The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench overturned the death sentence handed down to Aneeqa Atiq, who had been convicted in a high-profile blasphemy case, investigated by the FIA Cyber Crime Wing, Rawalpindi. The court on Tuesday acquitted Aneeqa on technical grounds, citing serious procedural deficiencies in the prosecution’s case. Delivering its judgment, the bench, comprising […]
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SC mulls over full bench to hear pleas against 26th Amendment
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the presentation of a list of full courts, constituted in the past, while hearing petitions challenging the 26th Constitutional Amendment. The eight-member larger bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, comprised Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Musarrat Hilali, Justice […]
PDM expresses ‘lack of confidence’ in 3-member SC bench
The allied parties of the coalition government have expressed their lack of confidence in a three-member Supreme Court bench led by the chief justice hearing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) petition against postponement of elections in Punjab. The decision was taken during a high-level meeting of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) parties, chaired by Prime Minister (PM) […]