Tag: Hearing

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday adjourned the hearing of bail petition of former Rawalpindi city police officer (CPO) Saud Aziz, accused of involvement in former PM Benazir Bhutto's murder, until today (Tuesday).
Aziz's counsel Khawaja Sultan, said that his client's name is not included in the challan of the former PM's murder and the UN commission's report on Benazir's murder. He said that the former Rawalpindi CPO was innocent. Sultan said that three

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of writ petition by April 7 seeking trial of former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on charges of high treason under article 6 of the constitution as lawyers did not turn up.
Interestingly, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday had rejected adjournment plea of federal government to adjourn case and observed that at least 16 adjournments had already been granted to the government but it failed to come up with

KARACHI - Saleem Shehzad, a former employee of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) awaiting court orders for reinstatement, died on Sunday after suffering a full cardiac arrest.
A resident of Ranchore Lines, Shehzad was among the 294 management-cadre employees sacked in April 2010 by the KESC management on charges of "poor performance and misconduct," sources told Pakistan Today. The company's stated reason for firing these officers was that they had failed to deliver

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on a constitutional petition regarding alleged political appointments in the Karachi police department until March 29.
The SHC division bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa heard the petition moved by Ali Safdar Depar and Javed Kalwar through senior lawyer Abdul Salam Memon, seeking to restrain authorities concerned for further recruitments on political basis.
The

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court will resume the hearing on intra-court appeals of the superior courts' judges today (Monday), who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in violation of the apex court's November 3, 2007 restraining order.
A seven-member special bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany

LAHORE - Banned Pakistani cricketer Salman Butt reached London on Tuesday to face the corruption charges leveled against him by the Scotland Yard, while Mohammad Amir is waiting for his visa documents. It will be their first appearance before a magistrate's court there on Thursday to face corruption charges in connection with the spot-fixing scandal last year.
Butt left for London on Tuesday morning while Amir will do so tomorrow after getting his visa. Fast bowler Muhammad Asif,

ISLAMABAD - A two-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will resume hearing today (Monday) on a suo motu case against Rs 256 billion loans illegally written off between 1971 and 2009.
The bench will examine a report submitted by Punjab Advocate General (AG) Khawaja Haris Ahmad on Saturday, which recommended the Supreme Court to direct National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to recover the illegally waived off loans.
AG Punjab, who was

LAHORE - Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Yousaf Aoujla on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of double murder case against Raymond Davis until March 16, after handing over the copy of challan to the accused. The court continued hearing the double murder case in Kot Lakhpat jail where the accused is being held. The counsel for the complainant said, "This is a clear case and all evidence is against Raymond Davis so the court may frame the charge on the accused."
The

LAHORE - A petition has been moved to the Supreme Court Lahore Registry on Monday for early hearing of a petition for Kalabagh Dam (KBD) construction to meet growing energy needs and save Pakistan from floods and draughts. The application was filed by barrister Zafar Ullah Khan submitting that his petition despite being linked to an important national issue was pending in the Supreme Court since 1996 which showed the collapse of Pakistan's judicial policy. He said compared to it a

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday dismissed a petition seeking early hearing of an already pending petition seeking disqualification of Punjab Assembly's Unification Bloc leader Dr Tahir Ali Javed. LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry observed that the petition could not be fixed for an early hearing, as the court is facing a shortage of judges.
The main petition was filed by Zaheer Ahmed Naz, Allah Rakha Azhar, Nasir Mehmood and Muhammad Aslam through their

ISLAMABAD - An Anti Terrorism Court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of Taseer assassination case until March 26. The judge adjourned the hearing after two more witnesses recorded their statements, said Malik Mohammad Rafique, one of counsel of Qadri.
The witnesses, a police draftsman Khuram Shehzad and an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gul Faraz, told the court about the scene and the post-mortem examination. Meanwhile, around 150 people rallied outside the prison chanting

LAHORE - An accountability court adjourned on Friday the hearing of a reference filed against former Water and Power Development Authority and Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Lt General (r) Zahid Ali Akbar till March 11. Earlier, his son Yasir Ali filed an objection petition challenging the court orders regarding the attachment of properties owned by Zahid. The court will record arguments on said application on the next hearing date.
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LAHORE - A court is to begin proceedings on Friday at a hearing into double murder charges against Raymond Davis, a US citizen who shot dead two men in Lahore last month, lawyers said.
The court where police filed double murder charges against Davis this month is to sit on Friday inside Kot Lakhpat jail, where Davis is being held, ahead of a High Court hearing to determine the diplomatic immunity issue, set for March 14.
"The hearing will be held inside Kot Lakhpat jail and

ISLAMABAD - A seven-member special bench of the Supreme Court will resume hearing today (Monday) on intra-court appeals of dysfunctional and retired judges of the superior courts, seeking overturning of the SC February 2 decision of charging them with contempt for taking oath under the PCO.
The bench consists of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday dismissed an application for early hearing of Shumaila Rana's petition seeking restoration of her Punjab Assembly membership, because there is a shortage of judges at LHC given the burden of pending cases.
Former MPA Shumaila Rana, accused of credit card theft, filed the application praying to the court for an early hearing, which had been pending in the court since mid 2010. The petitioner counsel

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a petition against the removal of four additional judges by the Parliamentary Committee after the petitioner counsel sought time to argue on maintainability of the petition.
The court raised the question if the parliamentary committee's matter could be taken up under writ jurisdiction of the court. The court prima facie was of the view that taking up an issue related to the parliament could

LAHORE - An accountability court on Friday adjourned hearing of a reference against former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member of the provincial assembly (MPA) and close relative of the Sharif brothers, Sohail Zia Butt until February 9 without framing charges against the accused. Earlier, the defence counsel submitted an application for transfer of the case to another court.
A reference was filed against Butt in 2001 for embezzling Rs two million while purchasing the