Supreme Court directed NAB to submit the record of all cases closed CJP Bandial remarked that no individual has been acquitted due to NAB amendments He said NAB amendments have been challenged in the court ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit the record of all cases closed … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has banned testing and surgeries on live animals at veterinary schools and industrial complexes and imposed jail terms and fines for animal cruelty. Addressing a news conference, Head of Prime Minister’s Strategic Reforms Salman Suf said animal welfare was a major neglected area in the country and the existing animal welfare … Read more
Switzerland agreed on Sunday to increase the availability of transplant organs by making everyone, unless they specifically refuse, a potential donor after death. The legal change, approved by 60 percent of voters in a referendum, marks a dramatic shift from the current system. Under the existing laws, transplants are only possible if the deceased person … Read more
DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities said on Saturday they are reviewing anti-corruption laws with a view to reinforcing them in the fight against the social vice. Khadija Shamte Mzee, the chairperson of the Zanzibar Law Review Commission (ZLRC), said stakeholders were currently reviewing the Anti-corruption and Economic Crimes Act of 2012 to give it … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan’s labour laws would be updated for safeguarding the interests of the labourers and employers, a government official said. Speaking at a consultative workshop of labourers, industrialists and the government on labour laws at a local hotel, provincial Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal said that the labour laws would be updated … Read more
SEOUL: South Korea decided on Friday to extend its toughest social-distancing rules in the capital area for one more month amid the continued Covid-19 resurgence. The Level 4 social-distancing guideline, the highest in the country’s four-tier quarantine rules, will be kept in place in Seoul, its surrounding Gyeonggi province and the western port city of … Read more
SYDNEY: The Australian state of Queensland announced on Thursday that the government is about to launch a range of strict laws to make it much harder for intoxicated motorists to take to the roads. Under present rules in Queensland, people who have been sentenced for driving while having high blood-alcohol levels must prove their sobriety … Read more
Female labor force participation levels in Arab countries are the lowest in the world—despite the rising educational attainment of women reaching working age. Indeed, young women across the Arab world exceed the education levels of young men, who are worrisomely falling behind. Remedying the under-representation of Arab women in the labor force and reviving the … Read more
