By Yousaf Katpar

KARACHI: An accountability court was informed on Saturday that Dr Asim Hussain had been experiencing lower back pain and needed hydrotherapy pending disc replacement surgery. The eight-member medical board, constituted by the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), submitted its report to the Accountability Court VI’s Judge Saad Qureshi after examining the health of Dr Asim, […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court dismissed an application seeking urgent hearing of the bail pleas of Dr Asim Hussain and other co-accused in a case related to treating and harboring of suspected terrorists associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and gangsters of Lyari at his hospital. A division bench headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court was informed on Thursday that the provincial authorities have shut down all the wine shops across the province. The provincial law officer told the court that following its order the provincial police chief had issued directives to the DIGs, SSPs and the SHOs of the police stations across the province […]

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has moved to the Sindh High Court, seeking adequate security and permission to travel with personal guards. He filed the petition through his counsel requesting the court to issue directives for the federal and provincial governments to provide round-the-clock security cover in view of the reports of the […]

KARACHI: An accountability court on Saturday directed a medial board to examine the health of Dr Asim Hussain, former petroleum minister and the close aide of Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman, and submit its report. Accountability Court VI’s Judge Saad Qureshi has directed the medical board to determine whether Dr Asim needed to have an operation […]

KARACHI: The provincial authorities have informed the Sindh High Court on Friday that a proposal regarding erecting boundary walls around 81 primary and secondary schools, identified as sensitive, across the province had been approved. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was hearing the petition filed by the Pakistan Institute of Labour […]

Karachi: An anti-terrorism court declared absconding accused of the Parveen Rehman murder case as proclaimed offenders. The ATC is likely to indict the prime suspect behind the murder of known philanthropist and Orangi Pilot Project’s (OPP) director at the next hearing. It has ordered the provision of the copy of the charge-sheet to the accused. […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed Sindh government to submit comments on a petition filed by Pakistan Muslims League Nawaz (PML-N)’s lawmakers against alleged discrimination in release of funds for uplift schemes. A division bench, headed by Justice Munib Akhtar, was hearing the petition filed by the lawmakers hailing from Thatta who moved […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court directed the excise and taxation department’s director general on Tuesday to initiate the process of revoking liquor licenses granted in violation of the Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order 1979. It ordered the director general to ensure issuance of notices to liquor shop owners in connection with cancellation of their licenses […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday was informed that the custody of three suspected facilitators of the Safoora Goth bus carnage was not handed over to the Central Prison of the provincial capital. The superintendent of the prison submitted a report in one of the petitions filed by families of the facilitators who sought […]