Tag: chief justice

Qatari chief justice visits Faisal Masjid

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Qatar, Justice Masoud Mohamed Al-Ameeri, visited the Faisal Masjid on Wednesday and took keen interest in...

SC questions absence of legislation for terming vote casting mandatory

Hearing a petition seeking reduction and regulation of election expenses incurred by political parties during electioneering, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday asked...

Come & explain the petroleum price hike

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Azmat Saeed on Tuesday issued notices to Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority and federal government on a petition against...

CJ promises to address grievances of Okara’s lawyers

About 30 lawyers of Renala Khurd Tehsil, district Okara gathered in front of courtroom of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Azmat Saeed on Monday...

SC chides spy agencies for crossing the line

The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed annoyance over the working of intelligence agencies, terming their activities “beyond given mandate”. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad...

Judiciary not to be used for personal interests: LHC CJ

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed said on Friday that the judiciary was manipulated in the past for personal interests. He stated...

CJP concerned over Balochistan situation

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry Wednesday said the bodies were being found from Balochistan on daily basis from Balochistan and the...

‘So where’s all the electricity going,huh?’

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Azmat Saeed on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Power and Water to submit schedule of ‘announced and unannounced electricity...

ECP not willing to accept judicial orders: CJ

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry Tuesday said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is not willing to accept the judicial orders. Heading...

LHC hammers petrol price hike… about time!

The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Monday issued a notice to the federal government and ministry of petroleum on petition...

SC likely to form joint investigation team to probe into Benazir...

A three-member Supreme Court bench, which will resume hearing today (Monday) in a plea seeking orders for registration of a second first information report...

Resetting roles

Agencies have long held monopoly over patriotism Better late than never. The intelligence agencies have been finally put in the dock. The Supreme Court has...

ISI in the doghouse

Transgression should not go unchecked The SC is fed up with unending transgressions on the part of the agencies. On Thursday, the apex court referred...

Get off your lazy backsides!

A division bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday directed Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to take strict...

On judicial activism

More power to the judiciary’s elbow I have always considered that the success of lawyers’ movement in Pakistan in 2008 was its first war of...

The courts

All is not well Happy families are all alike, said Leo Tolstoy; all unhappy families, however, are unhappy in their own way. In Pakistan, the...

Constitution binds judiciary to uphold rule of law

The constitution of Pakistan binds the judiciary to uphold the rule of law and mete out justice in a fair and impartial way to...