Getting foreigners into ports Updated 10 Aug, 2026 05:43am Ports are sensitive areas for a number of reasons, primarily because they are the points through which any nation’s...
FSC strikes down 2022 legislation decriminalising suicide attempt Published 19 May, 2026 06:02am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Monday restored Section 325 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), 1860,...
JCP recommends ex-Justice Hameed’s name for FSC CJ’s slot Published 16 May, 2023 03:23am ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), on Monday, unanimously, recommended the name of former Justice...
The issue of women’s chastity Published 09 Apr, 2023 05:58am EDITORIAL: The Federal Shariat Court’s (FSC’s) verdict delivered on Tuesday can go a long way to protect women...
Plea against Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act rejected: Setting minimum age for marriage not against Islamic injunctions: FSC Updated 07 Mar, 2023 08:46am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the vires of the Sindh Child...
Implementation of FSC’s judgment on Riba: FD constitutes Steering Committee Published 24 Dec, 2022 06:56am ISLAMABAD: Finance Division has constituted a Steering Committee for providing strategic guidance regarding...
‘A scar on society’s face’ Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am EDITORIAL: It’s been four years when the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed by Parliament, ...
Child marriage: FSC directs Balochistan, KP govts to submit draft bills Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) directed the Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments to submit...
FSC on women’s protection law Published 11 Dec, 2022 04:02am EDITORIAL: It is hard to believe that in this day and age gender-based violence could be justified and its defenders...
Riba-free banking to boost economy: CPG Updated 13 Nov, 2022 09:44am Ministry of Finance recently announced the withdrawal of all the appeals against the Federal Shariat Court’s verdict
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Where stakeholders fear to tread Updated 12 Nov, 2022 06:39am “Power to the public!” “Indeed, where the government and powerful stakeholders feared to tread the public’s...
Withdrawal of plea against FSC’s decision: Religious parties welcome govt’s decision Published 10 Nov, 2022 05:50am ISLAMABAD: Major religious political parties including government ally, the Jamiat Ullema-e-Islam (JUI) and...
Transgender Act: FSC accepts JUI-F petition, clubs it with other pleas Published 04 Oct, 2022 07:06am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) accepted the petition of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and clubbed it...
Rights of transgender persons Published 03 Oct, 2022 05:52am EDITORIAL: When Parliament passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018, it was widely hailed as ...
JUI-F challenges ‘transgender law’ in FSC Published 01 Oct, 2022 04:20am ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam - Fazl (JUI-F), an ally of the government, challenged the Transgender Protection ...
Transgender Rights Bill: FSC urged to hear gender experts Published 21 Sep, 2022 06:41am ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) was urged to hear gender experts against Transgender Rights Bill, 2018. ...
Riba-free banking: move prudently Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:56am EDITORIAL: In 2001, the Supreme Court’s Shariat Appellate Bench had ordered the implementation of steps aimed at...
Conference on Islamic financing: Call for replacing interest-based banking with Shariah-compliant system Updated 31 May, 2022 02:55pm KARACHI: Known Islamic scholar and former judge of the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani on...
CII urges banks not to challenge FSC’s anti-riba verdict Published 21 May, 2022 04:34am ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has urged banks not go in appeal against the decision of the ...
FSC to hear Riba case on April 4 Published 29 Mar, 2022 05:49am ISLAMABAD: The full bench of Federal Shariat Court (FSC) after hearing of Riba Case in the bench registry of FSC at...