By Syed Sabeeh

ISLAMABAD: Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has observed that the judiciary had been changed after 2014. He said that the judiciary was strictly following the law and constitution while a single step could drop the institution down. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan made these observations while heading a two-judge bench which […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Sindh High Court from issuing any adverse order against the secretary interior and others in the contempt of court case, filed by supermodel Ayyan Ali alleged of currency smuggling. Earlier, after the arguments a three-judge bench headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed had reserved the judgment in […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has reserved its judgment on judicial reviews against death sentences awarded by military courts to five alleged terrorists. A five-judge larger bench, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, on Monday resumed the hearing of Qari Zubair, Sher Alam, Mohammad Arbi, Fateh Muhammad and Aksan Mehboob. Asma Jehangir, counsel […]

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has informed the Supreme Court that the electoral record of 24 polling stations has been found while that of five polling stations was still missing in NA-110, Sialkot, wherein Defence Minister Khawaja Asif got victory in last general elections. ECP Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh on Saturday submitted a […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has directed Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and former federal minister for labour and manpower, to appear in the court in person and submit his statement in a case relating to illegal appointments to the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) in 2010. The […]

ISLAMABAD: The CDA on Thursday informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan that 228 premises, which were functional in residential areas, had been sealed while sub office of Canadian Embassy had brought the premises into confirming land. However, the authority said, Palestinian Embassy requested that their construction work in Diplomatic Enclave was near completion and they […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it could not process 102,950 counterfoils through the software for verification of votes in the NA-110 constituency. The NADRA said that CNIC numbers mentioned on these counterfoils had poor quality thumb impressions but they were valid. The report said that […]

ISLAMABAD: The judicial reviews against the convictions of the military court has been clubbed for hearing and the Supreme Court of Pakistan will take up the cases in the third week of June. The appeals will be taken up by a five-judge larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Anwar Zaheer Jamali.So far […]

ISLAMABAD: Despite the passage of a month, the administration of all the four provinces of the country and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) appear lethargic in formulating their recommendations for a shelter strategy under the National Housing Policy for the improvement of housing conditions of the low income class. Similarly the provinces and the ICT have […]

ISLAMABAD: Representatives of lawyers community under the banner of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have given an ultimatum of 15 days for formulation of terms of references (ToRs) for investigation into Panama leaks. “If parliamentary committee fails to formulate ToRs within 15 days, all the options are open for the […]