ISLAMABAD: A five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa will announce its reserved verdict on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) appeal in Punjab election tribunals case on September 30 (Monday). The bench had reserved the verdict on the Punjab election tribunals’ case earlier this week. Alongside CJP Isa, the bench includes Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi. The top court had also ordered the top electoral authority to make the tribunals functional for hearing…
Day: September 29, 2024
World leaders condemn assassination of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah
Renowned global leaders on late Saturday expressed their deepest condolences and condemned the assassination of Hezbollah’s longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah by the Israeli forces. Israel’s foes vowed revenge after Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah announced its leader Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike on a suburb of Beirut. Several world powers also warned of the killing’s potential repercussions, as the spectre of all-out war looms over the Middle East. Iran First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref warned Israel that Nasrallah’s death would “bring about their destruction”, Iran’s ISNA news…