SC gives seven more days to ISI, MI to trace Rao Anwar on March 6, 2018ISLAMABAD: Accepting a request of the Ministry of Defence, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI) seven more days to submit their reports on the steps taken for tracing out former Malir SSP Rao Anwar, who is primary accused in the Naqeebullah Mehsud extrajudicial killing case. A […]
Person disqualified to be a ‘king’ can’t act as ‘kingmaker’, rules Supreme Court on March 3, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday issued its detailed judgment in the case related to Elections Act, 2017, wherein it had ruled that a disqualified lawmaker could not become the head of a political party. On Feb 21, the Supreme Court in its short order on 17 almost identical petitions against the Elections Act, 2017, […]
JIT probe dismisses all of TV anchor’s claims on March 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: The joint investigation team (JIT), which probed TV anchor Dr Shahid Masood’s claims about Imran Ali, the convict in Zainab murder case, submitted its report in the Supreme Court on Thursday, dismissing all the 18 claims of the anchor, holding them false and baseless. Seven-year old Zainab was kidnapped on January 4, 2018, in […]
SC considers larger bench in Sindh’s appeal against AD Khowaja on March 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar observed on Thursday that the Supreme Court acknowledged the parliament as supreme, however, it reserved the constitutional right to review legislations passed by the Parliament. He observed this while heading a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ehsan, which […]
Imran given one week to tell truth on Bani Gala on March 2, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan one-week time to furnish his reply on a controversy surrounding the documents he submitted in the apex court regarding his Bani Gala residence. On Wednesday, a former official of the Bara Kahu Union Council (UC) in a report submitted in the Supreme […]
‘Public money spent on govt ads akin to vote-rigging’ on March 1, 2018ISLAMABAD: Taking suo motu notice of release of government advertisements to media houses at the public expense, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday questioned whether spending money of the taxpayers on self-promotion was not a pre-poll rigging. “Such campaigns fall under the purview of pre-poll rigging in light of the upcoming […]
CJP stresses no one pulling SC strings on February 28, 2018ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Tuesday once again clarified that the superior judiciary had no political agenda behind its remarks, observations or decisions. Heading a three-member Supreme Court bench which is hearing a suo motu case pertaining to recent hike in the prices of medicines, the CJP said, “By God, […]
SC hints at issuing notice to Nawaz over Qasmi’s appointment at PTV on February 27, 2018ISLAMABAD: Hearing a suo motu case pertaining to the controversial appointment of state-run Pakistan Television’s former chairman and managing director (MD) Attaul Haq Qasmi, the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday observed that ‘why not former prime minister Nawaz Sharif be issued notice to explain under which law he appointed Qasmi […]
Stent price could be slashed to Rs 0.1m on February 27, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed to send the copies of the report submitted by the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC) Interventional Cardiology Head Major General (r) Dr Azhar Kiyani over the production of inexpensive cardiac stents at local level to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) and also to provincial governments to […]
SC orders transfer of Hajj quota cases to IHC on February 27, 2018ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed transfer of all the cases pertaining to the Hajj quota pending adjudication before various high courts to the Islamabad High Court (IHC). A three-member Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul Ahsan, directed the IHC to club all these […]