FEATURED – Page 12 – OVERSEAS TRIBUNE

Musharraf not to be arrested if he returns to Pakistan to appear before court: CJP

June 7, 2018 News Desk

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Thursday said that former president Pervez Musharraf will not be arrested if he arrives in Pakistan to file his nomination papers for the upcoming general elections. The chief justice was hearing a case filed by Musharraf in 2015 against the rejection of his nomination papers in the 2013 general elections. Musharraf has not visited Pakistan since leaving for Dubai in March 2016. In today’s hearing, Musharraf’s lawyer asked the chief justice to issue a written order saying that the former president must not be arrested if…

KC-EU louds a noted European photographer for international display of his photographs from IHK

June 7, 2018 News Desk

Chairman Kashmir Council EU Mr Ali Raza Syed has highly appreciated international display of photographs of the famous French-Belg photographer Mr Cédric Gerbehaye. The website of globally famous National Geographic Channel has uploaded the photographs of Mr Gerbehaye which he snapped during his recent visit to the occupied Kashmir. The photographs appeared on the website tell how are the miseries of the people of the occupied valley and how they struggle for freedom in a brutal environment and a severe pressure by the occupation forces. It is important to mention that Mr Cédric…

ECP chooses former SC judge Dost Muhammad Khan to be KP CM

June 5, 2018 News Desk

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday announced that retired Justice Dost Muhammad Khan will be the caretaker chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. Addressing a press conference outside the ECP office in Islamabad, Additional Secretary of ECP, Dr Akhtar Nazeer said that the KP government and Opposition had sent the commission four names to be considered for the post. The JUI-F had proposed Justice Khan’s name along with businessman Manzoor Afridi, whereas PTI had suggested the names of two bureaucrats Ijaz Qureshi and Hamayatullah Khan and retired Justice Dost Muhammad. According…

Six-member federal cabinet takes oath in Islamabad

June 5, 2018 News Desk

A six-member caretaker federal cabinet was sworn in at a ceremony held at the President House, Islamabad on Tuesday. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to the newly inducted members of the cabinet, who will assist the caretaker prime minister, retired Justice Nasirul Mulk, in managing the country till elections are over. Those who took oath today include the State Bank of Pakistan’s former governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Roshan Khurshid, Barrister Ali Zafar, former ambassador to the United Nations Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Azam Khan and Muhammad Yusuf Shaikh, Radio Pakistan reported. The…

Chief justice takes notice of convict’s acquittal in Khadija stabbing case

June 5, 2018 News Desk

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday took notice of the acquittal of a man earlier convicted for brutally attacking law student Khadija Siddiqui with a knife. Justice Nisar has summoned the case’s record at the apex court’s Lahore registry on Sunday (June 10), according to a press release issued by the Supreme Court. The top judge’s notice comes a day after Justice Sardar Ahmed Naeem of the LHC, through a short order, acquitted Shah Hussain of all charges after accepting his appeal against the five-year sentence handed to…

SC suspends LHC’s orders regarding revision of electoral nomination forms

June 3, 2018 News Desk

A two-judge Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday suspended a Lahore High Court (LHC) ruling ordering the revision of the nomination forms to be submitted by candidates for upcoming general elections. LHC Judge Ayesha A. Malik had ruled on Friday that the nomination forms do not include mandatory information and declarations required from lawmakers as per the Constitution and law, and ordered the ECP to ensure this information is included in the revised Form A ─ for election to the NA or Senate ─ and…

Chairman KC-EU calls for UNSC’s meeting over severe situation in IHK

June 2, 2018 News Desk

Chairman Kashmir Council Eu Ali Raza Syed

Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Mr Ali Raza Syed called upon government of Pakistan to initiate an extra ordinary meeting of United Nation Security Council (UNSC) on the severe situation of human right in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). In a statement condemning the a large scale human right violations by the Indian security forces, Mr Ali Raza Syed said, Indian forces’ brutal activities in IHK are out of limit now. The forces which have already used many ruthless methods for their crimes in IHK, has recently started to run military…

Pakistan and Poland sign MOU for financial cooperation

May 31, 2018 News Desk

A Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) was signed in Warsaw on 30 May, 2018. Ambassador of Pakistan to the Republic of Poland Mr. Shafqat Ali Khan signed the MoU on behalf of the State Bank of Pakistan whereas Chairman of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority Mr. Marek Chrzanowski signed the MoU on behalf of the PFSA. Both SBP and PFSA supervise banks and financial institutions in the respective countries. The MoU will provide an institutional framework for establishing…

Chairman KC-EU expresses solidarity with the families of disappeared people in IHK

May 29, 2018 News Desk

Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) has expressed solidarity with the families of disappeared people in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK). In a statement on occasion of International Week of the Disappeared, Mr Ali Raza Syed said, We are with the families of the disappeared persons in IHK. He also appreciated the struggle of human rights organizations including Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) working for disappeared people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Chairman KC-EU demanded for implement the International Convention and other international rules on the issue of disappeared people…

Former CJP Nasirul Mulk named as caretaker PM

May 28, 2018 News Desk

Former chief justice Nasirul Mulk was named as the caretaker prime minister on Monday. The announcement was made by Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah at a press conference in Islamabad following a meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Shah was accompanied by Abbasi and National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq at the press conference. PM Abbasi spoke first, describing the agreed-upon candidate for caretaker PM as someone “who no one can object to”. “All the names under consideration were credible,” PM Abbasi said. “Every name was discussed, and this…

Manzoor Afridi set to become K-P caretaker CM

May 27, 2018 News Desk

PESHAWAR:The treasury and opposition benches in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) assembly have finally agreed over the name of Manzoor Afridi as the incoming caretaker chief minister of the province. The consensus was evolved after much speculation that the slot will be left vacant by K-P Chief Minister Parvez Khattak as the provincial assembly period ends on May 28. According to details, CM Khattak and opposition leader in the provincial assembly Maulana Lutfur Rehman held several sittings, where different names were considered for the slot. However both, Khattak and Rehman could not…

Qatar bans Saudi, UAE goods from stores

May 27, 2018 News Desk

Qatar has ordered shops to remove goods originating from a group of Saudi Arabian-led countries which a year ago imposed a wide-ranging boycott on the emirate, Doha officials said on Saturday. A directive from the economy ministry ordered shops to immediately strip shelves of products from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. Inspectors will visit stores to ensure they comply with the order, the ministry said. The government will also try and stop products such as Saudi dairy goods from entering Qatar via a third country. Qatar’s Government Communications Office…

51-year old MBBS student who failed exam 24 times told by Court to stop trying

May 27, 2018 News Desk

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday reversed orders of the Lahore High court, which granted a 51-year-old medical student permission to reappear in the MBBS exams (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) for a 25th time, after failing all his previous attempts. Hearing the appeal, Justice Saqib Nisar remarked that a student may be given 5 extra years to complete their degree according to Medical College and PMDC (Pakistan Medical and Dental Council) rules. However, taking note of the rules, the court barred the student from further attempts since…

General Elections 2018 to be held on July 25

May 26, 2018 News Desk

President Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday approved a summary sent by the Election Commission of Pakistan recommending that the general elections be held on July 25, 2018, Radio Pakistan reported. The polling for the national and provincial assemblies will be held on the same day. Earlier this week, the ECP had sent a summary to President Mamnoon proposing holding of the 2018 general elections on any date between July 25 and 27. Under Section 57 (1) of the Elections Act, 2017, the president holds the authority to announce the date for elections in…

Musharraf suggests exchanging Afridi for Fazlullah

May 26, 2018 News Desk

WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s former military ruler retired Gen Pervez Musharraf has said had he been the president now, he would have released Dr Shakil Afridi in a “give and take” deal. In an interview to Voice of America’s Greta Van Susteren, Musharraf also noted that relations between the United States and Pakistan were at their “lowest ebb” now. “Well, with a deal, yes. With a deal,” said the retired general when asked if he was the president now, would he release Afridi. “A deal, is a give and take. Yes, indeed it can…