KARACHI: Highlighting a serious gap in Pakistan’s legal framework, an additional district and sessions judge has urged lawmakers to introduce specific legislation criminalising the abetment of suicide arising from domestic cruelty, particularly to protect vulnerable women. Read More: Jiah Khan suicide case verdict today: Will Aditya Pancholi’s son Additional District and Sessions Judge Mirza Tauseef Ahmed, who […]
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GB chief court’s judge remains unharmed in gun attack
Panic and tension gripped Gilgit on Sunday after unidentified gunmen launched two separate attacks targeting prominent cleric Maulana Qazi Nisar Ahmed and senior judge Malik Inayatur Rehman. The assaults left five people injured and forced businesses across the city to shut down. According to Gilgit-Baltistan’s Interior Minister Shams Lone, unidentified attackers opened fire near the […]
IHC judges transferred in ‘haste’, says SC judge
Supreme Court’s (SC) Justice Naeem Akhter Afghan on Friday issued a detailed dissenting note on the transfer of judges to the Islamabad High Court, stating that the transfer was carried out in “unnecessary haste” and not in the public interest. In a copy of the dissenting note, Justice Afghan observed that the transfer process for […]
Pakistan slams India for violations, calls strikes a threat to regional peace
Pakistan’s Foreign Office has strongly condemned India’s recent military actions, accusing New Delhi of acting as “judge, jury, and executioner” amid rising cross-border tensions. Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan criticised India for targeting civilians, violating international treaties, and taking unilateral action without evidence. He said India’s strikes, based on unverified social media claims, pose […]
Three newly-elevated SC judges to take oath on Friday
Three newly-elevated judges of the Supreme Court will be taking their oaths on November 11(Friday) after President Arif Alvi approved their names. President Arif Hussain Alvi on Wednesday signed the summary recommending to elevate three judges to the Supreme Court under Article 175A of the Constitution including Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Shahid Waheed, and Justice […]
Judge’s appointment
Sir: When it comes to appointing the judge and the chief judge of GB Supreme Appellate Court, the recommendations given to Sartaj Aziz Committee by GB government pertain to this matter were not included neither in Order 2018 nor 2019. According to the latest summary of said appointment, Prime Ministry has arbitration to choose a […]
Former judge handed death penalty for murder
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court has handed former district and sessions judge Sikandar Lashari the death penalty over charges of murder. Lashari was indicted in the case of murder of a 19-year-old boy. The victim was the son of Jacobabad district and sessions judge. He was gunned down in February 2014. Lashari was seated at Mithi as the […]