CJ seeks report on lawyers holding fake degrees

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Thursday took suo motu notice on lawyers holding bogus degrees and directed bar councils across the country to furnish a report on it within a month.He took the notice while hearing a suo motu notice in connection with fake degrees of pilots.The chief justice also directed the Higher Education Commission to provide assistance in this regard.He observed that there were so many people who neither had license of bars nor degrees of Bachelor in Law and Legislation but appearing before the courts.

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General Bajwa claims spot in Forbes World's Most Powerful People list

 Chief of the Army  Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has claimed a spot on the Forbes 'most powerful people in the world' list. General Bajwa was ranked 68 among 75 people as per the magazine.General Bajwa is Pakistan’s 10th army chief and recipient of Nishan-e-Imtiaz and Hilal-i-Imtiaz. He is one of the 17 newcomers on the list, along with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and French President Emmanuel Macron, among other notable people. What is more commendable, however, is the fact that he is the only Pakistani to feature on the prestigious list. “Out of the 75 members, 17 are newcomers. Among them there are presidents, billionaires, heads of organisations, CEOs, and one special counsel. One commonality: Their words and actions impact a large number of people, businesses, and even entire economies,” said Forbes. China’s President Xi Jinping came in the first spot on the list, indicating he is the most powerful person.Other people who have made it to the list are Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd spot), US President Donald Trump (3rd spot) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (4th spot).Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked on number nine on the list.Forbes' World’s Most Powerful People  list features men who ‘make the world turn’."There are nearly 7.5 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 75 men and women make the world turn. Forbes' annual ranking of The World’s Most Powerful People identifies one person out of every 100 million whose actions mean the most," the magazine said.It should also be noted that  Pakistan’s then army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam also made it to the Forbes Most Powerful People List in 2012.

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General Bajwa claims spot in Forbes World's Most Powerful People list

Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has claimed a spot on the Forbes 'most powerful people in the world' list. General Bajwa was ranked 68 among 75 people as per the magazine.General Bajwa is Pakistan’s 10th army chief and recipient of Nishan-e-Imtiaz and Hilal-i-Imtiaz. He is one of the 17 newcomers on the list, along with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and French President Emmanuel Macron, among other notable people. What is more commendable, however, is the fact that he is the only Pakistani to feature on the prestigious list. “Out of the 75 members, 17 are newcomers. Among them there are presidents, billionaires, heads of organisations, CEOs, and one special counsel. One commonality: Their words and actions impact a large number of people, businesses, and even entire economies,” said Forbes. China’s President Xi Jinping came in the first spot on the list, indicating he is the most powerful person.Other people who have made it to the list are Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd spot), US President Donald Trump (3rd spot) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (4th spot).Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked on number nine on the list.Forbes' World’s Most Powerful People  list features men who ‘make the world turn’."There are nearly 7.5 billion humans on planet Earth, but these 75 men and women make the world turn. Forbes' annual ranking of The World’s Most Powerful People identifies one person out of every 100 million whose actions mean the most," the magazine said.It should also be noted that  Pakistan’s then army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI chief Lt Gen Zaheerul Islam also made it to the Forbes Most Powerful People List in 2012.

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Nawaz asks NAB chairman Justice Javed Iqbal to step down

ISLAMABAD:  Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif  on  Thursday demanded  National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman justice (retd) Javed Iqbal step down .He was addressing a press conference to discuss the allegations levelled against him by the NAB."The nature of allegations is so grave that ignoring them would tantamount to jeopardy the whole democratic system," he said .He said a three time former prime minister was accused of sending over billions of dollar to India through money laundering.The ousted prime minister said the NAB and its chairman have lost credibility that an accountability body  needs to hold. Sharif accused the NAB chairman of subjecting him to  character assassination. 

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Nawaz says NAB is acting beyond its powers

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supreme leader  Nawaz Sharif on Thursday commended prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for his  speech delivered in the parliament in which he took an exception to the chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).Speaking to media at the Accountability Court, Nawaz Sharif accused the anti-graft watchdog of acting beyond its powers.He said Pervez Musharraf had introduced the NAB law to  fulfill his agenda."The law introduced by a dictator should have been abolished. Now is the time to decide whether the laws introduced by dictators  would rule the country or the ones made by the democratic governments .Commenting on his trial in the accoutability court, he said the NAB would have come up with evidence against him in the first 10 days after the trial began but the anti-corruption watch had nothing to produce. "This trial would keep getting extension until NAB finds evidence," said he.While giving his reason as to why he failed to do away with the laws he has been criticising, he said he was focused on the development and welfare projects and couldn't turn his attention. He said he would address an emergency press conference at the Punjab House today to discuss the money laundering allegations levelled recently against him."There are reports on social media that reason behind Titanic's sinking has been found,and Nawaz Sharif is likely to be summoned in this regard," he said sarcastically.

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PPP to establish South Punjab province: Bilawal Bhutto

LAHORE: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto said that South Punjab would be carved out of Punjab as a separate province by his party. “We will make South Punjab a separate province if our PPP comes into power,” Bilawal told media persons in Lahore. His remarks came hours after 20 MNAs and MPAs from South Punjab met Imran Khan and joined his PTI under a written deal to create the new province within first 100 days of the next government. Bilawal said that Imran Khan had not kept the promises he had made in the last general elections. “How can Imran Khan establish a new province in 100 days while he could not honor any his promises in five years?” he opined. “Nobody had supported us when we first raised the voice for South Punjab,” he maintained. The PPP leader also took a swipe at the leaders of Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz (JPSM), which announced its merger with the PTI. “Where had they been until now? Why didn’t they raise the demand while they were in power for five years? He said that Nawaz Sharif was trying to put the entire system at state. 

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CJ orders judicial probe into APS attack

PESHAWAR: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar Wednesday ordered the constitution of a judicial commission to investigate 2014 carnage at Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar where 150 students and staff members were killed.The chief justice while hearing APS case during Supreme Court Peshawar Registry ordered that the commission submit its report within two months.The judicial  probe  was a longstanding demand of the bereaved families.On December 16, 2014, six gunmen affiliated with banned Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) stormed Army Public School and martyred 149 people mostly school children, making it world''s fourth deadliest school massacre.Pakistan responded to the attacks by lifting its moratorium on the death penalty, intensifying the war in North-West Pakistan and authorizing military courts to try civilians through a constitutional amendment.On December 2, 2015, Pakistan hanged four militants involved in the Peshawar massacre, whereas the mastermind of the attack, Omar Khorasani, was killed in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan on October 18, 2017. The Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld the death sentences of two more convicts involved in the attack.

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NAB summons Shahbaz in Saaf Pani Company corruption case on June 4

LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has summoned Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in Saaf Pani Company corruption case on June 04.According to NAB officials, Shahbaz Sharif will be quizzed in Saaf Pani project case and in this regard a questionnaire had been dispatched to him.It may be noted here that NAB Lahore had already taken four senior officials including Nasir Qadir Bhadal, Dr Zaheeruddin, Muhammad Saleem and Muhammad Masood Akhtar for millions of irregularities in the aforementioned project. 

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SC extends timeframe to conclude graft cases against Sharif family till June 9

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted a one month extension to the Accountability Court (AC) of Islamabad to conclude references against former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and his family till June 9. A two-member SC bench headed chaired by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed heard the plea moved by AC Judge Mohammed Bashir seeking second three-month extension in the deadline to conclude the cases.The last deadline given by the apex court is May 12. During the course of proceedings, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, being the monitoring judge of the references filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in pursuance to the SC verdict in the Panama Papers case, inquired from the counsels of the litigants that as to why the trials had not yet been concluded.NAB prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi informed the bench that the trial in one reference regarding the Avenfield property had been concluded from their side.Justice Ahsan then asked whether the verdict in the reference in which arguments had been concluded, would be given separately from the other two references or the decision in all the references would be delivered at the same time.Khawaja Haris, counsel for Nawaz Sharif, replied that the trial court had already decided that it would announce the verdict in all three references on the same day.To a bench query, Khawaja Haris apprised the court that at least three months should be given for a fair trial.As the holy month of Ramazan was around the corner, a three-month extension should be given, he added.Justice Azmat observed that the counsel could come to them again if the trial would not conclude in a month, however, there would be no compromise on delivering justice.Justice Ahsan remarked that the rights of the accused would be safeguarded at all costs and cited Article 10-A of the Constitution.The accountability court is hearing three references pertaining to Avenfield London property, Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Flagship Investments filed by the NAB against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members.Earlier in March, the top court had granted the two-month extension in original six-month deadline to the trial court for wrapping up the cases.

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South Punjab defections an election ploy: PML-N MNA

ISLAMABAD: PML-N’s MNA Maiza Hameed on Wednesday questioned the timing and motive of fellow politicians from South Punjab who had walked away from the ruling party and joined Imran Khan-led PTI. Scores of politicians, including MNAs and MPAs, joined PTI after striking a written deal with Imran Khan that his party, if came into power, would establish South Punjab province within the first 100 days of his government. The group, called Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz, formally announced it merger into the PTI. “Why didn’t Khusro Bakhtiar raise his voice for South Punjab province when he was a part of the PML-MN? Where had he been for the past five years?” she questioned. “I myself belong to Rahimyar Khan and according to my knowledge and information, more funds have been allocated to schools and hospitals in South Punjab,” she said.Daanish schools were mostly set up in the southern belt of the province, she said, adding that hospitals built in Rahimyar Khan were treating patients even from Sindh as the city was close to the border. “These people were in PML-N for five years and not once they mentioned that South Punjab was faced with sense of deprivation,” Ms Hameed said. The MNA from Rahimyar Khan said that Janoobi Punjab Sooba Mahaz and its merger into the PTI was an election ploy. “They remained in the party as long as they were getting development funds for their respective areas,” she added. 

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US?s withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal to undermine dialogue, diplomacy: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A day after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear dear, Pakistan said that the move would undermine confidence in the value of dialogue and diplomacy.“Pakistan believes that International Treaties and Agreements concluded through painstaking negotiations are sacrosanct. Arbitrarily rescinding such agreements will undermine confidence in the value of dialogue and diplomacy in the conduct of international relations and the peaceful resolution of disputes,” according to a press release issued by the Foreign Office on Wednesday.It said that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) represents a very good example of a negotiated settlement of complex issues, through dialogue and diplomacy. “We had welcomed the JCPOA when it was concluded and hope that all parties will find a way for its continuation, especially when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly verified Iran's compliance.” “We have noted the willingness of the parties to the Agreement to work together on upholding their respective commitments as stipulated in the JCPOA, despite US decision to withdraw from it.”

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Abolish security checkposts in Peshawar: CJP orders police

PESHAWAR: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has ordered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police to abolish all security check-posts from Peshawar within 24 hours. The chief justice passed the order while hearing a case at the Supreme Court Peshawar Registry on Wednesday. “All security barriers and check-post should be removed within the next 24 hours and all blocked roads be reopened to traffic,” Justice Saqib Nisar said. The top judge then asked Chief Secretary to identify places and consulates where security presence was necessary. Security check-posts can be set up with the court’s permission, he added. 

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