LHC issues notice to federal govt on expenses during PSL on September 18, 2018Justice Shahid Jamil Khan of Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to federal government on a petition seeking details of expenditures incurred on Pakistan Super League (PSL). Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Javed Badar moved he petition. Petitioner counsel submitted that he had written a letter to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) former chairman to provide him details […]
LHC summons officials on petition against use of clean water for washing cars on September 15, 2018Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of Lahore High Court on Friday summoned responsible officials of Punjab Planning & Development and Housing & Urban Development on a petition against the use of clean water for washing roads and cars. The judge directed both the officials to appear in person on Monday and also appointed Barrister Sohail Babar […]
LHC demands immediate response on submission of list of Pakistanis jailed in Iran on September 12, 2018Justice Shahid Waheed of Lahore High Court on Tuesday gave final warning to the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, The Ministry of Interior and Ministry Of Overseas Pakistanis as well as the Human Resource Development department to submit their reply and list of Pakistanis on Iran’s death row in two weeks. The judge admonished the federal […]
Hearing of pleas against Kulsoom’s nomination papers starts today on August 21, 2017LAHORE: An election tribunal, comprising Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh and Justice Shahid Waheed, will hear today (Monday) appeals against acceptance of nomination papers of former first lady Kulsoom Nawaz, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate for NA-120 by-poll. Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and the Pakistan People’s Party candidates had challenged the acceptance of Kulsoom Nawaz’s […]
Contempt of court remains main issue at LHC on August 7, 2017LAHORE: Contempt of court hearing remained the focal issue of the Lahore High Court proceedings last week. A full bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah gave last chance to Lahore High Court Bar Association-Multan President Sher Zaman to ensure his appearance in the contempt of court proceedings for interference and obstruction of […]
LHC throws out PTI petition against Shahbaz on July 19, 2017LAHORE: Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday dismissed as not maintainable a petition moved on behalf of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) seeking disqualification of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Judge accepted the objection raised by the Punjab government that LHC was not an appropriate forum for disqualification of a chief minister under […]
23 LHC stays expulsion of Turkish teachers on November 30, 2016LAHORE: Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza of the Lahore High Court Tuesday stayed expulsion of Turkish teachers from Pakistan. The court also sought reply from the Interior Ministry until January 17, 2017, on a petition challenging the ministry’s directive for extradition of Turkish teachers. Advocate Naveed Suhail Malik had moved the petition before the LHC challenging […]
Koh-i-Noor diamond : LHC seeks governments assistance on March 8, 2016LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan on Monday deferred until April 1 further arguments of a petition seeking directions from the federal government to take back Koh-i-Noor diamond from Queen Elizabeth-II. The judge directed the federal and Punjab government to inform the court the reason why a citizen of Lahore was […]