By Syed Sabeeh

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has held the returning officer (RO) and treasury officer (TO) concerned responsible for errors and lapses in deposition and maintenance of election record of NA-110, where Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif succeeded in the last general election. Usman Dar of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, who bagged 71,525 votes in […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently suspended the operation of arrest warrants against Ayyan Ali, supermodel, in customs inspector’s murder case. The top court has also issued notices to Secretary Interior, SHO Police Station Waris Khan, Rawalpindi and other officials in this regard. Only a day ago, the magistrate of a local court […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has sought explanation from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over allegedly misleading the court in a case involving Opposition Leader in National Assembly Khurshid Shah and former Ministry of Labour and Manpower secretary Arif Azeem for making “illegal appointments” in the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI). The apex court also […]

ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s plea, seeking trial of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf under a high treason case, had been put into the cold storage as a special court on Tuesday declined prosecution’s request for resuming the case against him in absentia. “We are of the opinion that, unless or until, the accused, Musharraf, is […]

ISLAMABAD: The top court on Friday directed the federal government to submit a written statement in two weeks as to when the census in the country would be held. A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali took up the suo moto case regarding delay in the holding of […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the federal government to appoint members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) before the next date of hearing i.e. July 28. “We will not allow hampering the system by such acts of delay,” Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali observed while issuing the order after the first hearing […]

ISLAMABAD: After a dispute with the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Federal Ombudsperson Yasmin Abbasi has shown mistrust for the Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali for hearing the suo motu case against her and for issuing an arrest warrant to the incumbent chief justice of the Lahore High Court. The Chief Justice of […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to decide the matter regarding the ban on Geo TV Programme Inam Ghar within in one month. A two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and Justice Qazi Faez Isa also disposed of the appeal […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has asked the Sindh High Court (SHC) to decide on the super model Ayyan Ali’s plea against the placement of her name in Exit Control List (ECL) for the third time within two weeks. The top court while upholding its earlier directions restrained the SHC from issuing any adverse […]

ISLAMABAD: While setting aside the judgments of the Sessions Court and the Peshawar High Court (PHC), the Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that these courts are not authorised to pass judgments pertaining to the fate of non-customs paid imported vehicles. The apex court of the country further ruled that the Customs Court was the […]