AGP questions legality of Broadsheet probe committee
Cabinet to reconsider the matter in its meeting today
ISLAMABAD:
Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan, while questioning the legality of the proposed inquiry committee on the Broadsheet issue, has recommended the government to form a commission on the matter.
Sources revealed to
The Express Tribune that a meeting of senior government officials was held on Monday where the AGP asked under what law, the committee would work, as it had no legal backing.
It is learnt that top law officer has suggested to the government to investigate the matter through the Inquiry Commission Act 2017.
Bar association asks governor to return bill on certificates for inheritance to PA
Karachi January 23, 2021
The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) on Friday raised several constitutional and legal objections to the Sindh Letter of Administration and Succession Certificates Bill 2021 recently passed by the Sindh Assembly to shift the award of succession certificate process from courts to national database registration authority.
The bar association requested the Sindh governor to return the bill to the provincial assembly for reconsideration to rectify its constitutional and legal defects. Sending a letter to Sindh Governor Imran Ismail over the Sindh Letter of Administration and Succession Certificates Bill 2021, SHCBA President Salahuddin Ahmed and Secretary Omer Soomro said the bill had three major problems which must be addressed before it could be brought into force.
Sindh High Court Bar Association contended that presidential reference on Senate polls is a “colourable exercise” of power designed to advance “political objectives” of ruling PTI
The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) contended that presidential reference on Senate polls was a 'colourable exercise' of power designed to advance the political objectives of the ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI).