Lawyers challenge registration of cases against Afghans under Foreigners Act

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https://www.dawn.com/news/1985371?utm_source=chatgpt.com PESHAWAR: Two lawyers moved Peshawar High Court on Wednesday to challenge registration of cases against registered Afghan refugees under Foreigners Act and their repatriation by law enforcement agencies. A petition as jointly filed by senior lawyers Mohammad Muazzam Butt and Bassam Ahmad Siddiqui, requesting the court to declare as unconstitutional and illegal the actions of respondents including federal and provincial governments in registering FIRs under Section 14 of Foreigners Act against Afghan nationals holding Proof of Registration (PoR) card and Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) residing in Pakistan. The petitioners sought declaration of court that Afghan nationals holding ACC and POR cards residing...

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PTI to challenge ‘flawed’ ECP verdict on intra-party polls, electoral symbol in Peshawar High Court

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The PTI on Monday said it would challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to declare its intra-party polls as unconstitutional and revoke the iconic ‘bat’ symbol in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) tomorrow (Tuesday). The development comes after the electoral watchdog last week voided, for the second time in less than a month, PTI’s internal elections in which Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was easily elected as the party’s new chairman. The verdict came following a first-of-its-kind microscopic examination of the inner workings of a political party and declared the party ineligible to obtain an election symbol to contest the upcoming general elections. “It is held that...

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Lawyers challenge registration of cases against Afghans under Foreigners Act

PTI to challenge ‘flawed’ ECP verdict on intra-party polls, electoral symbol in Peshawar High Court