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Oppoents spoke up during public comment during Tuesday’s commissioners’ court meeting, asking the judge why those mismanaging funds aren’t simply fired instead of overhauling the system.Commissioner Alisa Simmons said there was a lack of transparency in the process to come up with the plan. She said judges didn’t know about it until she alerted them last week. “It is imperative …

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered collection of toll tax from everyone, including politicians, judges and generals. Exemption will be given to on-duty personnel of the armed forces and police only. “No one should be exempt, including judges and generals visiting their homes and taking private trips,” said PAC Chairman Noor Alam Khan on Tuesday. The PAC chief …

ISLAMABAD: Two aides to the prime minister, judges of the superior judiciary and top bureaucrats are among the successful applicants for allocation of residential plots in Islamabad’s F-14 and F-15 sectors, according to a list posted by the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) on its website after ballot on Tuesday. Federal Housing Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema chaired the proceedings. …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday stressed the need for strengthening the judiciary and judges instead of demolishing the same by encouraging angry expressions. “The strength of the judge is always his judgement and the clarity of thought while sticking to the already set high principles,” the Supreme Court judge obser­v­­ed, emphasising that the judges should be polite even …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court on Thursday observed that neither the Constitution nor any law entitled judges or senior members of the armed forces to receive plots or pieces of land. “It is trite, but needs restating that judges are not empowered to make law; they simply interpret it and if a law offends the Constitution …