LAHORE (Mian Dawood) - The Punjab government has made a budgetary allocation of Rs3.13 billion for the judiciary under “Access to Justice Program” and “Funds for Government Buildings/Offices” for fiscal year 2013-14. Rs1.715 billion were allocated under the AJP while Rs1.42 ...

LAHOREMIAN DAWOODChief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Saturday role of the judiciary under the Constitution was a pious trust reposed in it by the people and the Constitution as well as democratic polity would find it difficult to sustain if the judiciary failed to preserve the trust.He ...

Justice  Jawwad S Khawaja has remarked “we have decided to ensure supremacy of law and constitution and a price will have to be paid for it.He gave these remarks while presiding over a 3-member SC  bench during the course of hearing of Musharraf treason case Tuesday.Ahmad Raza ...

Islamabad - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has termed Pakistani judicial system the strongest backer of democracy, enjoying full confidence and faith of legal fraternity, other institutions and the public at large.He was addressing the concluding session of three-day International ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the government completed its five-year constitutional term because of the independent judiciary which plays pivotal role in eradication of oppression and injustice."Today there is no one to give extension to usurpers," said the CJ while ...

ISLAMABAD -Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Friday made it clear that the judiciary had never tried to assume the role of the executive or legislature and always acted within its constitutional domain.Addressing the inaugural session of three-day Intentional Judicial Conference from April ...

ISLAMABAD Paying tribute to judiciary for issuing former President (Retd) Pervez Musharraf’s arrest orders, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) central leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said whatever is happening with Musharraf is natural justice.“Musharraf returned under a deal and this is ...

LAHORE – Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Senior Judge of Lahore High Court on Saturday said that these days people look at the Judiciary and have ample faith in it. In the past people used to talk against the Judiciary but today due to its impartial role, people are all in praise for the ...

PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan has said that judiciary is equally responsible for ex president Musharraf’s exile.Barrister Aitzaz while talking to the media in front of Lahore High Court said that why the judiciary did not take suo motu notice when ex-president Pervez Musharraf left the country.He ...

HYDERABAD/Matiari – Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the judiciary is a supporter and protector of democracy and all the institutions of the state should work while remaining within their constitutional ambit.Addressing the lawyers at a reception hosted in his honour by ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court Wednesday directed NAB chief Fasih Bokhari to submit today (Thursday) authentic copy of a letter in which he had reportedly criticised the judiciary, particularly the apex court, and warned that the court would not allow anyone to interfere in judicial affairs.National ...

KARACHI  - Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan on Wednesday said the judiciary in Pakistan is fully independent, strong and well-supported by the masses.The Supreme Court of Pakistan has been playing a leading role and has given a new dimension to judiciary and its verdicts that nothing can ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Saturday brushing aside the criticism on judiciary, saying the judiciary never tried to play the role of Administration or Parliament.Addressing the 26th Roll Signing Ceremony on at Karachi, the chief justice clarifies that it is the statutory and ...

QUETTA - Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Qazi Faez Esa has said that since the judiciary had taken up the issue of missing persons, the number of cases pertaining to missing persons had reduced with recovery of 95 persons as well.“No institution has the authority to cross its ...

ISLAMABAD - Judge Supreme Court, Justice Nasirul Mulk, has opined that people of Pakistan have trust and confidence in the judiciary and they consider it as the last resort saying, “Despite having hardships, we have the duty to deliver the justice to the people.”He expressed these views ...

LAHORE - Former Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said that judiciary had no authority to dismantle the elected govt of Balochistan. “If the mandate of people who voted the present Balochistan government into power is not respected, the separatist movement there would get ...

Both the enormous challenges facing Pakistan’s economy and our rather dismal economic governance over the last four and half years are redefining the relationship between national institutions responsible for taking key economic decisions and also amongst the main power centres in the ...

TEHRAN  - Iran’s judiciary has rejected a request by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, its spokesman said on Sunday, calling the request’s timing inappropriate. “As we are faced with special circumstances and the country’s ...

NEW YORK - Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Pakistani judiciary has adopted double standard for provision of justice.According to a BBC on Sunday, Bilawal while addressing a party convention in New York accused Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad ...

BAHAWALPUR - The Balochistan situation warrants sincere and devoted steps on war footings to bring peace and normalcy to the province. The government should chalk out solid measures to maintain the law and order situation in Balochistan to restore confidence of the masses. Supreme Court Bar ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday said judiciary was the most important organ of the state in a democratic setup.“In any democratic setup, judiciary stands at the higher pedestal as compared to the other two organs, that is the executive and the legislature, ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday said that interpretation of laws was the judiciary’s calling whereas implementation of those laws was the executive’s responsibility. Addressing a full court reference on the occasion of Justice Shakirullah Jan’s retirement, the ...

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Yasin Azad has said that democracy could be derailed in the country if the judiciary and parliament did not work within their constitutional ambits. Talking to media persons here on Thursday, he said that the democracy in the country was restored ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary has said that the courts are liberal today due to the efforts of legal fraternity, which they made during campaign of restoration for democracy. This he said during the meeting with a 15 Member delegation of Mianwali District Bar Association headed by its ...

Terming the Judges as paid servant of the government, Federal Minister for Railways, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said on Tuesday that being public representatives parliamentarians are responsible of making and amending the constitution. Talking to media persons outside the Parliament, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour ...

CHINIOT - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Atta Bindyal said that Pakistani judiciary had become a symbol of judicial activism for the protection of Constitution and basic rights among the global community of Jurists as a result of historic movement led by the lawyers community for the ...

The Supreme Court Bar Association President Yasin Azad has called for accountability of media, lawyers and politicians and generals.Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, he said that investigation should be ordered against those who got benefits from real estate tycoon Malik Riaz.Azad said ...

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah Wednesday dispelled the impression that government was not ready to cooperate with the judiciaryTalking to media persons here in Rawalpindi, Syed Khurshid sayd said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will appear before the court on ...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Thursday announced that his party will stand by the judiciary and come out on roads on January 16 if the court was ambushed.Addressing a press conference here in Lahore, the PTI chief urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to resign from the ...

ISLAMABAD - Our motto is zero-tolerance towards corruption and we need corruption-free judiciary, said Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while addressing the delegation of Islamabad District Bar Association headed by its President Haroon-ur-Rasheed and other office-bearers, who called on his ...