Judge Leo Sorokin rules that the charge is effectively a tax, and therefore illegal because only the US Congress has the authority to create new taxes.
“This crisis comes at a time when Pakistan’s border trade infrastructure is already under severe strain,” Gwadar Chamber of Commerce and Industry president says.
OGDC has launched a comprehensive and focused production optimisation initiative aimed at reversing natural declines in mature fields and unlocking additional hydrocarbon output.
Party’s Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram criticised the unprecedented deployment of external forces and the “systematic suppression” of the PTI.
Though the JAAC’s demands are open to scrutiny, banning any political organisation — as long as it remains committed to peaceful activism — is undemocratic.
Presidential reference sought answers to 5 questions, including those related to the constitutional status of refugee seats and legislature’s competence to introduce constitutional amendment.
Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
The way constitutional amendments have been bulldozed through parliament in the past two years are a striking illustration of its attitude to parliamentary institutions.
