ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday said if Attaul Haq Qasmi is ready to voluntarily return Rs 270 million he received as former chairman and managing director of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), the case involving his illegal appointment can be withdrawn. The CJP was heading a three member bench hearing […]
Contempt of court: Daniyal disqualified for five years
The Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PNL-N) firebrand leader and former federal minister for privatisation Daniyal Aziz ’till rising of the court’ for committing contempt of court. The sentence ’till rising of the court’ in a contempt case does mean the contemnor avoids jail and is punished symbolically until the bench remains […]
Govt gets two weeks to notify Saleem Baig as Pemra chairman
ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the federal government to issue within two days the notification of Muhammad Saleem Baig’s appointment as the chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed informed a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar that the search committee had finalised […]
Either pay 75pc of principal amount or face trial, SC warns loan defaulters
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday warned loan defaulters either to pay 75 percent of total outstanding principal amount or the banking court would be asked to decide their cases on merit. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar was hearing a suo motu case on Rs 54 billion waived off loans. […]
Charity work can’t be done by grabbing land, CJP to Malik Riaz
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday told Bahria Town’s chief executive, who appeared before the court during a hearing in connection with Bahria Town Karachi, that charity works could not be undertaken by illegally occupying the land of the state and the people by bribing high-ups. The CJP made these remarks […]
Zardari submits response in NRO case
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday submitted his written response in the Supreme Court in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case, stressing that he played no role in the formation of the controversial law. The NRO, promulgated by then president General Pervez Musharraf in 2007, had granted amnesty […]
Will request PM to monitor water shortage in Islamabad, says CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar Monday criticised the caretaker government for failing to complete the cabinet. “How expectations could be attached with the caretaker government, which had failed to complete the cabinet,” said the CJP while heading a three-member Supreme Court bench hearing a suo motu case pertaining to acute shortage […]
MML’s political front in a fix over five percent women representation criteria
The latest political front of banned Jamaatud Dawa – Allah-o-Akbar Tehreek – is in a fix to meet the mandatory five percent women’s representation in party lists as there are only two women among the 265 contestants who have submitted nomination papers on AAT tickets. The AAT, registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan in […]
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed’s son, son-in-law in electoral race
As many as 265 candidates are contesting the upcoming general election from the platform of the Allah-ho-Akbar Tehreek (AAT), a front for banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD). These include JuD chief Hafiz Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed and son-in-law Khalid Waleed. The decision to field JuD backed candidates from the platform of the AAT, that is […]
Tribunal summons RO over rejection of Imran’s papers
ISLAMABAD: An Appellate Tribunal of the Islamabad High Court on Thursday ordered the retuning officer to appear before it in-person on Friday (today) along with the record pertaining to rejection of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s nomination papers from NA-53 constituency of the federal capital. The IHC tribunal comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued […]