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 ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The AJK judiciary - both superior and subordinate - has been confronted with severe shortage of judges since past many years ‘apparently’ due to the negligence and indifference of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, the upper house of the state.The acute shortage of ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry  said on Thursday that it is a duty of judge to dispense the justice in accordance with law and constitution without fear or favour.This he said while talking to the ladies judicial officers from all over the country , which called on him in his ...

Islamabad   - Federal Law Minister Farooq H Naek has said the bill regarding judges’ dual nationality is under consideration. Talking to reporters, Naek said said that there should be special law for judges who are enjoying dual nationality as is the case with bureaucrats. In this ...

ISLAMABAD - Judge Supreme Court Justice Tariq Parvez has urged the judges of district judiciary to strive to maintain and enhance respect for judiciary.He expressed these views in the inaugural ceremony of one-week course titled, ‘Effective Financial Management, control over process serving ...

BORDEAUX (AFP) - French judges on Thursday grilled ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy about accusations his 2007 election campaign was financed with funds secured illegally from France’s richest woman.In a case that could wreck the 57-year-old’s hopes of a political comeback, Sarkozy is ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has thanked the superior judiciary for accepting the Election Commission’s request to involve sessions judges in the generals polls, terming it a big leap towards ensuring free and fair elections.“We are ...

ISLAMABAD – Agreeing to relax the restriction on judiciary’s involvement in the election process, the national judicial committee on Saturday decided to provide services of judicial officers to the election commission in the upcoming general elections.A special meeting of the National ...

ISLAMABAD - Ruling PPP senators Friday blamed the superior judiciary for belittling Parliament and inciting the opposition to, what a senator said, sparking anarchy and bloodshed in the country.On the other hand, opposition PML-N walked out of the stormy Senate against “government’s ...

Senator Farhatullah Babar says the Parliament respects the judiciary and the Judges should also uphold the Parliament in the same manner.He observed that the dignity of the Parliament was hurt when ruling of National Assembly Speaker in the contempt of court case against the Prime Minister was ...

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday refused to provide audit report details to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), saying the Parliament cannot review judges' conduct. The court, in its letter, told the committee that only the president can decide upon the court's consultative ambit. Judges' conduct ...

FAISALABAD - The issue of hurling shoe on a judge by a lawyer has been aggravated as 44 civil judges and 10 additional district and sessions judges went on leave as a protest against the issue. The enraged lawyer, Maqsood Ahmed had hurled a shoe at AD&SJ Asad Ali who did not order a property to ...

LAHORE - MIAN DAWOOD - The judges have opposed the formation of Judicial Commissions over the issues of national importance on the request of the sitting governments, TheNation has learnt.The judges resisted the move after continuous refusal by provincial and federal governments on the ...