Islamabad, Apr 22 : Pakistan’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against a Federal Shariat Court (FSC) ruling that death is the only punishment that the Islamic law provides for blasphemy.
The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court gave the decision on Tuesday, The Dawn reported.
Bishop Dani L. Tasleem filed the appeal 18 years ago after the FSC gave the judgment in exercise of its powers to determine if the existing laws conformed to Sharia.
Islamabad, Apr 22 : Pakistan's Punjab province is falling under the grip of the Taliban and the country needs to act quickly to eliminate this grave threat to the heart of our country, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Parliamentary leader Dr Farooq Sattar has said.
Talking to reporters at Parliament House, Sattar claimed the Taliban were getting stronger in Punjab and the time had come to take immediate action against the people who posed a grave threat to Pakistan's security.
Lahore, Apr 22 : The US was so terrified of al Qaeda's capabilities post-9/11 that the then Bush Administration expected follow-up attacks at any moment and was forced to turn to torture due to lack of intelligence about the terrorist organisation activities, Stratfor, the global think tank, has said.
The report, by George Friedman, states the government had also received intelligence indicating al Qaeda might have a nuclear weapon, but they had no idea whether those scraps had any value. At one point, the report noted, then president and vice president were continually kept at different locations to maintain security.
Karachi, Apr 22 : Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has questioned the silence of political parties, lawyers and the civil society over Sufi Muhammad’s statement that branded constitutional institutions of Pakistan ‘un-Islamic’.
“Why are the champions of the independence of the judiciary and those who resorted to the long march for that purpose still silent against Sufi Muhammad?” Altaf asked, in a statement released by the MQM’s office on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Apr 22 : NWFP Governor Owais Ghani has briefed foreign diplomats at the Foreign Office on the deal with militants in Swat.
“The problem [afflicting the region] lies in Afghanistan and unless you settle the issue there, it will be difficult to create peace in Swat and other border regions of Pakistan,” Ghani said.
The Daily Times quoted diplomatic sources as saying that the Governor explained at length the situation in Swat and the latest peace deal with the Taliban to implement the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation.
Islamabad, Apr 22 : Pakistan’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against a Federal Shariat Court (FSC) ruling that death is the only punishment that the Islamic law provides for blasphemy.
Washington, Apr 22 : The US has said on Wedne
Islamabad, Apr 22 : Pakistan's Punjab province is falling under the grip of the Taliban and the country needs to act quickly to eliminate this grave threat to the heart of our country, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Deputy Parliamentary leader Dr Farooq Sattar has said.
Karachi, Apr 22 : Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has questioned the silence of political parties, lawyers and the civil society over Sufi Muhammad’s statement that branded constitutional institutions of Pakistan ‘un-Islamic’.
Islamabad, Apr 22 : NWFP Governor Owais Ghani has briefed foreign diplomats at the Foreign Office on the deal with militants in Swat.
