Tag: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

CJP inquires after Justice Athar’s health

Chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Sunday visited a private hospital here to inquire after the health of judge of the...

President’s secretary says no political cell in Presidency since 2008

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday said being head of the state, the president should be impartial and not support any political group. The...

ECP wants general election under judiciary

Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Tassadaq Hussain Jillani on Wednesday said the commission was in favour of holding the next general election under the...

Bars’ stand on principle of Independence of Judiciary appreciable: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said that bar association had played a vital role for the Supremacy of the Constitution and...

NAB officials to appear before SC tomorrow in RPPs case

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman and other NAB officials will on Tuesday appear before a three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by...

SC seeks clear definition of ‘obscenity’ from PEMRA

The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday has sought from PEMRA a clear definition of the word “obscenity” in terms of TV channel transmission within...

CJ unhappy over police powers for FC in Quetta

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday questioned the Balochistan government’s decision to give police powers to Frontier Corps in Quetta, asking...

CJP orders action against obscenity on TV channels

The Supreme Court has ordered the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) chairman to take measures to stop obscenity on TV channels. The orders...

SC takes notice of Abidi’s rant

The Supreme Court on Monday asked for the record of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Faisal Raza Abidi’s press conference in which he called...

Faisal Raza Abidi demands CJ’s resignation

PPP Senator Faisal Raza Abidi on Sunday hurled allegations at Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, demanded his and other judges’ resignation who were reinstated...

CJP to lawyers: I am nothing without you guys

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the courts are free today due to the efforts of the legal fraternity which they made...

Institutions, not personalities, important: CJP

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday sought a reply from the federal government on whether it wanted to continue with the political cell...

Contempt of Court Bill to be tabled in NA

The proposed Contempt of Court Bill will be tabled in the Lower House for approval today (Monday). The National Assembly session is likely to...

IBA hosts get-together for lower judiciary

The Islamabad District Court Bar Association (IDCBA) has hosted a get-together for all the judges of lower judiciary on July 5, for easing the...

CJ’s Pashtu dialect amazes all in courtroom

The courtroom No 1 in the Supreme Court witnessed an interesting proceedings on Tuesday when a mother was able to understand the legal complexities...

CJP wants end to imported PMs

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday said if parliamentarians were not prevented from holding dual nationality, the influx of imported prime ministers would...

‘Asking CJP to step down over son’s case not justified’

Senior Vice President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said there was no justification in demanding Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad...