SC advocate demands end to LDA hegemony in private housing schemes on January 31, 2018LAHORE: Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique has on Wednesday said that decision making by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) regarding control, sanction and regularisation of private housing societies is illegal. In an official reminder written to the related authorities, Siddique said that exercise of jurisdiction by the LDA for controlling, regularising […]
Kaira blasts Sharif brothers during Sabzazar address on January 29, 2018LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira lashed out at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday during the party’s Sabzazar rally. Speaking to the attendees, Kaira said that Nawaz is trying to play the victim by criticising Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan’s decision to oust him from […]
LHC hears petition seeking to stop ‘pre-poll rigging’ on January 22, 2018LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) has on Monday stopped the appointment on 52 seats in Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) on contract, reported Daily Times. Hearing a petition filed by Chaudhry Shoaib Saleem Advocate, Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan ordered Punjab Chief Secretary and PEF chairman to submit their response by February 14. He warned Punjab government […]
Ashraf Jalali to contest election from NA-124 on January 21, 2018LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Labbayk Ya Rasool Allah (TYL) chairman Dr Ashraf Asif Jalali has on Sunday announced to contest election from NA-124 Lahore-VII, reported Daily Times. In a statement, Jalali said that he didn’t want to contest the election to get MNA written on the number-plate of his car but wanted to save the belief of finality […]
Zainab murder case: SC gives 72 hours to complete investigations on January 21, 2018ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction over the proceedings in the Zainab murder case, ordering the completion of investigations within 72 hours, reported Daily Times. Hearing the suo moto notice in Supreme Court’s (SC) Lahore registry, CJ said that the Station Head Officer (SHO) of the concerned police station […]
LHC conditionally allows opposition protest on January 17, 2018LAHORE: High Court on Wednesday conditionally allowed the opposition parties’ protest announcing its decision on a petition filed by the traders of Mall Road and Advocate AK Dogar, reported Daily Times. According to the detailed verdict, the protest by the opposition parties will have to be finished by 12 midnight and there will be no […]
LHC reserves verdict on petition against PAT’s protest on January 17, 2018LAHORE: A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday reserved its decision on a petition against the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) led protest of opposition parties, which is scheduled to take place on Mall Road today. The full bench – headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan and comprising Justice Shahid Jamil Khan and […]
New CCTV footage shows Zainab leaving with alleged rapist, murderer upon signalling on January 15, 2018LAHORE: New CCTV footage showing the 8-year-old Zainab, whose body was found last week in Kasur from a heap of garbage, following the instructions of her alleged murderer and rapist on the street has surfaced on Monday. In the following video, the girl can be seen in her golden shoes as she stops upon some […]
LHC Chief Justice rejects news of his resignation on January 12, 2018LAHORE: Chief Justice (CJ) of Lahore High Court (LHC) has on Friday clarified that he had not resigned and the story published in a national English daily was baseless, reported Daily Times. It was reported in a national daily in its paper today that LHC CJ had resigned in a bid to avoid his elevation […]
Zainab murder case: LHC urged to take action against CM Punjab, Rana Sanaullah on January 11, 2018LAHORE: An application has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking legal proceedings against Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah and IG Punjab for failing to implement constitution and ensure the protection of basic rights of citizens. The application, filed in the wake of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old […]