MULTAN: Former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi lashed out at Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar on Monday for ‘playing politician’. Speaking to a press conference, Hashmi said that the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan has ‘manipulated the constitution’. He added that Justice Nisar is ‘playing politician’ by terming prominent political personalities […]
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Will respond to CJP’s anti-PML-N remarks, says Maryam
MANSEHRA: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz lashed out at Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Friday for ‘speaking the language’ of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) rivals. Speaking to PML-N social media convention, Maryam said that if Justice Nisar or the judiciary would utter remarks similar to those of Pakistan […]
Article 62(1)(f) case: SC fines attorney general Rs20,000 over non-appearance
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar fined Attorney General (AG) Ashtar Ausaf Ali for failing to appear before the Supreme Court (SC) in disqualification duration case. A five-member larger bench of the SC headed by Justice Nisar and including Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice […]
Suspect’s DNA matches sample in Mardan rape, murder case
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday announced that DNA of a suspect has matched the sample collected from Mardan rape and murder victim, Asma’s body. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government had earlier sent 145 DNA samples of suspects to Punjab Forensic Science Laboratory for examination. Speaking to a press conference, Sanaullah said that DNA sample taken from […]
CJP takes suo moto notice of F-8 park encroachment in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar on Monday took suo moto notice on the alleged encroachment of a public park in F-8 sector of the federal capital. Justice Nisar took notice after an uproar on social as well as the mainstream media, and ordered Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Sheikh Ansar Aziz […]
Jatoi, aides transferred to Karachi Central Jail
KARACHI: Shahrukh Jatoi, Siraj Talpur and other involved in Shahzeb Khan murder case have on Friday been transferred to the Karachi Central Jail under custody of Karachi Police from Islamabad. Earlier on Thursday, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had ordered arrest of Jatoi and aides, after which they were taken into police custody from […]
SHC by-passed orders in Shahzeb murder case verdict: SC bench
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan conducted a hearing on Shahzeb Khan murder case, which is being re-examined after the civil society filed a petition against the Sindh High Court’s judgement. In November last year, the SHC had set aside death sentences awarded by the ATC to Shahrukh Jatoi and Siraj Talpur. The suspects […]
SC to hear suo moto case of Aasma Rani murder today
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan is expected to conduct hearing of Aasma Rani murder case later today (Wednesday). Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday took suo motu notice of the murder of Aasma Rani, a third-year medical student who was shot by main accused Mujahidullah Afridi on Saturday in […]