NAB court awards 10 year impisonment to Nawaz Sharif on corruption charges on July 6, 2018ISLAMABAD: The accountability court in Islamabad has awarded 10 year rigorous imprisonment (RI) along with 8 million pounds fine to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield graft reference. The court judge Muhammad Bashir also ordered the federal government to confiscate the Avenfield apartments, which were under under the ownership of Nawaz Sharif since […]
SC seeks breakup of petroleum prices of last three months on July 6, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the officials concerned to provide by July 8 a breakup of petroleum prices of the last three months. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan issued the orders while hearing a suo motu case pertaining to continuous surge […]
SC orders ISI to give date for removal of blockades from outside its headquarters on July 5, 2018The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to specify a date for removal of blockades from the main public road in front of its headquarters (HQs) in the federal capital. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, however, suspended an earlier order of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to […]
SC summons details of Musharraf, Zardari’s foreign assets on July 5, 2018Hearing a case pertaining to the recovery of losses suffered by the national exchequer due to the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought details of foreign assets of former presidents Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. The court also directed the former attorney […]
CJP directs govt to build Bhasha, Mohmand dams on July 5, 2018The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to start work on the construction of Diamer Bhasha and Mohmand dams, noting that it was inevitable for the survival of people of Pakistan. A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, was hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the construction of dams. The […]
SC orders Interior Ministry to take decision on Indian man’s citizenship appeal on July 4, 2018The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred the case of an Indian citizen, who has applied for Pakistani nationality, to the Interior Ministry with directions to decide it within two weeks. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan heard the appeal of the Interior […]
Supreme Court takes up population challenge on July 4, 2018ISLAMABAD: Expressing his dissatisfaction over steps taken so far at the federal and provincial levels to check population growth, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar observed on Tuesday that the ballooning population needed to be controlled on a war footing. He was heading a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Umar Ata […]
Over half of the inmates are under trial, Ombudsman’s report shows on July 4, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the attorney general and the advocate generals of all the provinces to respond to the Ombudsman’s report on the condition of prisoners in the country’s jails. Hearing the suo motu case on the condition of jails in Pakistan, the three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice […]
‘Sheer negligence’ led to Bhoja Air plane crash: SC on July 3, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday noted that according to the judicial commission’s report, sheer negligence of Bhoja Airline led to the crash of its plane killing 152 people onboard. Bhoja Airline’s flight 213 had crashed during landing at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad in 2012, killing all 146 passengers and six crew […]
SC orders completion of Rawalpindi’s Mother & Child Hospital at the earliest on July 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to complete the much delayed construction of Rawalpindi’s Mother & Child Hospital (MCH) within 18 months. A two-member special bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar and Justice Munib Akhtar turned down the government’s request seeking two years time for completing construction of […]