The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to ensure that all operations targeting the anti-judiciary campaign are conducted strictly within the bounds of the law. Read More: Eight held for anti-judiciary campaign on social media, LHC told Justice Ali Zia Bajwa, passing the order […]
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Imran Khan’s sister files contempt plea over jail visit denial
ISLAMABAD: Aleema Khan, sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, has filed a contempt of court petition against the Adiala Jail superintendent and other officials over repeated violations of an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order. Read More: Aleema denied meeting with Imran again The petition follows an overnight sit-in outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
Sheikh Rashid files contempt petition over Umrah travel ban
RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has filed a petition for contempt of court after being prevented from traveling for Umrah despite a court order allowing him to do so. The petition was submitted to the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench through his lawyer, Sardar Abdul Razzaq Khan. Sheikh Rashid was scheduled […]
SC turns down PPP leader’s apology in contempt case
ISLAMABAD: Turning down a local PPP leader, Masood ur Rehman Abbasi’s apology in a contempt of court case, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that he will be indicted in the next hearing. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Umar Atta Bandial heard the contempt case initiated against Abbasi for his disrespectful remarks against Chief […]
PMLN says cabinet’s action tantamount to committing ‘contempt of court’
LAHORE – Former law minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Rana Sanaullah Khan has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet have committed ‘contempt of court’ by stopping Shehbaz Sharif from going abroad. Reacting to interior minister’s statement regarding Shehbaz Sharif’s name on the ECL, he advised the Ministry of Interior Affairs […]
Bailable arrest warrants given out over contempt of court for PIA CEO and other officers
Bailable warrants for arrest of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik and three other officers were issued by civil court in Lahore for “contempt of court”. The warrants were issued by Civil Judge Muhammad Akram Azad because the PIA officers failed to submit a compliance report regarding the court’s verdict from January. […]
‘Article 204 of Constitution allows court to enhance contempt sentence’
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar on Tuesday indirectly said that Article 204 of the Constitution should be interpreted in a way that it raises the sentence of convicts charged for contempt of court. CJP asserted this while considering the numerous ongoing contempt of court cases. Nisar observed that Article 204 of the […]
LHC bench to hear contempt petitions against Nawaz, Maryam
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday formed a full bench to hear petitions demanding ban on transmission of contemptuous speeches of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and daughter Maryam Nawaz. Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi will head the three-judge bench – which would also include Justice Atir Mahmood and Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan […]
SC summons Nehal Hashmi over post-release remarks
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has summoned Nehal Hashmi on Wednesday over his remarks ‘against the judiciary’ after his release from jail on February 28. On February 2, the SC disqualified Senator Nehal Hashmi from holding any public office for five years under Article 63 (1)(g) of the constitution besides awarding him one-month imprisonment […]
IHC admits contempt petition against Nawaz, Maryam
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has accepted for hearing a contempt of court petition against ousted premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz. The petition accused the former premier and his daughter of spreading hatred about the courts following the supreme court’s (SC) verdict in the Panama Paper case that had disqualified Nawaz. […]