Tag: Court

SC resumes hearing in Balochistan law and order case

The Supreme Court resumed hearing on Wednesday Balochistan human rights violations and law and order situation case at its Quetta registry. An apex court...

Contempt of court bill challenged in SC

The new Contempt of Court Bill 2012 passed by the National Assembly on Monday was challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday....

Aitzaz concerned over contempt bill

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Aitzaz Ahsan has expressed reservations over the contempt of court bill. Talking to reporters on Tuesday outside the...

Contempt of court bill challenged

The new contempt of court bill 2012 passed by the National Assembly on Monday has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan today. The...

German court examines challenges to euro crisis tools

Germany's top court began hearing challenges to euro crisis-fighting tools on Tuesday, in a process that could hamper Chancellor Angela Merkel's efforts to tackle...

Egypt top court says ruling nullifying parliament ‘binding’

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court said on Monday that all of its rulings were “binding,” in response to a presidential decree reinstating parliament after the...

Four doctors sent on 14 day judicial remand

A Lahore court on Monday sent to jail four young doctors accused of the murder of a minor patient on a 14-day-long judicial remand. According...

Court extends doctors’ remand until 9th

A judicial magistrate on Friday extended the physical remand of four doctors allegedly involved in a child’s death until July 9. Earlier, the police produced...

Secretary Interior, IG Sindh, DG Rangers under SHC hammer

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday issued notices to the Sindh Interior Secretary, DG Rangers and Inspector General Sindh Police on the plea...

Malik Riaz show-cause notice: Counsel fails to appear in court

The Supreme Court on Thursday resumed the hearing of the show-cause notice against property tycoon Malik Riaz. A three-member bench of the apex court comprising...

Egypt at the hustings

A nascent democracy tries to find its footing Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) Chair Farouk Sultan's nearly interminable announcement of the outcome of Egypt's presidential election...

Speaker exceeded lawful authority: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a 42-page detailed verdict of the disqualification of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, stating that the National...

Judges can’t be judged: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly cannot carry out the audit of the apex judiciary...

Plea challenging deputy PM post rejected

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday rejected a petition challenging the appointment of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as deputy prime minister. The court observed that...

Special court judges: Hearing adjourns till July 10

A Supreme Court (SC) bench Tuesday adjourned hearing of a case relating the appointments of judges in special courts till July 10. Heading a three-member...

SC delivers detailed ruling on Gilani’s disqualification

The Supreme Court on Tuesday released the detailed verdict in the Speaker ruling case. The case was decided by a three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice...

IHC releases DG planning CDA

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday released the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Director General (planning) Ghulam Sarwar Sandhu in contempt case. A bench of...