A constitutional amendment requires separate passage in the National Assembly and Senate, with a two-thirds majority vote. With the passage of the constitutional amendment bill, now a committee will select judges in Pakistan.
Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial took notice of the situation and a three member bench held the initial hearing despite the weekend and issued notices to all the respondents, including President Alvi and deputy Speaker of the NA.
In December last year, century-old Shri Param Hans Ji Maharaj temple in Teri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district was vandalised and demolished by a mob led by some local clerics belonging to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F).
Islamabad: Justice Nasirul Mulk will take oath on Sunday as the chief justice of Pakistan.President Mamnoon Hussain will administer the oath at Aiwan-e-Sadr, the president's house, Geo News reported Saturday.The 64-year-old, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,
Islamabad: Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took oath Thursday as Pakistan's 21st chief justice, succeeding Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the man responsible for military dictator General Pervez Musharraf's downfall.President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath of office
Islamabad: Pakistan's assertive and controversial Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry today bid farewell to his office after the longest term at the helm of the Supreme Court in the country's history. A meeting of the full
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