LAHORE – Article 6 of the Constitution and the High Treason (Punishment Act) 1973 imposes a very heavy responsibility on the Federal Government to decide whether or not to file a case of treason against any person and also to decide who shall be the appropriate person to file and proceed with ...

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Chief Hussain Mehanti has said that the JI candidates fulfilled each and every article of the Constitution, including Article 62 and 63.  Addressing a meeting of the JI office bearers at Idara-e-Noor Haq here on Tuesday, he said that the successful scrutiny ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Friday that caretaker Prime Minister is not obligated to adhere to Article 62 and 63 of the constitution.According to the Article 62, an individual cannot be qualified to be the member of Parliament unless he is an honest and loyal citizen of ...

ISLAMABAD - The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench Thursday issued notices to Attorney General for Pakistan and Advocate General Punjab for the interpretation of Article 25-A of the Constitution.The Article 25-A says; “The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all ...

ISLAMABAD - After the PML-Ns outburst in the National Assembly against the speech of President Asif Ali Zardari at Naudero, one of the partys senators in the Upper House lashed out at PPP Co-Chairman for using, what he said, indecent words against his party leader. PML-Ns fiery Mushahid Ullah Khan ...

ISLAMABAD - The lawmakers in the Upper House of the Parliament on Wednesday demanded of the Chairman Senate Farooq H Naek to initiate action against PML-N member of the National Assembly, Anusha Rahman, for writing an article in a newspaper that had disgraced the chair as well as Parliament. ...

KARACHI Human Rights Commission for South Asia (HRCSA) on Wednesday moved a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court challenging the current format regarding appointment of the judges in the apex courts. HRCSA representative Syed Iqbal Kazmi pleaded to term the process of the appointment of ...

ISLAMABAD - A noted human rights activist and former federal minister J Salik on Monday challenged Article 51(E) of the 18th Amendment in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The petition was drafted and filed by Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution. The petitioner has prayed ...

LONDON (AFP) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday the Labour Party must start offering "real change", in comments seen as a strong hint he may challenge Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the top job. Miliband used an article in the Guardian newspaper to say that the party, in ...