An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday issued summons to call 18 witnesses from the prosecution in the judges detention case against the former president Pervez Musharraf.The witnesses include 13 senior lawyers and three police officials who will record their statements before ATC Judge Kausar ...

The anti-terrorist court indicted General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case on Saturday.He was indicted during a hearing of the case at his farmhouse residence in Chak Shahzad by ATC judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi.The charges against Musharraf were read out to him, which the ...

ISLAMABAD - A division bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf in judges’ detention case.The division bench comprising Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan and Justice Noor-ul-Haq N Qureshi accepted his bail plea and directed ...

The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the judges’ detention case.The former army strongman was directed to deposit surety bonds worth rupees 500,000.The case was registered against Musharraf on August 11, 2009 on the complaint of a local ...

ISLAMABAD - Sixty-nine judges, who were hit by the short order of the five-member bench, will now heave a sigh of relief after the detailed judgement as three judges of the Supreme Court have given divergent opinions on the short order.A five-member bench of SC headed by Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali ...

LAHORE - Lawyers did not allow judges to sit and work in the court rooms over some minor issue at Sessions Court here on Thursday for the second consecutive day.The lawyers, in the beginning of the second day, kept locked both the court rooms of Additional District and Sessions Judge Khalid Mehmood ...

Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso said free, fair and transparent elections cannot be held without retired judges; hence, they should be taken up in the interim setup.In an interview with PTV‚ he said when he became Prime Minister there were many problems and issues including ...

The Islamabad High Court hearing judges detention case against former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf, issued a notice on Monday to all those party to the case and sought all relevant records over an appeal filed against the court’s decision to discard  the bail plea of the ...

Islamabad - Judicial Commission of Pakistan on Saturday recommend one-year extension in the services of six additional judges of Sindh High Court (SHC), while Additional Judge Habibur Rahman Sheikh has been dropped.Sources said that a Judicial Commission meeting presided over by Chief Justice ...

ISLAMABAD - Former President Pervez Musharraf moved a bail plea in judges’ detention case before Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday.Advocate Ilyas Siddiqui representing Musharraf moved the petition for bail after arrest under section 497 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in the court and made ...

ISLAMABAD -An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday turned down the bail plea of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in the judges' detention case. Special judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi rejected the application after hearing arguments of Musharraf’s counsel and public prosecutor. During the ...

NEW YORK - NB - Sharon Osbourne is to return to The X Factor as a judge for the new series in 2013.Osbourne, who last appeared on the show in 2007, will join Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh. Dermot O’Leary will continue as a presenter for the ITV show.Speaking of her return ...

In the judges’ detention case, the special anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Islamabad on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for 14 days.Judge of ATC’s special court Kausar Abbas Zaidi heard the case.During the hearing, the court was informed ...

KARACHI  : President Asif Ali Zardari on the Prime Minister’s advice has approved confirmation of three Additional Judges of Sindh High Court and one Additional Judge of Islamabad High Court as judges of SHC and IHC respectively. Additional Judge IHC, Mr Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi has ...

islamabad Public prosecutor Advocate Syed Muhammad Tayyab Wednesday expressed his regret from continuing his work in judges’ detention case, being heard in Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Islamabad, against former President Pervez Musharraf.During the hearing, prosecutor Syed Tayyab regretted that ...

The anti-terrorist court in Islamabad on Wednesday directed the government to appoint a public prosecutor in the judges’ detention case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf by May 18 after Advocate Syed Tayyab excused himself from performing the role due to personal ...

LAHORE - Four newly-confirmed judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) took oath of their office on Saturday.Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial administered oath to Justice Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, Justice Syed Muhammad Kazim Raza Shamsi and Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmad Khan.President Zardari approved ...

The hearing of the bail plea in the judges’ detention case against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, scheduled to take place on Monday, was adjourned until May 8.The hearing was scheduled to take place at the Chak Shahzad sub-jail but was postponed without any proceedings.It was ...

The trial of former President Pervez Musharraf in judges’ detention case will be conducted at his farmhouse sub-jail in Islamabad.A notification in this regard has been issued by Islamabad authorities, citing security concerns.Judges will hear the case today at Chak Shahzad sub-jail.Musharraf ...

A special anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former president General (R) Pervez Musharraf till May 18 in judges’ detention case.A bail application was filed on behalf of Pervez Musharraf in the ATC in Islamabad.During the judges’ detention case ...

CAIROEgypt President Mohamed Mursi and top judges agreed on Sunday to seek a compromise to defuse a battle over Islamist attempts to force out thousands of judges that have deeply polarised the Arab world's most populous nation.Mursi's Islamist allies had proposed legislation to purge more than ...

LAHORE - Judicial Commission headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry recommended confirmation of three LHC judges and extension to one judge. According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, the honourable judges recommended for conformation include Justice ...

ISLAMABADJudicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has recommended confirmation of eight judges of three high courts on Tuesday.According to details, a JCP meeting, under the chairmanship of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was held in which eight judges from three high courts were ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday on the advice of the Prime Minister has approved nomination of two judges of Lahore High Court, Mr. Justice Muhammad Anwaarul Haq and Mr. Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa to function as Appellate tribunal No.3 in addition to the already constituted ...

LAHORE – Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Friday administered oath to the six newly-appointed additional judges.The oath was administered in a ceremony in the judges’ lounge of LHC. Registrar Sardar Ahmad Naeem conducted the proceedings. LHC judges, federal and ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday granted six-day interim bail to former President Pervez Musharraf in judges' detention case.IHC bench comprising Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also directed General (r) Musharraf, who personally appeared before the bench, to submit two surety bonds of ...

The newly-appointed six additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) took oath of their office here on Friday.LHC Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial administered oath to Justice Shoaib Saeed, Justice Atir Mahmood, Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan, Justice Aalia Neelum, Justice Shezada Mazhar and Justice ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday on the advice of the prime minister approved the appointment of Shoaib Saeed, Atir Mahmood, Shahid Bilal Hassan, Aalia Neelum, Shezada Mazhar and Abid Aziz Sheikh as additional judges of the Lahore High Court for one year.Spokesperson for the ...

LAHORE – A capacity-building training course for judicial magistrates concluded at the Punjab Judicial Academy on Saturday. Addressing the participants of the ceremony, LHC judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah highlighted the role of judicial magistrates and stressed the need for channelizing ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan has nominated 22 judges of the High Courts to head tribunals for disposal of appeals against the decisions of Returning Officers on the nomination papers for general elections. The scrutiny of the nomination papers of the candidates for the general ...