Petition seeks suspension of high court summer vacations
LAHORE: A lawyer on Friday filed a petition in Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking suspension of vacations in the high court. In the petition, Advocate AK Dogar has challenged the concept of…
Court extends physical remand of Abdul Samad
PESHAWAR: Physical remand of accused Abdul Samad, Director Archaeology and Museums Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Saturday extended by four days allegedly involved in misuse of authority. The accused person was presented in Accountability Court-IV, and…
Court gives final warning to FO to submit reply over Ali Jahangir’s appointment
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has given the last chance to the Foreign Office (FO) to submit its response on appointing Ali Jahangir Siddiqui as the Pakistani envoy to the United…
Orders issued to demolish Illegal structures in E-11, Bani Gala
IHC directs govt to form a commission to develop a sustainable environmental management plan ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday declared constructions in Bani Gala and Sector E-11 as illegal and ordered…
SHC adjourns hearing of Rao Anwar case till June 29
Naqeebullah’s family holds demo outside Sindh High Court KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday heard a case filed by the family of the late Naqeebullah Mehsud challenging the provincial government’s decision to…
PHC summons military secretary to governor in contempt case
PESHAWAR: A two-member bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Wednesday summoned military secretary to the governor in contempt of court case for not implementing court orders in letter and spirit. The two-member bench…
Judge warns IGP, other police officers over missing students
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court has said that if the students, who were kidnapped two years ago, were not presented before the court on the next hearing then…
LHC rules civil courts have no jurisdiction over companies law: report
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court’s Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan in a verdict released on a petition moved by the Lahore Polo Club, has ruled that civil courts have no jurisdiction to hear cases…
IHC issues notices to senior officials in contempt case
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued notices to the secretaries of interior affairs, cabinet, and law and justice and Inspector General of Islamabad Police in contempt of court proceeding in…
Provincial government, IGP on same page, SHC told
KARACHI: Justice Munib Akhtar headed a two-member bench hearing a case concerning the implementation of its previous judgment which directed Sindh Inspector General Police (IGP) AD Khowaja to complete his three-year tenure and…
Hafiz Saeed files petition to halt takeover of charities
ISLAMABAD: Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief, Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday filed a court petition to halt government plans to seize control of his charities. JuD leader, Saeed and charities that he controls are all included on…
IHC issues notices to Nawaz, others in plea challenging PML-N presidency
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued notices to ousted premier Nawaz Sharif, the chief election commissioner (CEC), the secretary of the establishment, the cabinet secretary and the law secretary after hearing…
More than 2 lakh cases were not heard due to lawyers’ strikes: LHC chief justice
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice, Mansoor Ali Shah on Sunday criticised the legal fraternities recurrent strikes and advised lawyers to protest only those issues for which they are most deeply concerned and…
IHC hands couple possession of grabbed land after 35 years: report
ISLAMABAD: After 35 years of court struggle, an Islamabad-based couple finally got the possession of a plot they had bought in the federal capital. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the meantime suspended…
IHC grants time to reply in Election Act 2017 case
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted time till January 30 to Deputy Attorney General (DAG) to submit reply in a case challenging the clauses of the Election Act 2017. Justice Aamir…
Petition filed in IHC to oust special assistants to PM
A lawyer named GM Chaudhry has filed a petition in the Islamabad high court looking to oust the five special assistants for the prime minister claiming that the appointment of these assistants…
Mumbai HC grants bail to three men accused for killing Muslim
The family of Mohsin Shaikh, a 28-year-old in Pune who was murdered in June 2014, allegedly by members of the Indian Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS), is stunned by the order of the…