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SJC moved against 8 PCO judges

By: Assad Hameed | March 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD - A senior lawyer on Thursday filed a reference in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against eight judges of apex court for taking oath under Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in the ...

CJ gives deadline to Punjab govt

By: Assad Hameed | March 26, 2009

ISLAMABAD - A full bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday gave a three-day deadline to the Government of Punjab for regularizing 96 ad hoc lecturers ...

CJP vows to make courts corruption-free

By: Assad Hameed | March 25, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday observed that the tales of corruption in judiciary from civil judge to Supreme Court are everywhere but the dignity ...

Govt pleads SC to suspend ban

By: Assad Hameed | March 22, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The federal government on Saturday filed a petition in the apex court seeking immediate suspension of the disqualification of Sharif brothers. The fresh plea against the ruling of ...

Sharifs disqualification case SC returns govt petitions

By: Assad Hameed | March 20, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The Registrar Office of Supreme Court Thursday returned a set of review appeals filed by the Federal Government seeking cancellation of a February 25 court ruling that disqualified Sharif ...

Aitzaz smells a rat

By: Assad Hameed | March 19, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The kingpin of lawyers' movement and former President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan comprehends the humming of conspiracies in the wake of reinstatement ...

Iftikhar gets his job back

By: Assad Hameed | March 18, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Zardari regime on Tuesday issued two separate notifications for restoration of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and the other deposed judges to the position of November 2, 2007, ...

Review plea tomorrow

By: Assad Hameed | March 15, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Though the Supreme Court hasn't delivered its detailed judgement in Sharifs' disqualification case so far, the PPP-led regime has decided to file a review appeal to pacify the angry ...

Long march kicks off today

By: Assad Hameed | March 12, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The defiant and relentless lawyers of Pakistan are today embarking upon a journey that symbolizes the struggle for rule of law and supremacy of Constitution in country. Many of the ...

FO asked to expedite return of Dr Aafia

By: Assad Hameed | March 10, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Handing down its verdict in Dr Aafia case, Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to expedite its efforts for an early repatriation of Pakistani ...

Bilal new IHC CJ, Aslam SC judge

By: Assad Hameed | March 08, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The government of Pakistan has appointed Justice Muhammad Bilal Khan, a judge from the Lahore High Court, as the Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the outgoing Chief Justice ...

Crackdown on political workers from tomorrow

By: Assad Hameed | March 06, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Police authorities would launch a massive crackdown against leaders and workers of anti-government political parties, including Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and ...

Governor Rule challenged in SC

By: Assad Hameed | March 01, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The imposition of Governor Rule in Punjab was challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan here on Saturday by none else but one of the challengers of the eligibility of Sharif ...

SC declares Sharifs ineligible

By: Assad Hameed | February 26, 2009

ISLAMABAD " A three-judge bench of Supreme Court on Wednesday disqualified Sharif brothers while upholding a Lahore High Court (LHC) ruling on June 23 last year regarding their ineligibility from ...

SC likely to hand down verdict today

By: Assad Hameed | February 25, 2009

ISLAMABAD - A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court hearing a set of appeals regarding the eligibility of PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif is inching closer to its ...

Unopposed election of NWFP Senators challenged

By: Assad Hameed | February 24, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Even before taking oath of their office, the newly elected Senators from NWFP on Monday found themselves in the midst of a legal controversy when Islamabad High Court summoned them today ...

Sharif brothers 'anti-judiciary speeches' presented in SC

By: Assad Hameed | February 24, 2009

ISLAMABAD " An anti-Sharifs lawyer Monday presented a set of DVDs before the Supreme Court of Pakistan claiming it contained those speeches of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif in which they had ...

CJ takes suo motu notice of two rape cases

By: Assad Hameed | February 18, 2009

Islamabad - Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday took two more suo motu notices on separate complaints regarding rape cases and directed the concerned police authorities ...

SC questions CS plea status

By: Assad Hameed | February 17, 2009

ISLAMABAD - A three-judge bench of Supreme Court Monday questioned the locus standi of Chief Secretary Punjab for filing an appeal regarding the eligibility of Sharif brothers, as it is an electoral ...

SC urged to nullify LHC ruling in Sharifs' case

By: Assad Hameed | February 12, 2009

Islamabad - Top lawyer of the Punjab Government on Wednesday, told the apex court that Lahore High Court disqualified former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in undue haste without hearing the federal and ...

Dictators divided judges, says attorney

By: Assad Hameed | February 11, 2009

ISLAMABAD " One of the Pro Sharif lawyers on Tuesday dispelled the impression as if the black coats were trying to create a rift among members of superior judiciary but blamed military dictators for ...

Red tape blocks doctor's promotion

By: Assad Hameed | February 08, 2009

ISLAMABAD: Among many files of promotion awaiting Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani's nod, one is that of a doctor whose promotion was deferred by Central Selection Board a few months ...

Justice Raza takes oath as acting CJP

By: Assad Hameed | February 07, 2009

Islamabad - Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, the senior most judge of the apex court after Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, took oath as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan here Friday. Justice Raza ...

Lawyers condemn militants' threats to legal fraternity

By: Assad Hameed | February 07, 2009

Islamabad " The Human Rights Committee of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Friday condemned the militants operating in Swat and Malakand who had declared lawyers as "Wajibul Qatal". Endorsing the call of ...

Court declares AQ Khan free

By: Assad Hameed | February 07, 2009

ISLAMABAD " Setting 73-year-old Dr AQ Khan free after hearing a petition against his detention, IHC Chief Justice Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam on Friday ruled "The petitioner is declared a free ...

CJ takes suo motu notices

By: Assad Hameed | February 05, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar Wednesday took three suo motu notices on different complaints regarding violations of human rights enshrined in Constitution of ...

PM exonerated in corruption cases

By: Assad Hameed | February 05, 2009

ISLAMABAD " Exonerating Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani from corruption references lodged against him by notorious National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday ...

Nawaz still offender: SC

By: Assad Hameed | February 03, 2009

Islamabad - One of the three Supreme Court judges seized with the hearing of Sharifs' eligibility case Monday observed that though former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif was pardoned but conviction ...

Rival pleads Nawaz disqualification intact

By: Assad Hameed | January 31, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The counsel for a rival candidate of Nawaz Sharif Friday informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan that the former prime minister and Quaid of Pakistan Muslim-Nawaz was disqualified by the ...

SC summons proposer, seconder in Sharifs case

By: Assad Hameed | January 28, 2009

ISLAMABAD- Supreme Court has summoned the proposer and seconder of nomination papers of former Premier Nawaz Sharif to appear before the court in person today asking them whether they press the ...

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