CALIFORNIA -ODC - Steve Ludwin, a 42-year-old snake obsessed rocker from California, is one of a just a handful of people who regularly inject venom from the world’s deadliest snakes into their bloodstream, in the belief that it will make them immune to it.Around 100,000 people around the ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani remains no more Prime Minister (PM) therefore, immunity to him stays no more.CJP gave these remarks while presiding over a 3-member bench of SC during the course of hearing of Hajj corruption case here ...

KABUL (Reuters/AFP) - A decision on immunity for US troops staying in Afghanistan after the 2014 planned withdrawal will be made by the end of the year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday.“The issue of immunity is under discussion (and) it is going to take eight to nine months ...

A decision on immunity for U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan after the 2014 planned withdrawal will be made by the end of the year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday."The issue of immunity is under discussion (and) it is going to take eight to nine months before we reach agreement," ...

WASHINGTONUS President Barack Obama said on Friday that the US troops must have legal immunity in order to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014. "Nowhere do we have any kind of security agreement with a country without immunity for our troops," Obama said at a joint press conference with President Hamid ...

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly rejected news analyses carried by a section of the media, portraying the determination made by the US State Department seeking immunity for the former chiefs of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) as part of some “deal”. The ...

LAHORE - A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday observed that immunity was not granted automatically in any case and it needed to be pleaded.A five-member full bench led by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial is hearing contempt of court petition against President Asif Ali Zardari for ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Saturday said that there is no immunity for anyone ‘come what may’ and everyone has to follow rule of law.“It is high time that this sea change in our constitutional and political history is accepted by all without ...

Regrettably, nowadays road accidents have become quite common in the federal capital, Islamabad. More people, in particular, school going children, collegiate boys and girls and low-paid government employees who have become pedestrians due to hike in transport fares, die in road accidents. Road ...

LAHORE - A day ahead of next hearing on contempt case against him, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said that the matter of immunity to the president should be referred to the Parliament, which, according to him, was the appropriate constitutional forum to settle the issue. ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday in its detailed reasons on the Prime Minister’s appeal against a preliminary order in the contempt case noted: “It is clear to us that PM’s claim to a ‘special privilege’ on account of his executive office, which seeks for him ...

On the last day of the hearing of contempt case, the Supreme Court (SC) had ruled that “Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani may be liable for contempt of court for not replying to the court today” in a corruption case against President Asif Zardari; it fixed February 13 as the date on ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday told Aitzaz Ahsan that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could be indicted in contempt of court case if he failed to convince the court on president’s immunity. Aitzaz Ahsan argued before a nine member-bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, as the ...

MIAN DAWOODLAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Monday observed that immunity under Article 248 of the Constitution “is just a concept of theory” and allowed to make Punjab chief minister a direct party in the petition challenging the 18 portfolios reportedly held by Shahbaz ...

Everyone seems to be debating the "immunity" to the President of Pakistan under article 248 of the Constitution. It's more of a question of "immorality" than "immunity". DR. IRFAN ZAFAR, Islamabad, January 26.

ISLAMABAD - Justice (retired) Khalilur Rehman Ramday has said that in order to claim immunity one has to appear before the Supreme Court. Talking to a private TV channel, he said former President Pervez Musharraf claimed immunity from court and had not made a decision while sitting at home. He said ...

Muqtedir Akhtar ShabirBy engaging Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, it seems that the government has decided to defend itself in the NRO case and subsequently the writing of the letter to Swiss courts, as well as claiming immunity for the President and Prime Minister provided under Article 248 of the ...

SANAA - The Yemeni parliament adopted on Saturday a law giving veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh immunity from prosecution in return for stepping down under a Gulf-brokered transition deal.The law adopted gives Saleh, in power since 1978, “complete” immunity, and also offers partial ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday submitted before the Supreme Court that letter to the Swiss Court was not written because the president enjoys complete immunity, not only in Pakistan but also in the world as enunciated by the Constitution.The prime minister, giving his point of ...

Counsel of the Prime Minister‚ Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said on Thursday is an important day in the country's constitutional and judicial history as the Prime Minister appeared before the Supreme Court.Talking to media persons in premises of the Supreme Court Building on Thursday, he said it is ...

 Veteran lawyer and PPP central leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan reiterates that President Asif Ali Zardari enjoys immunity in the country and abroad in all criminal cases.“I’m stick to my previous assertion that Mr. Zardari will have immunity in all criminal cases in Pakistan and ...

The Human Rights Commission of occupied Kashmir has said that Indian forces are misusing powers and enjoying immunity like a king. The commission cited the four-year-old Magam's incident in which Indian troops had severely beat police personnel. The commission has described the incident as an ...

The former head of the International Monetary Fund told detectives who hauled him off an Air France flight to Paris that he wanted to speak with someone at the French consulate. Court papers released by New York prosecutors gave transcripts of conversations Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, had with hotel staff ...

ISLAMABAD - Having largest number among all the diplomatic missions in Pakistan, US has its 851 nationals including 554 diplomats in Pakistan enjoying diplomatic immunity. As many as 2,570 foreigners including 1919 appointed on diplomatic positions currently working in foreign missions of 78 ...

LAHORE A former law minister advised the government on Friday to send a reference to the Supreme Court on the issue of immunity claimed by US national Raymond Davis, the killer of two Pakistanis, and then implement whatever opinion expressed by the apex court. Dr Khalid Ranjha said while talking ...

The US ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, said Thursday that the US is disappointed the Pakistani government did not certify that Raymond Davis has diplomatic immunity. In a statement, Munter said the U.S. has made its position on the case clear. Lahore High Court has delayed until next month ...

Three identical petitions have been filed against diplomatic immunity claimed in respect of US citizen Raymond Davis who has shot dead two persons in Lahore. These three constitutional petitions have been filed by advocate Muhammad Akram Chaudhry, Barrister Zafarullah and Afshan Ghazanfar. Advocate ...

LAHORE Pakistani courts would determine the question whether American national Raymond Davis and others enjoy immunity from being prosecuted on the charges of killing three citizens, say judicial experts. Davis and his associates are facing two FIRs on the charges of killing three persons and ...

PPP Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab has said that the 18th amendment bill has done away with all the conspiracies being hatched against democracy, adding that no dictator could derail the democratic government in future. Talking to media at Naudero, Fauzia said that Zardari has fulfilled all the ...

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court's Lahore registry on Monday asking for an early hearing of the petition seeking immunity for President Asif Ali Zaradri, a private TV reported. The hearing of the petition has been pending since a few weeks. The application by Barrister Zafarullah ...