ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari approved on Wednesday the appointment of Justice Yahya Afridi, the third most senior judge of the supreme court, as the country’s next chief justice after he was selected on Tuesday night by a 12-member parliamentary panel.The power to appoint a chief justice has shifted to parliament following a recent…
Kangana Ranaut, Mahua Moitra and Nishikant Dubey NEW DELHI: Four-time BJP MP from Godda in Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey and TMC’s Mahua Moitra, who had a running fight in the last Lok Sabha resulting in termination of TMC MP’s membership of the House over cash-for-query charges, have landed on the same parliamentary standing committee on communications…
NEW DELHI: Amid opposition’s demand that it be sent to a joint committee, the govt is set to introduce the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in Lok Sabha on Thursday that proposes far-reaching changes to restrain the powers of Waqf Boards to declare a property as ‘Waqf’ and introduce a detailed process to do so, including…
NEW DELHI: The government on Monday withdrew the three criminal justice bills from Parliament and said they would be redrafted and introduced afresh after incorporating recommendations made by the parliamentary committee in its reports on November 10.The Centre made the announcement in a statement on the Parliament portal for MPs, stating that the bills, introduced…
