Tag: Contempt

PEMRA urges TV channels not to ‘malign courts without basis’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday urged all satellite TV licensees to comply with a Lahore accountability court's order against...

Punjab advocate general resigns

--Ahmad Jamal Sukhera becomes new top govt lawyer Punjab Advocate General Ahmed Awais on Thursday quit his job after a Lahore High Court bench initiated...

SC accepts Malik Riaz’s apology in contempt case

--Bahria Town chairman had in a press conference hurled serious allegations against then CJP Iftikhar and his son Dr Arsalan over alleged business deals   ISLAMABAD: The...

PML-N distances itself from Nehal Hashmi’s anti-army remarks

Reacting to a fresh fiery speech of ex-party member Nehal Hashmi criticising state institutions, senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah on Friday...

Daniyal Aziz files appeal against disqualification in contempt case

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former minister, Daniyal Aziz, on Saturday challenged his disqualification by the Supreme Court (SC) in a case...

Charging excessive school fee amounts to contempt of court, IHC rules

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday ruled that charging an excessive fee to students by private schools counts as contempt...

IHC issues notices to TV channel owners, anchors for violating Ramzan...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday issued contempt of court notices to nine persons, including owners of television channels and anchors for violation...

SC adjourns contempt case against Daniyal Aziz till May

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday adjourned the contempt of court case against Daniyal Aziz till May 3. A three-member bench headed by Justice...

Three contempt of court petitions against Nawaz dismissed

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday dismissed three separate contempt of court petitions against former prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif for being ineffective. A...

‘Nawaz Sharif a nobody now’: CJP dismisses contempt plea against ex-PM

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday dismissed a petition seeking contempt of court case against Nawaz Sharif. A three-member bench of the SC, led...

NAB chairman facing contempt plea in missing person case: report

ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), who is also heading the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (or the missing person...

IHC declares contempt plea against Nawaz Sharif maintainable

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) declared on Thursday that a contempt petition against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is maintainable for hearing. The decision...

Daniyal Aziz pleads innocence in contempt case, tells court he was...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz on Friday sought to satisfy a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed that he...

IHC drops contempt notice against news anchor Mattiullah Jan

Court says selling the pen of journalist means selling honour of nation ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday dropped contempt proceedings against anchorperson Mattiullah...

IHC issues contempt notice to lawyer for recording court proceedings

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued a contempt notice to an associate of the defence counsel in a case pertaining to the...

CJP insists there’s no bias in judiciary

--Chief Justice Nisar says courts have seldom tried people for contempt despite 'so much criticism' --Prohibits universities from granting affiliation to new law colleges, bars...

Contempt pleas against PCO judges no longer effective

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday dispensed with the contempt of court appeals against the judges who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitution...