KP ordinance allowing internment centres expires after 90-day life
Centres to continue functioning due to SC stay order.
Waseem Ahmad Shah
Laws to protect journalists remain a pipe dream
While International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists was observed on Nov 2, so far no law has been...
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: Law on domestic violence faces further delay
The much-awaited enactment of law on domestic violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has further been delayed when recently...
Gulalai’s father sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand
PESHAWAR: A local court on Friday sent social activist Gulalai Ismail’s father Prof Mohammad Ismail to Peshawar...
PHC asks govt to declare internment centres sub-jails in 24 hours
Also orders production of internee lists in seven days.
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: PHC verdict on action in aid laws puts govt in difficult position
The Peshawar High Court judgment of Oct 17, whereby some of the laws applicable to former Federally Administered...
PHC declares internment centres in KP unconstitutional
Asks IGP to take control of the centres in three days.
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: Local government polls in stipulated time mandatory
Holding local government elections in stipulated time in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa seems to be an uphill task for the...
View from the courtroom: PSRA assumes importance as row over school fee unresolved
After a recent judgment of the Peshawar High Court, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private Schools Regulatory Authority...
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: Amendments in LG law still face legal challenges
The elected local governments completed their four-year term on Aug 28 after which the Election Commission of...
PHC gives govt a week to make rules for uplift schemes’ allocations
PHC restricts the release of all development funds until then.
Govt seems to have suspended Constitution, observes CJ
PHC issues notices to federal, KP govts over petition against actions in aid ordinance
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: Ordinance about internment centres triggers controversy
The promulgation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Action (in Aid of Civil Power) Regulation, 2019, by the provincial government...
Ordinance extends actions in aid of civil power to entire KP
PHC hears petition against legislations made to protect laws in ex-Fata and Pata.
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: Appeals against ATC acquittal of Baldev Kumar in limelight
A move by former member of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Baldev Kumar, to seek asylum in India on the grounds of...
Baldev’s family disputes his minorities mistreatment allegation
Amar Jeet Malhotra, a former senator belonging to ANP, expresses surprise over Baldev Kumar's stance.
View from the courtroom: Govt continues to delay legislation to check custodial torture
The death of a suspect, Salahuddin Ayubi, in police custody in Rahim Yar Khan, has triggered a public outcry.
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: No govt response yet to UN recommendations on ‘enforced disappearances’
The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances was observed across the world on Aug 30 with ...
View from the Courtroom: Controversies mar Peshawar Edwardes College as PHC yet to decide legal issues
During the last couple of years, the college, which was established in 1900, has turned into a bone of contention.
VIEW FROM THE COURTROOM: Cases of ‘missing persons’ and internment centres in limelight again
The Peshawar High Court a few days ago summoned scores of station house officers (SHOs) and investigation officers...