Cemetery (1955-1982), now agri land
SAHIWAL: Christians of 135/9-L, 190/9-L and 134/9-L villages demand that their cemetery in village 135/9-L, which remained intact from 1955 to 1982 on seven kanals and eight marlas, be restored...
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ArchiveQureshi for FCR abolition to ease tribesmen’s suffering
GHALANAI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Fata tribesmen were the real defenders of Pakistan and its frontiers and their sufferings should be eased by doing away with the ‘draconian’ FCR law...
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ArchiveLabour leaders call for abolition of contract system
KARACHI: Speakers at a workers’ rally on Friday demanded abolition of contract system and inspections of industrial units to ensure compliance with labour laws and provision of health and safety facilities for workers...
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ArchiveAdministrative cadre doctors upset at abolition of MS posts
PESHAWAR: Many doctors from the administrative cadre are likely to lose chance of promotion after the abolition of the posts of medical superintendents in all four government teaching hospitals of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Lately, the government did away with the posts of medical superintendents in Khyber Teaching Hospital, Lady Reading Hospital and Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar and Ayub Teaching Hospital in Abbottabad in line with...
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PakistanSC rejects plea for abolition of death penalty
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking abolition of the death penalty in Pakistan on the grounds that miscarriage of justice is bound to happen in the presence of an ineffective and defective criminal justice system in the country...
The verdict said the petitioner had failed to show how, on the basis of these two articles, the Supreme Court, while exercising its jurisdiction in terms of Article 184(3) of the...
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PakistanSC dismisses petition seeking abolition of death penalty
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking the abolition of death penalty, maintaining that life and liberty are not absolute under the Constitution of Pakistan...
The petitioner, Barrister Zafarullah, from the Watan Party had filed the petition seeking the abolition of the death penalty, arguing that punishment was against the fundamental rights in a country where the criminal justice system was...
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ArchiveBajaur parties launch movement for abolition of FCR
He said that prime minister and senior leaders of PML-N had promised to extend constitutional rights to the tribal areas after abolition of FCR when the party came into power...
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PakistanBalochistan PA calls for abolition of checkposts
The house demanded abolition of these posts...
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ArchiveTribal area abolition plan sparks agitation
The protesters were carrying banners and placards inscribed with slogans against abolition of special status of tribal area Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur...
The provincial home department’s sub-committee on law and order issued a notification of constituting a body under the chairmanship of commissioner and regional police officer of Dera Ghazi Khan to prepare a plan for the merger of the BMP in the Punjab police and abolition of...
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ArchiveBajaur parties vow to strive for FCR abolition
KHAR: Bajaur Political Alliance, an umbrella organisation of all political parties, has rejected the recommendations of Fata Reforms Commission (FRC) for changes in the current tribal system and decided to expedite efforts for abolition of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and extension of fundamental rights to the tribal areas...
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PakistanJSM commemorates abolition of One Unit
Speaking at a public gathering held by his party at Sachal Goth to observe the 46th anniversary of the abolition of the One Unit, he said the rulers had always taken wrong decisions that ultimately caused huge damage to the country and “now Pakistan is notorious for being a centre of terrorism”...
”Despite the abolition of the One Unit, said Mr Junejo, Sindh had lost its grandeur and glory as the influential lords and Pirs who got...
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PakistanAJK bar seeks Shariat Court’s abolition
MUZAFFARABAD: The Bar Council in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday demanded a repeal of the AJK Shariat Court Act 1993 and the abolition of the Shariat Court established under it to bring the ‘parallel judicial system’ to a halt...
Amjad Ali Khan, vice chairman of the AJK Bar Council, told a press conference that the AJK Shariat Court Act was inconsistent and in conflict with the Interim Constitution Act, 1974...
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ArchiveNA body suggests abolition of taxes on hybrid cars to check pollution
The committee discussed the implementation of Climate Change Act 2017 and the current status of Climate Change Authority (CCA)...
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ArchiveParties in Gilgit call for abolition of all federal taxes
GILGIT: A multiparty conference called by the Gilgit-Baltistan Importers and Exporters Association here on Monday declared illegal the imposition of all federal taxes, including the customs duty, on the GB people till settlement of the constitutional status of the region...
The MPC announced complete support for the over two-month-long boycott of the China-Pakistan trade by the GB traders, labourers and transporters, through the... -
ArchiveRoad to abolition
TEN years ago, in 2008, Pakistan took a much-needed step towards abolition of the death penalty by establishing a moratorium on executions...
Throughout the world, countries are gradually moving towards abolition, some by maintaining moratoriums and others through reducing the number of offences that are punishable by death and putting in place protections for the most vulnerable...
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