Chief Judge Abdulla Mohamed reportedly said today that a verdict would be delivered at the final hearing. Abdulla Mohamed had taken over the case after Naseer requested a change of judge in letters to both the chief judge and Chief Justice Ahmed Faiz.
In the third hearing into an unfair dismissal case, former Captain Abdul Muizz Musthafa said he was fired for refusing to obey unlawful orders, including an order to use expired tear gas and pepper spray on protestors during the presidential polls of November.
The People’s Majlis on Thursday rejected an emergency motion tabled by opposition MP Rozaina Adam over ongoing power cuts in southern Addu City with 27 votes in favor and 29 against the motion.
The city council claimed that an 861,113 square foot land north of the regional harbour was leased to Kooddoo on November 1, 2013 for a period of 50 years with no rent to be charged for the first two years.
The government has agreed to give back the vacant ‘Naadhee’ plot in Malé to Tata and approve construction on the site.
Citing insufficient evidence, the police have released the last two of the eleven Pakistani nationals arrested in the country’s largest drug haul. Four Maldivians and a Bangladeshi national remain in custody.
The former coalition partner has announced it will sue three MPs for crossing the floor to ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives. JP has claimed MPs were bribed and threatened.
Over 12,000 have pledged to attend a rally against the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza in Malé tonight.
The MP for Ihavandhoo, Mohamed Abdulla handed over his membership form to President Abdulla Yameen last night, becoming the tenth MP to switch allegiance to the ruling party since parliamentary polls in March.