A Pakistani court on September 16 raised an objection on a plea to reopen the case of Independence war hero Bhagat Singh's sentencing in 1931 and to set it aside by exercising the principles of review and honour him with posthumous state awards. On Saturday, the Lahore High Court raised an objection to reopening the decade-old case and constitution of …
Legal experts have called the dissolution of the National Assembly unconstitutional, as the Opposition said they would challenge the move in Pakistan’s Supreme Court. An early election is a possibility Pakistan president Arif Alvi dissolved the National Assembly on Sunday on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Dismissing the opposition’s no-confidence motion against Khan, the deputy speaker of the …
A Special Court in Pakistan on Tuesday awarded death sentence to the former military dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, for committing high treason. “It has nothing to with the Constitution or justice but is a result of the tug of war between the institutions.” Mr. Chaudhry started his political career from Mr. Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League and was his media …
It is defined as a political philosophy where the majority community is pre-eminent and enjoys primacy, meaning more rights than other communities. Sri Lanka’s Constitution says: “The Republic of Sri Lanka shall give to Buddhism the foremost place and accordingly it shall be the duty of the state to protect and foster the Buddha Sasana.” This line will always give …
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