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Action ordered in illegal land transfer case
Justice Sh Azmat Saeed was hearing a petition of allotment of state land of Chashma Nuclear Power Complex, built on 120 Kanals of state land, to its original allottee. The judge directed additional advocate general, Punjab, to sent case of DO (Revenue)
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:44P
MKRMS seminar today
federal finance minister, Asfandyar Wali, ANP chief, Hamayun Akhtar Khan, former federal minister, Nazar Muhammad Gondal, former federal agriculture minister, Arshad Khan Lodhi, former provincial minister, Dr Salman Shah, former advisor on finance,
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:44P
Replies sought on plea for exemption from outages
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed asked a deputy attorney general and an assistant advocate general to ensure submission of replies by the first week of June. Judicial Activism Panel Chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique had filed the petition in public interest.
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:43P
Court Decision Could Upend NJ Schools
Did the administration's cuts deprive all children of a "thorough and efficient" education, as is required by the state constitution, and should the court order school funding to the detriment of other services? The lawsuit was filed by the Education
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:43P
Environment-friendly development stressed
Dr Salahuddin from the Gandhara Hindko Board deplored that Peshawar's cultural heritage was being eliminated in the name of widening of roads and reducing traffic congestion. He said Peshawar's historic gardens and trees and now even a few green belts
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:43P
Australia-Malaysia asylum-seeker swap roils the UN
and this approach,' Immigration Department secretary Andrew Metcalfe said. He also accepted that those transferred to Malaysia, mostly from the Middle East, would be subject to Malaysian law on their arrival 'just like an Australian tourist would.
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:43P
Shortage of PHC judges behind huge backlog of cases
PHC Chief Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and rest of judges have been working late night on a daily basis to cope with the workload. On an average, a division bench hears 30 to 40 cases, 15 to 20 motions and as many notice cases in a day, but presently a
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:42P
Police blotter for May 23
EAST ALTON - Andrew M. Weaver, 31, of the 200 block of East Eighth Street, Wood River, was charged Monday with unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to deliver within 1000 feet of a church. He allegedly possessed more than 30 grams but less than
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:42P
Increase in airfare for private pilgrims rejected
PESHAWAR: The Haj Organisers Association of Pakistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter and Fata have rejected the decision of increase in fare for private pilgrims by the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:42P
Court opens trial of Somali pirates in South Korea
Four Somali pirates, captured in a dramatic commando raid on a hijacked ship, went on trial in South Korea Monday on charges carrying life imprisonment. A fifth pirate who has admitted the charges against the group – including maritime robbery,
Updated: 05/23/2011 08:42P
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