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ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday ruled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not violate the election code of conduct in his recent press conference in Lahore. As per code of conduct, the ECP said, the prime minister and ministers cannot ask for votes from the voters after once the election campaign ends.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that it could not prohibit chargesheeted lawmakers from contesting elections, and left the decision to the Parliament. However, the apex court ruled that political parties would have to publicize the list of cases pending against their candidates, if any.

Los Angeles, Doctors conducted an autopsy on the body of Michael Jackson on Friday but could not immediately determine what killed the King of Pop, amid

The magistrate who will resolve whether the case can move ahead said the company's lawyers to be prepared in court to address previous rulings that undercut their fights. At pale is half of Microsoft's case to ban the US from furtively accessing client data stored in the cloud, counting email.

Steve Harvey rules the roost when it comes to comedy. His morning show is tops across America. He has a strong enough following to have taken Tom Joyner's spot

Otero ruled in October that Trump's statement was "rhetorical hyperbole" against a political adversary and was protected speech under the First Amendment. Although the lawsuit didn't get far before Otero tossed it, he said it was a "one of a kind" case that demanded a fair bit of legal work. "Given a case of this…

London - A vote holding the UK government in "contempt of parliament" is historic - but other than causing acute embarrassment to Prime Minister Theresa May that leaves her with a bloody nose, its fallout is limited. The motion was passed because of May's failure to release legal advice given to her cabinet about the deal…

Marking a new era of pollution-free transport, French maker Alstom has launched the world's first hydrogen-powered trains in Germany. The trains, officially named Coradia iLint, began running on a 100km-long-route from Cuxhaven to Buxtehude and can finally end the rule of diesel trains.

Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., recalled Margaret Sanger's - founder of Planned Parenthood - racist and eugenicist politics in a Friday interview on SiriusXM's Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning. Manning and Mansour asked King to address the Trump administration's Friday issuance of a rule regarding…

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) once controlled an area stretching from western Syria to eastern Iraq - nearly the size of the United Kingdom. It proclaimed a caliphate in 2014 and imposed its harsh rule on millions of people. But it was flushed out of Iraq and eventually lost most of…

GDPR is a legislation that brings a new set of rules and data protection laws to the businesses operating in the European Union.

As companies gear up for the final stages of implementing GST, a crucial exercise which is being carried out is a re-look at the existing contracts and negotiation with vendors from the perspective of alignment of contracts with the GST regulations. A crucial point of negotiation is for the vendor to pass on all benefits accruing or arising under GST to the recipient. In this context, the legislative backing comes in the form of Section 171 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ("CGST Act") which embodies the Anti-Profiteering provisions and the Anti-Profiteering Rules which have been finalised by the GST Council in its 17th meeting held on 18th June 2017.

DERA GAZI KHAN: At least five people were killed and many others wounded on Wednesday as a powerful blast ripped through political office of ruling PML-N lawmaker, Samaa reported. According to our correspondent, the blast occurred at dera (local political office) of MNA Sardar Amjad Khosa in Taunsa Sharif town of Punjab.

ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani on Monday refused to accept the resignations of lawmakers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), citing relevant laws. He was giving a ruling on the resignations tendered by the MQM Senators on the grounds that the party was being "victimized' in the garb of on-going operation against criminal elements in Karachi.

The federal ministers hailing from the ruling PML-N developed serious differences with each others. Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif detest talking to each other, according to sources.