SRINAGAR: A woman died, and another person was injured in a road mishap in Bijbehara, in south Kashmir's Anantnag district this afternoon, officials said.
National
March 12, 2021
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Thursday observed that prima facie the premature transfer of former police chief of Punjab Shoaib Dastagir and posting of the incumbent were in violation of the law.
He was hearing multiple petitions challenging the premature transfers of the inspector general of police of Punjab and capital city police officer of Lahore made last year. PML-N MPA Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan and others had filed the petitions pleading that the removal of former police chief Dastagir and former CCPO Zulfiqar Hameed were illegal and in violation of Police Order, 2002.
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Wednesday stayed the process for the recruitment of lecturers by the Punjab Public Service Commission on a petition against non-allocation of the job quota for the.
Lahore High Court stays lecturers’ appointments
National
January 21, 2021
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Wednesday stayed the process for the recruitment of lecturers by the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) on a petition against non-allocation of the job quota for the transgender community.
Fayazullah, a transgender person, filed the petition and pleaded through a counsel that the PPSC rejected his application for the examination being held to appoint Urdu lecturers. The counsel said the Commission took a plea that only male or female candidates could apply for the jobs and there was no provision to entertain the members of the transgender community. He said the policy of the government was discriminatory in nature and contrary to the fundamental rights of the citizens. He further argued that the impugned policy was also in violation of Transgender Protection Act 2018. The counsel asked the court to set aside the discriminatory policy of the government and direct the PP