The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a treason case against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf till June 3 while one of the top counsels – Ahmed Raza Kasuri –has said that Musharraf is not leaving the country.While giving arguments before the ...

An absorbing debate was witnessed between General Musharraf’s counsel and Justice Khilji Arif; reportedly in reply to the lawyer’s argument that the President could take extra-constitutional steps, Justice Arif asked who gave that right? The lawyer replied that the right was granted by ...

The Supreme Court Monday resumed hearing of five petitions seeking framing of charges against former president Pervez Musharraf under Article six for imposing emergency in 2007 and abrogating the Constitution.During, the three-member bench, headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, rejected request of ...

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  - The lawmakers in the Senate on Thursday demanding from the caretaker government for the initiation of high treason trial against former President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf questioned under what authority he was escorted under the State security to his farmhouse after ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court Monday issued an interim order in treason case against former President Pervez Musharraf, stating that apparently the government did not take any action against him despite a Senate resolution and a court order.The court directed the federation to file a detailed ...

ISLAMABAD - A relaxed and confident Pervez Musharraf has chosen not to appear before the apex court on Tuesday rather his legal team would represent him in the case of treason charges that drew the attention of local and international media. According to sources, an influential military officer had ...

ISLAMABAD - Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf on Monday was put on the Exit Control List and barred from leaving the country until the Supreme Court takes a final decision on five petitions seeking action against him for ‘subverting’ the constitution, which amounts to treason. ...

KARACHI  - A petition was filed in the Karachi Registry on Tuesday against Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s tour of India, alleging illegal use of taxpayers’ money for the tour and for offering hospitality to the family of Sarabjit Singh.The petitioner has called for the recovery ...

A couple of years ago, in India, after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, there was much political maneuvering to appoint Mr Rajiv Gandhi’s widow, Sonia Gandhi as the President of India. But the people and opposition parties resisted this move, due to one fact, that Sonia Gandhi was foreign ...

A couple of years ago, in India, after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, there was much political maneuvering to appoint Mr Rajiv Gandhi’s widow, Sonia Gandhi as the President of India. But the people and opposition parties resisted this move, due to one fact, that Sonia Gandhi was foreign ...

Leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N), Khwaja Asif has said former ambassador of Pakistan to the US, Hussain Haqqani must be sentenced for high treason for his involvement in the Memogate scandal. Talking to the media-men outside the building of Supreme Court Tuesday, Khwaja Asif said Hussain ...

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Tuesday has said that the Memogate Commission report has laid bare the real face of the rulers, pleaded the Supreme Court (SC) to put them on exit control list (ECL). Meantime, Central leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khwaja Asif, talking to media in ...

ISLAMABAD – Air Marshall (r) Asghar Ali Khan has sought the Supreme Court to declare the acts of all persons involved in Mehrangate scam as unconstitutional and give a ‘symbolic judgment’ of his case.However, he prayed to the court to direct the federation to bring treason charges ...

MULTAN - Chief of JUI-S Maulana Samiul Haq has said that the restoration of Nato supply through any parliamentary recommendation will be a treason with the country, hurling a warning to the government that any decision like this will be strongly resisted.“If the parliament makes a decision to ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa said on Friday that the matter of any body not recognising an elected president made a fit case for high treason. It is plain and simple treason not to recognise an elected President as president, he said while addressing industrialists at a ceremony organised ...

ISLAMABAD - Justice Jawwad S Khawaja while hearing the PCO judges case on Tuesday said it was the collective responsibility of all the institutions to talk about 'high treason' that was committed on 3rd November, 2007, as the court's job is to deliver only justice and not prosecution. Justice ...

RAWALPINDI - Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Tuesday cancelled seven-year sentence of MNA Makhdoom Javaid Hashmi by accepting his six-year-old appeal against his conviction in a treason case. LHC judge Justice Waqar Hasan Mir set aside the April 12, 2004 decision of the District and ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussein has said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is now become part of the constitution and aversion to it is tantamount to treason. He was addressing a meeting of the Pakhtuns Students Federation (PkSF), student wing of the ...

QUETTA (APP) - A single bench of Balochistan High Court headed by Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai has acquitted Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) Chief Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal and general secretary of the party Habib Jalib advocate in treason cases and ordered the concerned officials ...