Supreme-Court

The High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the validity of Article 70 of the Constitution and the schedule for the presidential election. The article concerns the vacation of a parliamentary seat for voting against the party in Parliament. The bench led by Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury passed the order Tuesday afternoon. The court said there was no substance in the writ petition. It also said that it would be better for Parliament to decide on the validity of Article 70 of...

The US Supreme Court has struck down President Donald Trump’s effort to limit birthright citizenship, dealing a major blow to his anti-immigration agenda. In a 6-3 decision issued Tuesday, the court upheld a lower court ruling that had blocked Trump’s executive order. Plaintiffs challenging the order argued that it violated the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which grants citizenship to people born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction. Trump signed the executive...