The Sindh High Court on Friday restricted any demolition of leased properties in the areas of Orangi and Gujjar nullah from being carried out until the issue was heard in the Supreme Court. White Star/File
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday restricted any demolition of leased properties built along the Orangi and Gujjar nullahs [stormwater drains] from being carried out until the issue was heard in the Supreme Court (SC).
During a hearing on petitions against the demolition of the leased properties, the petitioners counsel, Faisal Siddiqui, said that the SC had ordered the removal of encroachments but there was nothing in the SC order about the removal of occupants from properties that had been given lease of 99 years by the former City District Government, Karachi under the Sindh Katchi Abadis Act 1987.
VIDEO: Railway staffer saves child from being crushed under the wheels of train
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Faisal Siddiqui,
Gulf Today
A child at a railway station in India had a miraculous escape from a certain death and his savior has become an Internet sensation after the video of brave rescue act went viral.
Railway pointsman Mayur Shelke wasted no time once he saw the boy losing the grip of his kin’s hand and falling onto the rail tracks.
Shelke ran towards the boy without thinking of the danger lurking around as he can see a speeding train approaching from opposite direction.
ISLAMABAD – The parents of Daniel Pearl, Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) Bureau Chief for South Asia, Friday submitted that the Supreme Court majority judgment suffers from a misreading and non-reading of the evidence on the record and misapplication of the law.
Ruth and Judea, parents of Daniel Pearl, stated this in a review petition filed before the apex court through advocate Faisal Siddiqui against the SC majority judgment dated 26.03.2021, which declared that the whole prosecution evidence is full of doubts and it has failed to prove the guilt of the accused persons, namely Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib, Sheikh Muhammad Adil and Ahmed Omar Sheikh.
Hilarious video of a feisty goose chasing away tigers in their own enclosure goes viral
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Faisal Siddiqui,
Gulf Today
It is always said that one needs to be a braveheart no matter how small or big you are to face the enemies. It is not the power or a weapon one has at his disposal but one’s willingness to fight, which matters the most.
A goose which involuntarily ventured into a tigers’ enclosure, proved the above adage.
The brave goose battled it out with two big wild cats and established her own ‘territorial rights’ inside the enclosure of the ferocious tigers.
Sindh launches human rights training programme for 750 judges, prosecutors
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Friday Apr 02, 2021
Participants and organisers of the inaugural training at the Sindh Judicial Academy in Karachi. Photo: Courtesy Huqooq-e-Pakistan
KARACHI: A training programme has been launched in Sindh to enhance the capacity of judges and prosecutors in applying human rights standards in the administration of justice and incorporating it in judgement writing.
Judicial magistrates along with 10 prosecutors participated in a three-day interactive training workshop on Human Rights Safeguards in the Administration of Justice in Sindh . The training was organized by the Sindh Judicial Academy in collaboration with EU-funded Huqooq-e-Pakistan project.