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KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday ordered the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general (DG) to submit a statement on two missing employees of the Malir District Courts by April 28. A division bench comprising Justices Maqbool Baqar and Ghulam Sarwar Korai was hearing the disappearance case of Shafqat Brohi and Agha Yasir, who were allegedly abducted on February 22.
After Brohi and Yasir went missing, SHC Chief Justice Mushir Alam took suo motu notice of

KARACHI - The Human Rights Commission for South Asia (HRCSA) on Wednesday moved a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court (SHC) challenging the current format regarding appointment of judges to the upper courts.
HRCSA representative Syed Iqbal Kazmi pleaded the court to term the process of judges' appointment in violation of the constitution, submitting that Article 175(A), included through the 18th Amendment Act 2010 in the constitution, clashes with Article 175(3) over

Foremost among those "few politicians" that "they" wanted him (Zia) to "hang," of course, was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. But part of Zia's political appeal was that he not only maintained an aura of humble simplicity, which almost made the world forget what dictatorial powers he had usurped in direct violation of Article 6 of the Constitution he had sworn to protect and defend, but also sought to project himself as a non-vindictive, if not a non-violent man.
Let the hanging be done by

LAHORE - An accountability court on Thursday extended the physical remand of Zahid Farooq Cheema, an accomplice of Syed Sibtul Hassan Gillani alias Double Shah, until April 14. Cheema in connivance with Gillani, their associates and close relatives lured investors to deposit money with them on the promise of returning their deposits with unprecedented profit and to double to their investments after the expiry of specified period.
CANAL MOTOR SCAM: An accountability court on

LAHORE - City lawyers, including senior Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) members, bugged by the cricketing fever of the Indo-Pak semi final on Wednesday, did not appear in the courts only to stay glued to their plasma TV screens and got general adjournments of their cases.
According to sources, lawyers sent their assistants and secretaries to the chambers of judges of the LHC with verbal as well as written requests that they want to watch the cricket match and could not

ISLAMABAD - The National Judicial (Policy-Making) Committee (NJPMC) observed on Sunday that the number of cases that had been dealt with was quite encouraging and showed the confidence of the people in the judiciary's ability to resolve their cases and protect their rights, which was a good omen for the nation.
A two-day NJPMC meeting chaired by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who also heads the committee, was held at the Supreme Court (SC). The committee said that the

ISLAMABAD - Amid increasing criticism of the judiciary for releasing US national Raymond Davis and of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for facilitating the process, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani supported the court verdict on Friday, saying that the entire leadership of the country was of the opinion that the matter should be left to the court.
The PM said it was inappropriate to hold any single institution responsible for the final outcome of the case. "In the Raymond

LAHORE - Women judges should have a fixed ratio in all superior courts including the Lahore High Court (LHC) where all judges are men, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir said on Tuesday. She was addressing a seminar at the Lahore High Court Bar Association's (LHCBA) Karachi Hall in connection with International Women's Day. LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Supreme Court (SC) Justice Saqib Nisar were also present on the occasion. Speakers said

KARACHI - Taking notice of the two missing staffers of Malir district courts, Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Justice Mushir Alam on Friday ordered the law enforcement agencies to ensure their recovery by taking serious initiatives.
SHC Registrar Rasool Bux Memon told Pakistan Today that the chief justice had taken serious notice over the missing of clerk Agha Yasir and bailiff Shafqat Brohi of the Malir courts, adding that Alam has issued directives to the Malir district

Lahore - The Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved verdict on a writ petition challenging ban on journalists' entry into anti-terrorism courts, National Accountability Bureau courts, special courts and tribunals. Earlier, the court had formed a committee to resolve the issue. Representatives of Federal Union of Journalists, Punjab Union of Journalists, Court Reporter Association and federal and Punjab governments were included in the committee which had submitted its

LAHORE - Punjab Law Ministry has appointed seven session judges to work in accountability courts in Lahore and Rawalpindi.One of these judges will take charge as the judge of accountability court no 4 in Lahore whose presiding officer has already been retired, while others will replace judges who have been slacked at the orders of Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice (CJ) because of inefficiency.
The performance of accountability judges working in Lahore and Rawalpindi has been

MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin hosted his Belarus counterpart on Thursday for talks aimed at strengthening ties as the West moves to isolate Minsk over its post-election crackdown on the opposition.
The European Union said on Wednesday it would reinstate a travel ban on Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko if he fails to release his jailed opponents. Washington is also exploring a range of possible sanctions. The foreign minister of another Belarussian

ISLAMABAD - Expressing dismay over the Sindh High Court's decision to grant protective bail to Ali Riaz, son of Bahria Town's chief executive Malik Riaz, in the fatal drag car race case, the Supreme Court on Monday reversed the ruling by canceling the bail. The illegal race had ended with loss of five lives after an accident on December 5, 2010.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was

QUETTA - Balochistan lawyers' community strongly condemned the brutal killing of Supreme Court senior Judge Justice Javed Iqbal's parents in Lahore and announced a boycott of courts across the province today (Thursday) against the tragic killing besides demanding the government conduct a transparent probe into the incident. Pakistan Bar Council Member Amanullah Kanrani Advocate said this while addressing a joint press conference on Wednesday. He termed the killing of Justice Javed

PESHAWAR - Lawyers boycotted courts on the call of Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa Bar Council and Peshawar High Court Bar Association to protest the abduction of Zain Khan Khalil advocate and demanded his safe recovery.
The KP Bar Council and Peshawar Bar Council came down hard on the government and the law-enforcement agencies for not taking solid steps for Zain's recovery. All the lawyers wore black bands round their arms and locked their offices.
Addressing the lawyers, Latif Afridi,

Lahore - The Lahore High Court on Thursday held that appointment of government officers is a policy matter of the government and they had no privilege to get posted at stations of their liking. Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed made these observations while reserving judgment on a petition challenging the appointment of Rafiq Wahla as director sports of Government College University, Faislabad. The petition was filed by a teacher of same institution, Imtiaz Ahmad, pleading that Wahla's

LAHORE - Like other courts throughout the country, Lahore accountability courts are also getting over-burdened by cases including new and old under-trial references, as the backlog in five accountability courts has increased to 234 references compared to 216 on January 1, 2010.
Accountability courts disposed of 25 references in 2010 while only 42 new references were filed last year. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab filed 42 new references against more than 50