Tag: Court

LAHORE - A civil judge Imran Sheikh has fixed February 19 for the hearing of an application filed by the alleged husband of film actress Meera, requesting the court to constitute a medical board to determine if Meera is a virgin or not.
Attique-ur-Rehman, who claims to be Meera's husband, filed this application during the hearing of a 'jactitation of marriage suit' filed by Meera. Earlier, during Meera's cross-examination, while replying to Attique's counsel's question, she said

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court on Thursday summoned the Pakistan Army's legal officer (deputy judge advocate-general) Headquarters Corps V, Karachi, the directors general (DGs) of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI) and Pakistan Rangers, and the Sindh home secretary on four different constitutional petitions seeking comments on missing persons.
The SHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Ghulam Sarwar Korai issued

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued contempt of court notice to Zari Taraqaiti Bank Limited (ZTBL) President, Zaka Ashraf, and summoned him on February 21 over his failure to comply with a court order regarding release of salary to a senior official.
A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi heard petition filed by ZTBL Assistant Vice President Gazanfar Ali. The petitioner, through his counsel, told the court that the ZTBL

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan, Advocate General Balochistan and others to file para-wise comments on a petition filed against the incidents of targeted killing, kidnapping and abduction for ransom in Balochistan.
A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing the petition filed by the

ISLAMABAD - A four-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday granted time to Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, counsel for the federal government, to consult his client over the issue of appointment of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman and inform the court today (Thursday).
The bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa was hearing petitions moved by Leader of Opposition in the National

LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was facing a second day in a British court on Tuesday fighting an attempt to extradite him to Sweden over allegations of rape and molestation. The 39-year-old Australian's lawyer Geoffrey Robertson is expected to argue that Assange could face the death penalty if extradited on from Sweden to the US on separate charges relating to the whistleblowing website.
The lawyer spent the first day of the two-day hearing Monday arguing that Assange

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the chairmen of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and National Assembly's Public Account Committee (PAC) besides Secretary Finance on a petition filed by a former president of Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Bank.
Tahir Abbasi through his lawyer pleaded before a division bench, headed by Chief Justice IHC Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman, that the NAB had registered a reference against him in 2002, charging him of

PESHAWAR - The Peshawar Accountability Court on Monday indicted former commandant of Frontier Constabulary Malik Naveed and 2 other officials on charges of illegal appointments and alleged embezzlement in weapons purchase. Accountability Court Judge Syed Afsar Shah indicted Malik Naveed, ex FC chief and former provincial chief Ghaniur Rehman Wazir, the then deputy commandant and Hamid Hassan in the NAB reference.

ISLAMABAD - The Court of Inquiry formed to probe into alleged malpractices in the National Logistic Cell has submitted its findings, opinion and recommendations to the chief of army staff for his consideration and perusal.
The Court of Inquiry formed by COAS General Ashfaq Kayani to probe the NLC scam was headed by a serving corps commander along with two major generals as members. It was the National Assembly's Public Account Committee (PAC) that in its recent meeting took

ISLAMABAD - The joint investigation team (JIT) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probing into the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will present to the Anti-Terrorism Court a forensic report of the BlackBerry cellular phones of the slain PPP leader, recovered a few days ago from one of her personal staff members.
A source in the FIA told Pakistan Today on Friday that authorities would be in a position to submit the forensic report in the court by the next

AARHUS - A court on Thursday convicted a 29-year-old Somali man of attempted terrorism and attempted murder for attacking a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Holy Prophet (PBUH). The court in the central Danish town of Aarhus ruled that Mohamed Geele not only tried to kill Kurt Westergaard when he broke into his home on January 1, 2010, wielding an axe and a knife, but that the attack also amounted to an act of terrorism.
"The court deems that the attempted murder of Kurt

QUETTA - Balochistan High Court has asked the provincial government to submit written reply regarding the reasons for not allowing Jamhoori Watan Party Provincial President Shahzain Bugti, his brother and other family members including females to go their ancestral town of Dera Bugti.
The Vacation Judge Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal ordered Thursday for seeking clarification on the writ petition of Shahzain Bugti who was bent upon to go to Dera Bugti along with his brother and

BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament speaker on Wednesday slammed a court ruling placing bodies like the central bank under ministerial control as a threat to democracy, and threatened to pass laws revamping the judiciary.
Osama al-Nujaifi's remarks came as an Iraqi media outlet published a 2006 letter that showed the country's top judge seeming to contradict last month's decision to tie several independent bodies to the cabinet, a ruling which has sparked widespread controversy and

RAWALPINDI - A court on Tuesday deferred the indictment of Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, the police commando who confessed to killing Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Qadri said he shot dead Punjab governor Salman Taseer outside a cafe after lunch in Islamabad on January 4 because he objected to Taseer's calls to reform the blasphemy law, which carries the death penalty.
Raja Shuja Rehman, one of Qadri's lawyers, said that the indictment could not take

RAWALPINDI - The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) hearing the Benazir Bhtuuo's assassination case on Tuesday sent former City Police Officer (CPO) Saud Aziz and Superintendent of Police (SP) Khurram Shahzad on a 14-day judicial remand.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), after completing investigation, produced both the accused police officers in the court of ATC judge Rana Nisar Ahmed, who rejected their bail plea and sent them on remand. The court fixed next hearing on February

FAISALABAD - Dozens of Faisalabad District Court workers held a protest rally in support of their pay raise. Reportedly, the protesters including sessions and civil courts' employees, readers, clerks and peons, took out a rally, carrying banners and placards inscribed with their demand for an increase in their salaries.
The protesters marched to District Council Chowk and Faisalabad Press Club for their demands and appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday told a US Congressional delegation that the courts would decide the fate of Raymond Davis, the US national detained for killing two Pakistanis in Lahore, as the visiting American lawmakers pressed for his release.
A six-member delegation of US Congress called on President Zardari and demanded the release of Davis, reiterating the American stance on the issue that what the American national did was in self defence. However, the