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ISLAMABAD: Politicians, journalists, lawyers and human rights activists attend the All Pakistan Lawyers Convention on Assault on Judiciary and Media on Thursday. Tanveer Shahzad / White Star
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Lawyers Convention on Assault on Judiciary and Media called for formation of an independent and high-level commission to look into the allegations levelled by former Islamabad High Court judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui in which he highlighted the role of intelligence agencies in influencing judicial matters.
In his reply to the July 31, 2018 show cause notice by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), which was also read out before a five-judge Supreme Court judge, Justice Siddiqui had openly named Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and then DG-C Lt Gen Faiz Hameed for his visits to the former judge to allegedly interfere in the affairs of the judiciary and to manipulate the formation of benches of the high court.
LAHORE: Journalists held protests in different parts of the country on Friday to condemn the torture of Islamabad-based young journalist Asad Ali Toor by unidentified people. Punjab Union of.
LAHORE: Journalists held protests in different parts of the country on Friday to condemn the torture of Islamabad-based young journalist Asad Ali Toor by unidentified people.Punjab Union of.
Pakistan minorities await implementation of historic ruling
Vested interests blamed for interfering with the progress of a Supreme Court judgment to protect minority rights
New research assessing the Pakistan Supreme Court’s 2014 judgment to protect minority rights predicts its implementation will take more than two decades.
“During this period, a Supreme Court bench has conducted 23 follow-up hearings and passed nearly six dozen orders, yet Pakistan stands 21 years away from the finish line of full implementation, considering the existing pace of compliance,” the study states.
“The federal government reported the least number of compliance reports. No report had been submitted from Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Reportage from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony and Ministry of Federal Education was in particular missing.”