Justice Shah questions president’s role

[ad_1] Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Despite the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approving, by a slim margin of one vote, the nomination of Justice Sardar Sarfraz Dogar as the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) chief justice, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has raised serious constitutional concerns regarding the president’s determination of judges’ seniority at the IHC. Sources reveal … Read more

FO assails Amit Shah for ‘weaponising water’

[ad_1] Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday slammed India’s Home Minister Amit Shah’s “brazen disregard” for international agreements after the latter said New Delhi would never restore the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Islamabad. “We will take water that was flowing to Pakistan to Rajasthan by constructing a canal. Pakistan will be starved of water that … Read more

Justice Shah warns against extending CB tenure

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has cautioned that the extension of the Constitutional Bench (CB) without resolving the core legal challenge surrounding it could further undermine the top court’s legitimacy and deepen the ongoing institutional crisis. “The Commission must wait till the constitutionality of the 26th … Read more

People don’t want women in showbiz: Nausheen Shah

[ad_1] It may be 2025, but that has not stopped a large majority of the Pakistani population from frowning upon the women in their family taking up a career in showbiz – or at least, that is how established actor Nausheen Shah feels about this thorny subject. “People are still worried about being associated with … Read more