SHC asks federal, provincial govts to submit response on April 8, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the federal and provincial authorities to file their responses to a petition challenging the government’s decision to bring the key five regulatory bodies under the administrative control of the relevant ministries. A division bench headed by Justice Munib Akhtar adjourned the hearing till April after Nepra and Orga […]
SHC seeks comments on missing persons petitions on March 14, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has asked the provincial chiefs of Rangers and police to file comprehensive and specific replies to petitions seeking the whereabouts of three missing citizens allegedly picked up by the paramilitary troopers. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Syed Muhammad Farooq Shah was hearing the petitions seeking the recovery of taxi […]
Arbitration can help resolve interstate issues: CJP on January 28, 2017KARACHI: The Chief Justice of Pakistan MianSaqibNisar emphasized the importance of arbitration which is as an alternate dispute resolution mechanism to resolve interstate disputes. He called on the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations to benefit from it to resolve commercial issues. He was addressing the SAARC Law conference held at a local […]
SHC releases suspected Safoora carnage facilitators on December 29, 2016 KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has ordered the release of three suspected facilitators of the Safoora Goth carnage on bail on Thursday. Three suspects – former Fishermen Cooperative Society deputy director Sultan Qamar Siddiqui and his younger brother Hussain Umar Siddiqui and Naeem Sajid – were ordered to be released subject to the furnishing […]
Accountability court records statement in Dr Asims case on December 4, 2016KARACHI: An accountability court adjourned on Saturday in a corruption case against Dr Asim Hussain and others after recording deposition of a prosecution witness. Accountability Court VI Judge Saad Qureshi put off the case till Dec 08 and asked the NAB prosecutor to ensure the presence of other witnesses on the next hearing. Dr Asim […]
SHC issues show cause notice to DG NAB on December 1, 2016KARACHI: The Sindh High Court issued a show-cause notice to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s director general over his failure to turn up before it to submit the record of ‘political appointments’ in Madeji’s municipal department in Dist Shikarpur. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah ordered, “Let a show-cause notice be […]
Hassan Zafars detention challenged in SHC on November 26, 2016KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the provincial home secretary, Karachi commissioner, Sindh police chief, and Karachi central prison’s superintendent against extension of the detention period of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s London leader under Maintenance of Public Order. A division bench headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto issued the notices to the respondent […]
SC directs DHA to take across the board action on November 25, 2016KARACHI: The Supreme Court directed the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Thursday to take across-the-board action against the security tents set up by the security guards outside the residences of high-profile people residing in DHA. A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Anwer Zaheer Jamali and Justice Amir Hani Muslim asked the DHA to submit the […]
Advisers cannot exercise powers of elected representatives, rules SHC on November 23, 2016KARACHI: The Sindh High Court declared the grant of ministerial portfolio to Sindh chief minister’s adviser on law Barrister Murtaza Wahab as illegal on Tuesday. It held that the executive powers which the elected representatives can exercise only cannot be given to the advisers. A division bench headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah announced its […]
SC stays handing over of teaching hospitals to universities on November 22, 2016KARACHI: The Supreme Court has stayed the process of bringing all teaching hospitals across the province under the administrative control of the health universities. Two-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwer Zaheer Jamali and Justice Amir Hani Muslim suspended the operation of an impugned judgment of the Sindh High Court’s Larkana circuit bench. The […]