Tag: Filed

Petition filed against Park and Ride Plaza

LAHORE - A constitutional petition has been filed before the Lahore High Court to question the construction of Liberty Park and Ride Plaza, on the premise that the land was originally owned by Parks and Horticulture of Authority (PHA) for the development of a public park, which could not be handed over to the Lahore Development of Authority (LDA) for the purpose of the said plaza.
The petition has been filed by the Linen Shop and five other owners of shops/establishments/offices

Lebanon in crisis as indictment filed for Hariri murder

THE HAGUE - The prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon filed his indictment on Monday for the 2005 murder of premier Rafiq Hariri as Beirut's neighbours backed renewed mediation to calm rising tensions.
Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare submitted his long-awaited indictment under wraps, but speculation was rife that it named the Hezbollah militant group in connection with the massive car bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others on the Beirut seafront on Valentine's Day six

Petition filed against Malik

LAHORE - A petition has been filed against Test cricketer Shoaib Malik in the lower court, with direction to the police to register a criminal case against him for his involvement in match-fixing. In the petition, Ishtiaq Ahmed Chaudhry alleged that Malik had not only made millions of rupees through match-fixing but also damaged the country's image. He contended that the Pakistan Cricket Board had reportedly excluded Malik from the 30 probables for the WC 2011 because of his alleged

Bail petitions for accused in BB murder case filed in ATC

RAWALPINDI - Applications seeking release of the accused police officials in Benazir Bhutto (BB) murder case were filed in the Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi on Monday.
Malik Waheed Anjum, counsel of former CPO Saud Aziz and former SP Rawal Town Khurram Shahzad, filed the bail petitions in the court of Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan who directed the FIA to present the related record on January 7. It was pleaded in the applications that FIA, despite getting six-day physical remand

WHITE POISON – Inter-court appeal filed against the sale of adulterated...

LAHORE - An inter-court appeal (ICA) has been filed in the Lahore High Court against the dismissal of a petition earlier filed against sale of adulterated milk by tetra pack companies and in loose form by the local milkmen.
The ICA came after a judgment by a single bench of the Lahore High Court on December 22 that dismissed a petition filed by Watan Party through Barrister Zafarullah Khan who had asserted that melamine and other chemicals, injurious to human health, were being

LHC adjourns Rehman’s presidential pardon case

LAHORE: Hearing of a petition challenging the pardon granted by President Asif Ali Zardari to Interior Minister Rehman Malik was adjourned to December 24 by a full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday. Earlier, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik had requested adjournment on behalf of the federation, citing Rehman's pending adjudication in Supreme Court as an excuse.
Barrister Farooq Hassan, representing the petitioner, opposed the request saying the government was

Petition filed against Taseer for asking for Aasia’s pardon

LAHORE: A petition is filed before the Lahore High Court challenging the alleged move of Punjab governor to get blasphemy convict Aasia Bibi pardoned.
The petition filed by Chuadhry Shahid Iqbal Advocate asks the court to declare proceedings carried out by government of Punjab, the Governor of Punjab and the Federal Law Ministry to Aasia Bibi acquitted of the blasphemy charge be declared illegal and unlawful.
The petitioner represented by a seven member panel of lawyers said

England tour report not filed yet as UAE awaits

LAHORE
Pakistan squad is set to leave for the United Arab Emirates for another gruelling series against South Africa but the national team management is yet to submit its report on the England tour and the spot-fixing scandal that rocked international cricket.
A Pakistan Cricket Board official confirmed that the board had not received any tour report up till now from former manager Yawar Saeed or coach Waqar Younis. "Till now we have not received any report from the manager

Petition to dismantle Governor’s House filed

LAHORE
Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday heard the petition seeking the conversion of the Governor House into a housing colony of 786 plots of equal measure to generate revenue over Rs 15 billion also making the place an 'architectural wonder of the world'.
Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik told the court that in 1975 the president of Pakistan, using his powers under the constitution, made the Governor House a personal residence for the