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Vacancies of judges affecting Supreme Court's efficiency: CJI Khehar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 11 (ANI): The Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, on Wednesday underlined the need for appointment of judges in the Supreme court and said that the vacancies were affecting the courts efficiency.
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Pak army chief lauds military courts' performance
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Jan. 11 (ANI): Pakistan's top military leadership has lauded the role of military courts in reduction of militancy and terrorism across the country.
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Pakistan Peoples Party to oppose reinstatement of military courts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 10 (ANI): Opposition leader in the National Assembly of Pakistan, Khursheed Shah has said that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will oppose the reinstatement of military courts in the country.
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Pak govt. begins consultations for reinstatement of military courts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 10 (ANI): The Pakistan government has begun consultations for a constitutional amendment to reinstate military courts for a period which will be decided by political parties in Parliament.
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Pak Military Courts come to an end
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], Jan. 9 (ANI): Military Courts in Pakistan have come to an end on the expiry of their mandated period after hearing 274 cases and awarding 161 death sentences during their two-year-long tenure.
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No plans by govt. to extend term of military courts: Pak Interior Minister
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 7 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that there are no plans by the government to extend the term of military courts as there term expires, adding that the cases will be transferred to anti-terrorism courts.
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Hindus in Pak can now get their marriages registered
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 3 (ANI): The Pakistan Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has unanimously approved the Hindu Marriage Bill, which will enable the said community to get their marriages registered and to appeal in courts of law in cases of separation.
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Permanent status for military courts will be Pak Govt.'s failure on N
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): Jamiat Ulema-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that if military courts were given a permanent status, it would tantamount to confessing that the government has failed to achieve the targets of the National Action Plan (NAP) which was set up t
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Now in Pakistan, special speedy trial courts to deal with terrorism cases,
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec.30 (ANI): Come January 7, 2017, and the Pakistan government has taken the principled decision that all terrorism-related cases will be dealt by special trial courts rather than military courts.
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Pak military courts to get permanent status
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] Dec. 29 (ANI): The Pakistan Interior Ministry has decided to grant permanent status to military courts in the country which were initially setup for two years following the December 2014 Peshawar Army Public School attack that killed 132 children.
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Musharraf's remark on Raheel leaves Pak Govt. in a spot
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec. 21 (ANI): Former military dictator Pervez Musharraf's claim that the Nawaz Sharif-led government was pressuring courts in cases against him and that former army chief Gen Raheel Sharif came to his rescue, has drawn strong criticism from legal and political circle
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Raheel Sharif helped me in leaving Pakistan: Musharraf
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 20 (ANI): Former Pakistan president general (retired) Pervez Musharraf has said former army chief general Raheel Sharif helped him to leave the country by influencing the courts
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