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Lahore - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry said that a 'true God fearing' Muslim dispensed justice without coming under any pressure. He was addressing a batch of 53 civil judges cum judicial magistrates at the conclusion ceremony held at the judicial academy on completion of their pre-posting judicial training. He said that Pakistani culture embedded lies and made the judges' work more difficult.
He advised the newly inducted civil judges to take the culture

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry urged bar associations and lawyers to cooperate in eradication of bribery and corruption from courts and government departments with the same passion that was seen during the lawyers' movement for the restoration of independent judiciary. CJ Ijaz Chaudhry, while talking to a delegation of Tax Bar Association (TBA) Lahore, said, "If lawyers start pointing out corrupt elements with a national mission, they can root out the

LAHORE - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was in the provincial metropolis on Saturday and chaired a meeting at Supreme Court's (SC) Lahore Registry to review overhauling and renovation work at the SC building.
The CJ directed to retain the original texture of the building's architecture, while constructing new blocks at the site for expansion. The SC Lahore building was in shambles hitherto and needed repair. The CJ took keen interest in it and initiated the overhauling

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Friday issued show-cause notices to two judicial officers including Nankana Sahib Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Saleem and Bahawalnagar Civil Judge Shahzad Raza for trying to influence him for their promotion and posting.
The LHC CJ directed them to explain their positions on being guilty of misconduct and directed the judicial officers to file their replies within a week.

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Thursday transferred eight judicial officers including six Punjab additional district and sessions judges and two senior civil judges.
The transferred additional district and sessions judges included Muhammad Younas Aziz from Ferozewala to Bhakkar, Muhammad Azam from Lahore to Dera Ghazi Khan, Mian Ghulam Hussain from Dera Ghazi Khan to Pattoki, Manzoor Hussain from Pattoki to Kabirwala, Sana Khan Attique

LAHORE - The Punjab government led by Shahbaz Sharif is likely to "gift" an important post to former Lahore High Court chief justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif for his unshaken loyalty and time-tested friendship with the Sharifs.
PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif visited Justice (r) Sharif at his residence and discussed with him the basics of the new task and other related issues. A member of the PML-N Central Organising Committee told Pakistan Today that the parleys between Nawaz and

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry asked the bar associations and lawyers' representatives to end their practice of protests at the courts all over Punjab because it hindered the process of dispensing justice to the masses.
"If there is a need for a strike then it should be only for one hour as a token strike. The strikes aim at bringing an issue in the notice of higher authorities and this purpose can be served with a token strike," said Ijaz while

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Wednesday asked the Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) to cancel the practicing licence of Ajmal Mahmood advocate for misbehaving with the chief justice and using offensive language in his court. Per details, Ajmal appeared before a division bench headed by the LHC CJ in a NAB case against Mirza Sultan Muhammad.
It appeared that the lawyer came prepared to hurl insults at the CJ and NAB Prosecutor Haroonur Rashid, who was

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry has warned officers and lower staffers of the court of strict action if they violated punctuality. Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry Wednesday undertook surprise visit to the offices of the court to check the overall performance of the staff.
During the visit the CJ said lethargic, unpunctual and irregular officers/officials have no room in the establishment of the LHC. He said punctuality in the judiciary is the

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that the movement for independence of judiciary was in its final phase and he was determined to eliminate corruption from the judicial system as early as possible.
He was addressing the lawyers at the inauguration of Lahore Bar Association's official website in the sessions courts premises. He said that democracy was incomplete without the eradication of corruption and the lower judiciary had to act like the

LAHORE: There is no room for corrupt and dishonest judges and stern disciplinary action would be taken if any such allegation is proved, Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry said on Friday. He made remarks while meeting Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) and Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) delegations at his chamber who called on him to congratulate him on becoming the LHC CJ. He asked the LHCBA, PbBC and other lawyers to point out corruption in the

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday directed the federal law secretary to submit a detailed report until December 14 on a petition filed by Hafizabad District Bar President Khalid Tehami challenging a bogus cheque worth Rs 30 million presented by Federal Law Minister Senator Dr Babar Awan to the bar.
Petitioner's counsel Mushtaq Ahmed Mohal argued that the federal law minister gave the cheque in May, which got bounced when the bar

LAHORE: Justice Ijaz Chaudhry took oath as the chief justice of the Lahore High Court on Thursday and started working after taking charge of his office.
Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer administered the oath to the new chief justice at a ceremony held at the Governor's House. Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, judges of the Lahore High Court and senior lawyers attended the ceremony.
Former LHC CJ Khwaja

LAHORE: In his last address as Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif tendered an apology on the police torture on Lahore Bar lawyers in September. Khawaja Sharif was addressing at a Full Court farewell reference on Wednesday in his courtroom on the day of his retirement.
Khawaja Sharif took charge as Lahore High Court Chief Justice on April 14 2009 and retired on Wednesday (Dee 8) upon reaching the superannuation age of 62. He warmly congratulated

LAHORE: Providing speedy justice to aggrieved parties has been my priority as a Lahore High Court (LHC) judge and I would continue the same as the Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice, Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman said on Tuesday.
Talking to Pakistan Today, Justice Rehman said that he would make efforts for providing justice to his fellow countrymen. He said that ever since becoming a judge, the court has been a worship place for him and by providing justice to people on

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Saturday said that he had personal relations with Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif.
Addressing a farewell ceremony given in his honour by Punjab's session judges and additional session judges at the library of the Lahore High Court and attended by newly-appointed Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Justice Sharif said, "Relations with the Punjab chief justice played a big role in getting the salaries of

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has prepared recommendations for the appointment of Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman as the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) while Anwar Kansi and Riyaz Khan its judges, officials said.
The recommendations were drafted in a Judicial Commission of Pakistan meeting, chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on Saturday.
Kansi belongs to Balochistan and Khan hails