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CJP says obsolete legal principles have little utility in contemporary times
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KARACHI: “Our legal education is still predominately confined to a study of obsolete principles and complicated procedures, which have little utility in contemporary times. In order to address and reform our state of legal education, the role of law schools merits special attention,” said Supreme Court of Pakistan Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali.
Published n Dawn on December 5, 2015
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Digital rights
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THE Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 is officially out of the National Assembly’s standing committee on IT. Committee chairman retired Capt Safdar, addressing the Assembly on Friday, presented a report, opening the bill up for debate by the house, as statements seem to indicate.
Published n Dawn on December 13, 2015
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Madressah reforms
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IN the National Action Plan (NAP), points 10 and 18 convey the state’s resolve to register and regulate madressahs and eradicate sectarian terrorism. Both actions fall primarily within the preview of the criminal justice system but we are still far from achieving these objectives. We need to undertake a forensic analysis of the madressah landscape in Pakistan before we can move forward.
Published n Dawn on December 13, 2015
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Senate panel to take up bill on journalists’ safety
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ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee will take up on Monday (tomorrow) a four-year-old bill, aimed at providing protection and relief to journalists, but also containing a controversial clause about disclosure of source of information.
Published in Dawn on December 13, 2015
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Police take down offensive anti-minority poster in Lahore after outrage
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LAHORE: A hateful poster targeting a minority group was taken down from outside a mobile shop in Hafeez Center after a photo of the pamphlet ignited a social media storm on Thursday. Police said the issue was brought to the Gulberg Police's attention by "several people concerned by the nature of its contents". SHO Yousuf Butt took action against the complaint, and requested the shop owner to take the poster down from a store in the city's largest electronics market.
Published in Dawn on December 11, 2015
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Seven booked in Sialkot for torturing, dragging couple in streets
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SIALKOT: A labourer and his wife were tortured publicly and dragged in streets by some masked men in Mitraanwali village in Daska tehsil the other day.
Published in Dawn on December 10, 2015
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NA legislates against abuse of minors, makes child pornography punishable act
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2015 aimed at protecting children from mental and physical abuse.
Published in Dawn on December 10, 2015
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