GDA announces to oppose judicial reforms bill
- 29-Mar-2023
ISLAMABAD: The Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) has announced to oppose the judicial reforms bill aiming to curtail the suo motu powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), ARY News reported on Tuesday. A GDA lawmaker Saira Bano, while speaking on the National Assembly’s floor, lambasted the incumbent government and said that “after destroying the […]
PEMRA Act amendment lists new definition of ‘disinformation’
- 21-Jan-2023
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved amendments to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Ordinance 2002, listing new definition of ‘disinformation’, ARY News reported on Saturday. According to details, the Federal Cabinet approved the amendments to PEMRA Ordinance 2002 through circulation. The cabinet approved extending PEMRA’s jurisdiction to Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. The amendments also […]
EXPLAINER: New Karachi local government to look like this
- 23-Aug-2022
KARACHI: Subject to everything turning out as they’re supposed to, Karachi and Hyderabad will have their local government elections on August 28, under the new amended local government act that has town councils instead of districts’. In the 25 towns of Karachi, there are 246 Union Committees and each of them has four wards from […]
Parliament’s joint sitting likely to pass NAB, Election Amendment bills
- 09-Jun-2022
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has convened a joint sitting of parliament on Thursday to get bills, seeking amendments to the NAB and election laws, passed, ARY News reported. According to details, the government is expected to bring the bills seeking amendments to the NAB and election laws after President Dr Arif Alvi returned them. […]
ECL committee recommends amendments in law
- 21-Apr-2022
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led coalition government has decided to stop unnecessary use of the Exit Control List (ECL), ARY News reported. The Exit Control List (ECL) committee formed during the first cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday has recommended amending the rules. As per new rules, people will be placed […]
Sexual harassment victims vs society: What does law say?
- 11-Jan-2022
Sexual harassment in workplaces is an endemic that needs to be treated with special care but the denial of it is what makes matters worse. Particularly, it becomes the victim’s nightmare when their sufferings are not only invalidated despite their right to a safe work environment, but when they are also blamed for it. In […]
IHC to hear plea against new NAB ordinance tomorrow
- 20-Oct-2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed the hearing of the petition filed against the newly-promulgated National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021, ARY News reported. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah will hear the case tomorrow (Thursday). The NAB ordinance had been challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) last week by a citizen named Abdul […]
Sindh decides to amend Local Government Act ahead of polls
- 19-Oct-2021
KARACHI: Sindh Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah on Monday chaired an important meeting to discuss new LG system and amendments in the Local Government Act 2013, ARY News reported. The meeting principally decided to make amendments in Sindh Local Government Act 2013 before local bodies elections likely to be held in February next year. […]
Amendment proposed in Sindh Factories Act for ‘women empowerment’
- 05-Jul-2021
KARACHI: In the Sindh Assembly session on Monday the provincial excise and taxation minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla has proposed an amendment in Sindh Factories Act 2016 to empower working women and measures on child labor, ARY News reported. Chawla of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) claimed with this amendment being tabled today the intent is to […]
Govt to take back amendment for detention under tax laws: Farogh Naseem
- 15-Jun-2021
Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem said on Tuesday that the federal government will take back its amendment related to arrests under tax laws.