Tag: Court

KARACHI - A district and sessions court indicted four moneychangers on Thursday in a money laundering case. District and Sessions Judge Hassan Feroz read out the charges levelled by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against the arrested moneychangers, namely Hanif Kalia, Abdul Munaf Kalia, Javed Khanani and Atif Aziz Polani.
However, the accused men denied the charges. The court then issued summons for February 19 to the complainant and witnesses for recording their

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday summoned former minister for food Iqbal Tikka with his brother Azam Tikka, son-in-law Hammad Tikka and Adil Saleem Tikka, newly nominated co-accused in a reference filed against Sheikh Muhammad Ayub the owner of renowned Qasr-e-Zauk for February 2.
National Accountability Bureau had nominated Iqbal Tikka, Azam Tikka, Hammad Tikka and Adil Saleem Tikka by following the direction of Supreme Court during the hearing of a suo motu notice

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Balochistan government to provide details of agreements it made with foreign companies for exploration of gold and copper mines in Reko Diq area 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 a case against leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan worth more than $260

LAHORE - An additional district and sessions judge on Thursday directed the police to register a case against PMLN MPA Saif-u-Malook Khokhar on giving a bogus cheque for Rs 20.5 million. The court issued the order on an application filed by a woman, Salamat.
She said that she sold 94.18 kanals of land to Malook who delivered her a cheque for Rs 20.5 million in payment, which was dishonored. She requested the court to pass an order for registration of an FIR against the MPA.

LAHORE - An accountability court on Wednesday fixed January 31 for framing of charge on Suhail Zia Butt, involved in a reference of embezzlement two million rupees.
Suhail Zia Butt is co-accused in a reference that was filed in 2001.
He has been charged that he embezzled rupees two million when he purchased Ahmad Mansion located at The Mall Lahore for National Industrial Cooperative Corporation.
When the investigation was initiated against Butt, he was not in Pakistan,

ISLAMABAD - Partially accepting the PML-N's concerns on the parliament lodges' extension project, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani referred the plan to House and the Library Committee of the National Assembly, saying that the government would accept whatever decision the committee took.
In response to the opposition leader's point of order on the project, the prime minister informed the House that it was initiated in 2008. "The CDWP with Assef Ahmed Ali as Planning Commission

ISLAMABAD - Dr Abdul Basit, counsel for two dysfunctional judges of the Lahore High Court - Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi and Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan - facing contempt charges for taking oath in violation of Supreme Court orders, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take steps to prevent military interventions in future. A four-member bench of Justices Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Jawwad S Khawaja, Khilji Arif Hussain and Tariq Parvez was hearing contempt of court cases against the

ISLAMABAD - Rejecting the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) report over the alleged corruption of Rs 22 billion in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), the Supreme Court directed the FIA on Monday to arrest the real culprits involved in the scam and submit a report on February 1.
The three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo motu case against the alleged scam in PSM. The court warned

LAHORE - Former Punjab chief minister and Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) senior central leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said that on one hand, Punjab's chief minister is violating the orders of the Supreme Court by obstructing the arrest of a fugitive and, on the other hand, his elder brother Nawaz Sharif is talking about the supremacy of the judiciary.
In a press statement released in Lahore on Thursday, he added that by obeying the ad-hoc CM and not arresting fake

LAHORE - The Punjab Olympics Association has taken legal action against the Sports Department after it asked the PbOA to vacate its office in the Punjab Stadium vicinity.
Briefing journalists here on Wednesday, PbOA secretary Idris Haider Khawaja said that he invited Sports secretary Ahmed Nawaz for tea but he was handed a notice instead to vacate the offices some sports associations are occupying in the stadium. Idris accused the sports department of creating hurdles in the

Lahore - Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday adjourned the hearing of a writ petition filed by Jamat ud Dawa Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed in which his counsel requested Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh to transfer the case to Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry because he had previously heard Hafiz's detention case.
Hafiz filed the petition saying that being a citizen of Pakistan it was his fundamental right that he should be treated equally and federal government should defend him before an

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday directed all district and sessions judges of Punjab and Islamabad to stop court employees from engaging in any other private job or business in addition to their official assignments.
A directive issued by the LHC said that the CJ has directed all district and sessions judges to make sure that court employees do not violate the directive and stay away from any business or private jobs if any. CJ

LAHORE - A civil court on Tuesday summoned former attorney general Justice (r) Malik Qayyum, Asian Gas Private Limited Chief Executive Ammar Ahmad Khan, Senator Gulzar Ahmad Khan, Iqbal Tikka and 10 other people for February 7 to on a petition filed by businessman Sheikh Ayub and his son Sheikh Mohsin Ayub for cancellation of documents in favour of Asian Gas Private Limited Chief Executive Ammar Ahmad Khan regarding property commonly known as Qasr-e-Zauq.
In the petition filed

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday disposed of a petition regarding a missing person belonging to Karachi after recording the statement of the Special Investigation Unit investigation officer (IO).
A division bench comprising Justices Gulzar Ahmed and Imam Bux Baloch had directed the authorities on Monday to produce the missing person before the court.
Petitioner Anees Fatima had submitted in her petition that her son Pervez Ali was picked up by personnel of the

LAHORE - An accountability court on Monday extended the physical remand of Imtinan Saeed Advocate, Omeed Ayyaz Mehmood and Faisal Rasheed till January 24. They were involved in the embezzlement of Rs 140 million obtained from National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) as loan through fake documents.
The accused Omeed Ayyaz Mehmood was the manager of National Bank of Pakistan Lytton Road Branch while Imtinan Saeed was the legal council in the same bank. Imtinan Saeed and Faisal Rasheed made

LAHORE - Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is planning legal action against the Pakistan Cricket Board after the PCB refused to meet his lawyer who was seeking clarification for his continued exclusion from the Pakistan team.
"We have received another email from their lawyer saying again they are not prepared to have a meeting so obviously we are very, very disappointed about that," Steve Haurigan, Kaneria's lawyer, said. Sources close to the bowler said that the way things are falling

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court will resume hearing today (Monday) on various high profile constitutional cases including privatization of Habib Bank, missing persons, contempt proceedings against PCO judges and NAB Amendment Ordinance.
A three-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed will hear the petitions against privatization of Habib Bank, NAB Amendment Ordinance and missing persons. Another three-member bench