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The Supreme Court on Monday declared the Reko Diq agreement null and void and in conflict with the country’s law. In its ruling, the three-member...

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry, will announce a short judgement in the Reko Diq...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday reserved its judgment in the Reko Diq case. The three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry,...

The Supreme Court on Friday concluded the hearing of the Reko Diq case. The ruling in the case would be issued on January 07. A...

During Thursday’s hearing of the Reko Diq case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said additional documents were used to tamper with the original form...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohamamd Chaudhry said on Tuesday that Article 5 of the Constitution should be considered while entering into an agreement with foreign...

Balochistan’s Advocate-General Amanullah Kanrani, during Monday’s hearing in the Reko Diq case, said the provincial governor had signed the agreement without the Balochistan cabinet’s...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the federal and the Balochistan governments to make a request to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment...

The Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), a joint venture of copper and gold mining companies, Chilean Antofagasta and Canadian Barrick Gold has approached the federal...

The National Assembly standing committee on Petroleum was informed on Monday that the total value of Reko Diq gold and copper deposits according to...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday observed that there was no need to make new rules to facilitate the companies involved in the Reko Diq project when rules of mining and exploration were already in place.
The CJP said this while heading a three-member bench, which also includes Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, which was hearing the case against the lease of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves to Tethyan

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ordered the Balochistan advocate general to submit by today (Tuesday) complete records of approvals and relaxations in rules given by the former chief minister of Balochistan for the Reko Diq project.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a case against leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan worth over $260 billion to

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was informed on Wednesday that the Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) would pay 25 percent of its profit from the Reko Diq project to the Balochistan government.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a number of petitions against the lease of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan to a foreign exploration and mining company, Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) by

ISLAMABAD - Heading a four-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed that Pakistan was a sovereign state with a potential to foil any foreign conspiracy.
"Until the time we maintain our sovereignty, no conspiracy can be hatched against the integrity of the country," he said. The bench, also consisting of Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a number of

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Balochistan government from awarding the mining contract of Reko Diq reserves to any national or foreign company until a final decision of the case.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing petitions against the leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves in Balochistan that are worth over $260 billion

ISLAMABAD - While hearing the Reko Diq lease case on Tuesday, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday observed that the deal was signed under a caretaker government and appeared to have been finalised in a day.
A four-member SC bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing petitions challenging award of Reko Diq lease contract to Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) - a Canadian consortium of

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was told on Monday that the lease of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves in Balochistan to a foreign company was the biggest case of bad governance and irresponsibility in the country.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a case against the lease of Reko Diq reserves, worth over $260 billion, to foreign exploration companies in