SC bars NAB chief from entering into plea bargain on October 25, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman from exercising the authority under Section 25(a) of National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, wherein the authority allows the accused to enter into voluntary return of funds (plea bargain). The top court also directed the NAB to furnish details of public servants – both […]
SC moved for early hearing of petition against sit-in on October 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was requested on Saturday to hear a civil miscellaneous application on October 25 which urged the court to bar the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from holding a protest demonstration in Islamabad. Advocate Tariq Asad filed the application. He requested the court to restrain PTI Chairman Imran Khan from closing down Islamabad, which […]
SC to hear Panama case a day before PTI sit-in in capital on October 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will hear the Panamagate case on November 1, just a day before the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI’s) mass demonstration and planned siege of Islamabad. However, Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali, while heading a three-judge bench, which took up the Panamagate related petitions for hearing the other day, had […]
Panamagate: SC issues notices to PM and family on October 21, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over different petitions seeking his disqualification on account of alleged tax evasion through offshore companies, money laundering and increasing his wealth by looting public exchequer. The top court also issued notices to premier’s daughter Maryam Safdar, his sons Hassan and Hussain Nawaz, […]
SC moved to restrain PTI from Islamabad lockdown on October 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: An application has been moved in the Supreme Court, requesting it to direct the federal government to restrain Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his workers from besieging the federal capital and staging a sit-in. “Islamabad is not his (Khan’s) personal estate to close, and the residents of Islamabad are not his slaves […]
Aitzaz and Haris to aid SC in determining GBs legal status on October 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday appointed two counsel as amicus curiae for determining the legal and constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), jurisdiction of GB’s Supreme Appellate Court. Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan and Khawaja Haris Ahmed will assist the court in this regard. The top court, however, asked the government to submit its comments over the […]
SC halts SPSC from new hirings, appointments in provincial govt on October 18, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has halted the Sindh Public Service Commission from new selections or fresh appointment of officers in the provincial government till the next date of hearing of a Suo Moto Case (SMC) over eligibility of the commission’s chairman and its members. Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali initiated the SMC on […]
Curb bribery or it will shake countrys foundations on October 16, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Dost Muhammad Khan on Saturday observed that the foundations of state would be undermined if bribery is not controlled. He said that mitigating the punishment awarded in bribery cases is tantamount to reinforcing the bribery, adding that courts should avoid mitigation in bribery-related cases. Justice Khan made these observations in […]
SC forms committee to examine reports in Orange Train project case on October 15, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has constituted a two-member commission of technical experts for re-verification of reports pertaining to environmental assessment keeping in view the impact on heritage sites after the completion of Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project in Lahore costing Rs 45 billion. They said the commission is comprised of international experts on technical […]
SC to hear Panama scandal from 20th on October 14, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will commence hearing of identical petitions on Panamagate from October 20. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, will hear five constitutional petitions filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Jamat-e-Islami, Shiekh Rasheed Ahmed, Watan Party and Advocate Tariq Asad. Earlier, the SC’s Registrar’s Office had returned the petitions terming […]