Tag: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry
SC demands explanation over new OGRA chairman’s appointment
The Supreme Court on Thursday took notice of new OGRA Chairman Saeed Ahmad Khan’s appointment and demanded an explanation from the Ministry of Petroleum...
Judicial Commission to meet today
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will chair a meeting of the Judicial Commission today (Monday). Senior judges and members of the commission,...
Report dings lawyers and CJP: WSJ
In 2008, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry became the symbol of the lawyers’ movement which toppled an unelected president and brought democracy back to...
Compensation for target killing victims soon
The Sindh Finance Department has approved a summary of Rs 95.2 million for the compensation of families of party activists and supporters of different...
SC questions absence of legislation for terming vote casting mandatory
Hearing a petition seeking reduction and regulation of election expenses incurred by political parties during electioneering, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Wednesday asked...
3-day int’l judicial conference to begin from Friday
A three-day international judicial conference 2012 will begin from Friday here at the Supreme Court Building. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry...
SC reprimands ECP for not monitoring campaign spending
Hearing a petition seeking reduction and regulation of election expenses incurred by political parties during electioneering, the Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the...
SC to hear spy agencies’ stance on Balochistan in-camera
The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted a request by spy agencies, allowing them to give the court an in-camera briefing over the worsening law...
SC likely to form joint investigation team to probe into Benazir...
A three-member Supreme Court bench, which will resume hearing today (Monday) in a plea seeking orders for registration of a second first information report...
SC directs Balochistan govt to dispose of mining firm’s appeal
Hearing the Reko Diq case on Wednesday, the Supreme Court directed the Balochistan government secretary (minerals) to dispose of an appeal about grant of...
Get off your lazy backsides!
A division bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday directed Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to take strict...
On judicial activism
More power to the judiciary’s elbow
I have always considered that the success of lawyers’ movement in Pakistan in 2008 was its first war of...
SC rejects Faisal Saleh’s plea against reinstatement of ex-en
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a plea filed by Federal Minister for Housing and Works Faisal Saleh Hayat against a verdict by the...
Constitution binds judiciary to uphold rule of law
The constitution of Pakistan binds the judiciary to uphold the rule of law and mete out justice in a fair and impartial way to...
SC directs NADRA chairman to resolve eunuchs’ guardian issue
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) chairman to resolve the issue related to the registration of the...
SC to form larger bench to hear Benazir murder case
The ball is in the government’s court. Hearing a plea seeking orders for registration of a fresh first information report (FIR) against former president...
Burden on SC increasing as other state organs fail
On one hand, the burden on the Supreme Court is correspondingly increasing by the day as other organs of the state are falling either...
