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IHC provides directive to counsel for registration of Baloch college students’ grievances with MoHR

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2 years ago

May 14, 2022

The Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) on Friday directed petitioners’ counsel to register Baloch college students’ complaints of harassment confronted by them to the Ministry of Human Rights secretary, who will current it to the not too long ago fashioned fee.

The IHC had ealier ordered the formation of a fee to probe into the racial profiling, harassment and disappearance of Baloch college students within the nation.

Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani was appointed as convener, whereas the physique’s different members embody former senator Afrasiab Khattak, PTI chief Asad Umar, former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani, Senator Kamran Murtaza, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, former Balochistan chief secretary Nasir Khosa, former Supreme Court docket Bar Affiliation (SCBA) president Ali Ahmed Kurd, Pakistan Bar Council vice chairman, and the secretaries of the inside and human rights ministries.

Earlier right now, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard petitions in opposition to the harassment and disappearance of Baloch college students of Quaid-e-Azam College (QAU) and different instructional establishments.

Former minister for human rights Dr Shireen Mazari’s daughter Iman Hazir Mazari represented the petitioners and said {that a} pupil, Feroz Baloch, has been lacking from a college in Rawalpindi since Could 11.

“We tried to register an FIR [First Information Report] at Sadiqabad police station for six hours, however the police didn’t accomplish that,” the lawyer said.

To this, the Deputy Lawyer Basic (DAG) responded {that a} lacking pupil from Islamabad’s Nationwide College of Fashionable Languages had returned.

The excessive court docket directed Advocate Mazari to compose a criticism, on behalf of the Baloch college students’ grievances, to the secretary of the Ministry of Human Rights – who would then current it earlier than the fee.

The IHC chief justice additionally ordered Inside Minister Rana Sanaullah and Ministry of Human Rights to submit a report by the following listening to of the case on June 10.

The court docket additional directed the inside minister to formulate a separate inquiry into the disappearance of Feroze Baloch and submit a report. “If the minister can’t fulfill the requirement then he should seem in individual,” CJ Minallah added.

The chief justice remarked that the formation of the fee had been notified.

The DAG additional knowledgeable the court docket that the aim of the fee is to deal with the grievances of all stakeholders, “in lots of instances there are problems with jurisdiction however the fee can look into it,” he added.

Subsequently, the court docket adjourned the listening to of the case until June 10.

On March 7, the Chief Justice Athar Minallah said that the court docket won’t permit the voice of Baloch college students to be silenced.

These remarks had been made through the listening to of a petition in opposition to the registration of a case in opposition to Baloch college students who protested exterior the Nationwide Press Membership in Islamabad in opposition to enforced disappearances, triggering a prison case to be registered in opposition to 200 Baloch college students and Iman Mazari.

Whereas the case was withdrawn by the capital’s police, the IHC directed President Dr Arif Alvi to satisfy with the scholars stating, “it’s the accountability of the federal authorities, however the authorities doesn’t meet them. This court docket expects the president of Pakistan to make sure the protection of kids,” the IHC chief justice added.

In consequence, President Alvi directed the Increased Training Fee (HEC) and the Vice-Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam College (QAU) Islamabad to take vital measures to cease incidents of harassment and racial profiling of Baloch college students on college campuses.

He additional requested the VC to completely monitor any exercise which can be a explanation for concern to the Baloch college students on the varsity and to confirm the credentials of tourists to be able to test the impersonification and maligning of regulation enforcement businesses.

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Fawad Chaudhry granted B-Class services in jail

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10 hours ago

November 28, 2023

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ISLAMABAD: The previous federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has been granted B-class services in jail on Monday.

In compliance with a court docket directive, Chief Commissioner Anwarul Haq appeared earlier than the Excessive Courtroom in a case involving the jail services of Fawad Chaudhry.

Through the court docket listening to, the Chief Commissioner offered an implementation report on Fawad Chaudhry’s requests.

The report revealed that former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has been granted B-class services in jail, and as per the court docket’s directives, he has been permitted to fulfill with household and authorized representatives.

Moreover, the court docket granted permission for a separate assembly between Fawad Chaudhry’s spouse and him inside the jail premises.

Through the dialog with the Deputy Superintendent of Jail, Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb emphasised the necessity to present medical services to Fawad Chaudhry in accordance with the jail handbook.

The court docket directed the jail authorities to point out respect and dignity to the petitioner.

The decide inquired concerning the variety of circumstances registered in opposition to Fawad Chaudhry, after which in response, the lawyer said that Fawad was arrested in a single case and booked in a number of different circumstances in Jehlum and different provinces of Punjab.

The court docket sought the small print of different circumstances from the Jail Superintendent and dismissed the case of Fawad Chaudhry with particular directions.

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Ishaq Dar claims credit score for rupee’s rise in opposition to greenback

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11 hours ago

November 28, 2023

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ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar on Monday heaped praises on himself for personal insurance policies for the strengthening native forex and credited himself for the Pakistani rupee’s appreciation over time in opposition to the US greenback, saying the state’s intervention within the foreign exchange market was essential to maintain the forex steady.

“I take into account the rupee’s depreciation the mom of financial evils. The appreciation of the rupee in opposition to the greenback in the present day is as a result of ‘Ishaq-Dar’ coverage,” the Chief of the Home within the Senate informed the Higher Home of parliament after the caretaker authorities clamped down on parts concerned in greenback smuggling and speculators.

However the Worldwide Financial (IMF) has careworn, in an announcement after Pakistan and the lender reached a staff-level settlement on the primary overview below a short-term deal for $700 million, that the rupee should stay market-determined to sustainably alleviate exterior pressures and rebuild reserves.

The rupee is anticipated to commerce in a slender vary in opposition to the US greenback this week, as importers and exporters weigh the impression of blended financial alerts on the nation’s forex. It closed at 285.64 within the interbank market in the present day.

“The true trade fee in the present day is 244 to the greenback. A few of our establishments have means an excessive amount of autonomy, however let me let you know,’ spoiled kids deserve the rod’.”

Dar, who has served because the finance czar twice below Nawaz Sharif and as soon as below Shehbaz Sharif’s regime, stated: “A significant motive behind our financial system’s destruction is the autumn within the rupee’s fee in opposition to the greenback.”

The senator reminded his colleagues that in 2014 and 4 years following that, till his elimination because the finance minister, the rupee had remained steady. “The central financial institution’s intervention was solely to a sure extent.”

He claimed that throughout the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) tenure, the State Financial institution of Pakistan (SBP) intervened extra usually to manage the rupee’s worth when in comparison with the stints of the Pakistan Muslim Legaue-Nawaz (PML-N).

“I’m thought-about an enemy of rupee devaluation by a monetary establishment. Nonetheless, after giving in to the demand of the identical monetary establishment, the PTI allowed the devaluation of the rupee. See, what occurred after that,” he stated, claiming it ballooned Pakistan’s loans.

The PML-N senator stated there must be a consensus amongst all stakeholders to control the rupee’s worth. “Folks die, however their insurance policies have led to a rise within the costs of commodities.”

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Hajj 2024 software course of commences as submissions open

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12 hours ago

November 28, 2023

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ISLAMABAD: Submission of functions for the Hajj 2024 underneath common scheme began Monday.

Folks aspiring to carry out Hajj underneath the federal government scheme can submit their functions to fifteen banks by December 12.

Based on the assertion issued by the Ministry of Non secular Affairs, 89,605 Pakistanis will carry out pilgrimage underneath the federal government scheme subsequent yr.

And in case extra functions are obtained, balloting shall be performed.

For the primary time, girls will be capable to carry out their non secular obligation with out their male companions (Mehram).

Furthermore, candidates for the passports will get their Hajj functions processed on the tokens given to them.

As many as 25,000 functions shall be submitted underneath the sponsorship scheme whereas balloting shall be performed on the functions obtained underneath the common scheme.