SCBAP threatens lockdown if housing society not approved on January 17, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBA) on Monday threatened to stage a protest and stop the proceedings of the Panamagate case if NOC was not issued by the government for the lawyers’ housing scheme near Chak Shehzad. .The General Secretary SCBAP told Daily Times that the association was all set to stop […]
PM enjoys immunity under Article 66, counsel tells SC on January 17, 2017ISLAMABAD: Claiming the privilege, counsel for Prime Minister (PM) contended before the top court that the PM’s speech in Parliament could be adjudicated under Article 66, which says the parliament’s proceedings could not be challenged in any court of law. During the course of the hearing of the Panamagate case, which resumed on Monday before […]
No defeat is final until Dar stops trying on January 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar moved the Supreme Court against its earlier judgement in which it had declared Khawaja Asif victorious from Sialkot NA-110. On November 11, 2016, the Supreme Court decided an election mathich the PTI had staged a countrywide sit-in and sought a vote audit and reelection through election petitions. ter, […]
SC questions NAB failure in Hudaibiya Paper Mills case on January 10, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday raised questions over the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) failure to probe confessional statement of incumbent Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case. The NAB had filed a reference in the accountability court against alleged money laundering by the Sharif family. The matter was challenged in the […]
Sindh govt ordered to make rules to induct SPSC officials on January 8, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Sindh government to devise rules to appoint chairman and members of the Sindh Public Service Commission (SPSC). Former SPSC chairman Saleem Bhounr and members Javed Bukhari, Shamsuddin Hisbani, Feroze Bhatti, Baz Muhammad Junejo and Ashiq Memon had resigned after the SC took suo motu notice over their […]
SC to hear Panama case on daily basis on January 4, 2017ISLAMABAD: A larger bench of the Supreme Court constituted by newly appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Wednesday resumed proceedings into the Panamagate case and decided that hearings in the case will take place on a daily basis. The bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, while taking up identical petitions relating […]
PM, children change legal team, once again on January 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister and his children have once again shown the door to their legal team and hired new counsel to plead the Panamagate Case in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. It is the second time that the premier and his children have changed their counsel in Panamagate cases. In a recent development, Prime […]
NAB facilitating corruption: SC on January 3, 2017ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Justice Azmat Saeed on Monday said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has become a facilitator of the corrupt. He added, “A naib qasid is sent to jail for taking bribe amounting to Rs 250. One who takes bribe amounting to Rs 25 million is let off. NAB has become facilitator of those […]
SC wants govt to comply with recommendations on December 2, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has expressed its resentment over non-compliance of the recommendations of inquiry commission formed to probe rigging in elections 2013. “Unfortunately no substantial steps have been taken to address this very important and serious issue which has the potential to threaten the roots of our democratic system as well as the candidates […]
Can summon PM over delay in census: SC on December 1, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday came down hard on the federal government over its dilatory tactics in carrying out the much-awaited census. Annoyed at the federal government over delay in finalising the date of the census, the top court said it had no option but to summon the prime minister. When the […]