Tag: LEGAL

  • NADRA’s appeal against restoration of Hafiz Hamdullah’s identity card scheduled for hearing

    NADRA’s appeal against restoration of Hafiz Hamdullah’s identity card scheduled for hearing

    The Supreme Court of Pakistan has scheduled the hearing of NADRA’s appeal against the restoration of the identity card of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader Hafiz Hamdullah.

    A two-member bench headed by Justice Muneeb Akhtar of the Supreme Court will hear the case on July 10.

    NADRA had cancelled the identity card on grounds of Hamdullah being a foreigner.

    The Islamabad High Court declared the cancellation of Hafiz Hamdullah’s identity card null and void and ordered its restoration.

    NADRA has now filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Islamabad High Court.

  • Same sex relationships now legal in Tokyo

    Same sex relationships now legal in Tokyo

    In a nation that still forbids equal marriage, Tokyo’s metropolitan administration on Tuesday started distributing partnership certificates to same-sex couples who reside and work in the capital.

    The status allows LGBTQ partners to be considered as married couples for some public services in areas including housing, health, and welfare, even though it does not confer the same rights as a marriage.

    According to Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, 137 couples have submitted applications for certificates as of last Friday.

    According to a survey conducted in 2021 by the public broadcaster NHK, 57 percent of the people supported gay marriage, while 37 percent opposed it.

    Japan has made progress in recent years in accepting sexual diversity.

    Today, more businesses are showing their support and homosexual characters are featured in television programmes.