PPP CEC To Meet Today
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News : A meeting of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of Pakistan Peoples Party has been called for today.
The meeting, scheduled to be held in the Presidency, will be presided over by the Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting will deliberate on the current political situation in the country with special reference to the Supreme Court’s decision on NRO.
PPP CEC To Meet Today was first posted on December 19, 2009 at 10:47 am.
First Refuelling Aircraft Arrives in Pakistan: PAF
ISLAMABAD: The first Aircraft Tanker for aerial fuelling has arrived in Pakistan at Air Force base.
According to PAF sources, the first aerial refuelling aircraft has arrived Pakistan at the Air Force base. The aircraft has been purchased from Ukraine which is capable of refuelling several aircrafts in single flight.
Pakistan will receive three more aircraft tankers in the next year.
Article 248 Challenged in Supreme Court
Pakistan News: Article 248 which gives immunity to the president has been challenged in the Supreme Court while hearing of a petition seeking disqualification of NRO beneficiaries will start from Monday.
A petition filed by Khalid Khawaja challenged the constitutional cover given to the president under article 248. Petitioner maintained that article 248 is in clash with the basic human rights and Islamic principles. Another petition filed in the SC sought the disqualifications of those parliamentarians who had benefited from the NRO. SC formed a 3-member bench to hear the various accountability cases which have reopened after the striking down of NRO. The bench will be headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary while Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain will be the other judges on the bench. The case of provincial minister Sindh Agha Siraj Durrani has been included in the cause list. It is interesting to note that name of the Article 248 matches with the number of 248 NRO beneficiaries whose names were placed on the Exit Control List (ECL).
Article 248 Challenged in Supreme Court was first posted on December 19, 2009 at 6:02 pm.
