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The Punjab Defamation Act 2024 has been challenged in the Lahore High Court. The petitioners claim that the new defamation law contradicts the existing legal framework and was hastily enacted without proper consultation with journalists and media organizations. [9] [10]
During Nawaz Sharif's government, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional several anti-terrorist laws, including the 1997 Anti-Terrorism Act (which established Anti-Terrorism Courts) subsequently amended in October 1998 (Merham Ali vs Federation of Pakistan); [2] and the 1998 Pakistan Armed Forces (Acting in Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance ...
The case received extensive media coverage both inside and outside Pakistan. The recommendations of the committee, obtained from the file, are as follows: 6.1: That FIR be lodged against (1) Malik Allah Yar Khan of Kalabagh, (2) Zia Pervez Hussain, (3) and Dr M.A. Khan, and that criminal proceedings be instituted against them for defrauding the ...
According to another source, between 2011 and 2015, "the latest period for which consolidated data is available" as of 2020, there were "more than 1,296 blasphemy cases filed" in Pakistan. [23] In January 2023, Pakistan's National Assembly passed a vote to tighten the country's blasphemy laws, a move that incited concern among minority groups.
The Al-Qadir Trust case also known as the £190 million National Crime Agency (NCA) scam, [1] is a legal case involving former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan and Pakistani businessman Malik Riaz. The case centres on accusations of corruption and abuse of authority in relation to a settlement which is said to have cost the national ...
The West Pakistan Family Courts Act 1964 governs the jurisdiction of Family Courts. As per schedule in the Act of 1964 family courts entertains the disputes of dissolution of marriage, recovery of maintenance of wives and minors, dower, dowery articles, guardian and wards disputes i.e. custody of minors, recovery of bridal gifts etc.
§ 2(1)(d) of the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 Jawwad S. Khawaja v. Federation of Pakistan , PLD 2024 SC 337 (commonly referred to as the military courts case ), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in which it was held that the Constitution of Pakistan does not allow for the court-martial of civilians.
The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors, a nonprofit organization of Pakistan dedicated to safeguards of journalists and media outlets argued Pakistan's direct and self-censorship and state-sponsored hostility towards independent journalists working in the country. In the recent years (around 2018 or 2019), seven journalists were killed while ...