ISLAMABAD - A division bench (DB) of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday dismissed three election petitions seeking holding of fresh election in a constituency, seeking re-polling, and recounting of votes in two other constituencies.The DB comprising Justice Riaz Ahmad Khan and Justice Shaukat Aziz ...

ISLAMABAD  :  A three member bench of the Supreme Court will begin on Monday (today) hearing petitions seeking initiation of a high treason case against former President Pervez Musharraf.  On Saturday, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry rejected a request seeking formation of a ...

ISLAMABAD  - Supreme Court (SC) has adjourned hearing of a contempt of court plea and government’s review petition in appointment of judges in Islamabad High Court (IHC) case for indefinite period. Nadeem Ahmad had filed contempt of court petition against the president, prime minister ...

ISLAMABAD - Two important petitions against the heads of main political parties - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Muttahida Qaumi Movement - are pending in the Supreme Court since last month.Before the 2002 elections, Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians was formed, as there were cases ...

 Two petitions were filed in the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry on Monday -- one calling for the disqualification of Dr Asim Hussain from the position of Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources and the other challenging the assigning of an additional charge to ...

Three petitions were filed on Friday against Interior Minister Rehman Malik in the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding his ministry, honorary degree and dual nationality.The petitions filed by social worker Mahmood Akhter Naqvi in the SC Karachi registry pleaded the apex court that how could a ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed two petitions against holding by-polls in different national and provincial seats.The petitioner’s counsel argued that constitutional term of the incumbent parliament was expiring in March 2013 and by-election could not be held if 120 ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) disposed of 31 identical petitions filed by employees of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) for restoration of their service against a judgment of Federal Service Tribunal and held that only civil servant could file appeal in FST. A two-member bench of the SC headed ...

The Sindh High Court (SHC) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir High Court (AJKHC) have disposed off the Muttahida Qaumi Movements (MQM) petitions over postponement of elections on two seats of AJK immigrants in Karachi and new election schedule has been announced for said constituencies. According to new ...

KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan Chemicals & Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) and Pakistan Yarn Merchants Association (PYMA) have moved two identical petitions in Sindh High Court, seeking help against the alleged three-fold increase in terminal handling charges by shipping companies. According to PCDA, ...

Three identical petitions have been filed against diplomatic immunity claimed in respect of US citizen Raymond Davis who has shot dead two persons in Lahore. These three constitutional petitions have been filed by advocate Muhammad Akram Chaudhry, Barrister Zafarullah and Afshan Ghazanfar. Advocate ...

LAHORE - A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday disposed of two petitions contending restriction on holding office of prime minister for third time by declaring the petitions as infructuous after the passage of 18th Amendment. The full bench said in its remarks that petitions ...

A 3-member Judicial Commission (JC) headed by Justice (Retd) Kamal Mansoor Alam has been constitution to hear the petitions which will be filed by the family members of missing persons. The commission has been set up by the government and Justice (Retd) Kamal Mansoor Alam who will preside over ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday constituted a five-member bench to hear petitions challenging parts of the 18th Amendment. Headed by Justice Nasir Ul Mulk, the bench comprises Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Jawad S Khawja, Justice Rehmat Hussain Jafferi and Justice Tariq ...

PESHAWAR - Two constitutional petitions filed at the High Court seeking disqualification of Senator Haji Adeel, first for participating in the NFC meeting and second for a statement wherein he allegedly suggested the deletion of the word Islamic from title of Pakistan. Senator Haji Adeel is a ...

ISLAMABAD- The Supreme Court (SC), taking another step towards supremacy of law and justice has dismissed review petitions of all PCO judges against 31st July judgement while accepting unconditional apology submitted by 42 judges of superior courts. A 14-member larger bench of the SC headed by ...

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani on Wednesday called on the United States to provide real-time intelligence, unmanned aircraft technology and other military assistance to help his country combat the Taliban without relying on attacks from U.S. drones. Gillani raised the issue with Ambassador ...

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has petitioned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be allowed to return home 15 years after fleeing death threats by Islamic militants. She has not yet received any response. She is unhappy with all regimes in Dhaka and with India, where she lived for some years, but ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry constituted a five-member special larger bench of the Supreme Court to hear review petitions in Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif disqualification cases from March 30 according to the cause list issued by the Fixture department on Friday. The ...

Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed March 30 to hear review petitions filed by the government on the disqualification case of Sharif brothers. The federal government had filed an application before the Chief Justice seeking early hearing of review petitions in disqualification case. On the other hand, ...

Elections tribunal has refused to hear the petitions against Sharif brothers filed by Shahid Orakzai. According to reports, election tribunal headed by Mr. Justice Najamuzzaman Tuesday refused to hear the petitions filed by Shahid Orakzai against nomination of Mian Nawaz Sharif in NA-52 and Mian ...