s optimism about its reference against Justice Isa

Justice Qazi Faez Esa

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 […]

Life sentence means life imprisonment, not 25-year jail: CJP

Life sentence means life imprisonment, not 25-year jail: CJP

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 […]

NAB recovered Rs 326 billion from corrupt so far: Chairman Javed Iqbal

NAB recovered Rs 326 billion from corrupt so far: Chairman Javed Iqbal

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 […]

Death in darkness

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 […]

Evolution of Human Rights

Evolution of Human Rights

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 […]

6 Reasons Why Rape is an Under-Reported Crime

6 Reasons Why Rape is an Under-Reported Crime

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 […]

LHC suspends sentence of lawyer who injured judge

LHC suspends sentence of lawyer who injured judge

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 […]