Tag: Issued

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad on Saturday issued a perpetual arrest warrant for former president Pervez Musharraf during the hearing...

An anti corruption court on Saturday issued arrest warrants of Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Tariq Bashir, involved in verifying fake documents, which...

KARACHI - The federal anti-corruption court on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of absconding officer in the NICL scam, Amin Qasim Dada, and issued production order for Ayaz Khan Niazi. After the failure of the accused to appear before the trial court against his alleged involvement in illegal expenditure on renovation and purchase of furniture, the judge issued arrest warrants for Dada. Meanwhile, the court ordered jail authorities to produce Ayaz Khan Niazi,

KARACHI - Orders to kill journalist Wali Babar were issued by some "influential people" living in South Africa but who have connections in Karachi, according to a report prepared by a joint investigation team (JIT) probing the case and the five suspects that have been arrested thus far.
Babar was murdered in broad daylight on January 13, 2011, with former provincial home minister Zulfiqar Mirza assuring the journalist community that his killers will be nabbed.
Five men

TOKYO - A powerful 6.6-magnitude aftershock hit northeastern Japan on Monday, triggering a brief tsunami alert and forcing the evacuation of workers battling to avert a crisis at a stricken nuclear plant.
The tremor hit exactly one month after a 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan and knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, triggering the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
"The company ordered workers to withdraw and stay in a

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to the advocate general (AG) and the chief secretary (CS), seeking explanation on a constitutional petition regarding targeted killings in Karachi.
A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Syed Azhar Rizvi, were hearing a petition filed by Rana Faizul Hassan who said that the government had failed to provide security to the citizens and violated Article No 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan. Hassan

KARACHI - The Federal Anti-Corruption Court issued a show-cause notice on Friday to the superintendent of the Karachi Central Jail for failing to bring former National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) chairman Ayaz Khan Niazi, who has been accused for financial scam, to the court.
The prison official was ordered to submit an explanation for failing to comply with the court's order, whereas the jail superintendent was also issued directives for ensuring that the main accused,

LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday issued notice to the Interior Ministry and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman on a petition challenging Rana Zahid Mehmood's appointment as Punjab NAB director general (DG).
The bench comprising Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain and Justice Ahmad Farooq Sheikh issued notice to the attorney general , Punjab advocate general, Federal Investigation Agency and the police inspector general (IG) for

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued notices for March 9 to all Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) in Punjab on a petition seeking postponement of Matriculation examinations and abolition of the new system of multiple choice questions (MCQ). Azhar Siddique filed the petition clubbing it with another petition on the same issue. He submitted that the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) has changed the objective questions procedure

LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that Federal Minister for Interior Affairs Rehman Malik issued visas to agents of (US security agency) BlackWater and he (Malik) was responsible for their activities in Pakistan.
He was talking to reporters after a meeting of the Unification Bloc members with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the CM secretariat on Saturday. Sanaullah said that Malik played the main role in facilitating the 'infiltrators.' He criticised

QUETTA - A judicial magistrate Friday issued arrest warrants of Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, an opposition member of Balochistan Assembly, and six others, including his son, on an FIR regarding a landmine blast in Dhadar area of Kachhi district.
The FIR was lodged on request of Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani in Levies Force Station Dhadar. A person was killed and another received injuries in a landmine blast in Mehar Garh, an archeological site, on February

PESHAWAR - The tussle for power and authority among the judicial circles took another twist Friday when a three-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) suspended the show-cause notice served on four judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Justice Jehanzaib Rahim of PHC through an order on Thursday had issued the show-cause notice to the PCO judges in a contempt of court notice. Justice Jehanzaib, a PCO judge, had questioned the authority of the SC judges of serving

KARACHI - If a warrant can be issued against former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, then President Asif Ali Zardari can also be summoned by the court for assisting the former military ruler flee the country, Sindh National Front (SNF) chief Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said in a statement issued on Monday.
"Under the criminal law of the country, a person who aids the escape of an accused is also guilty for the same offence," he said, adding that

ISLAMABAD - Authorities on Saturday issued a medium-danger avalanche alert in several parts of Kashmir in view of moderate to heavy snowfall forecast over the next three days. "A medium-danger avalanche warning has been sounded by Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE) for Gurez, Gugladara, Keran, Machil, Chowkibal and Tangdar in north Kashmir areas close to the Line of Control," said Amar Ali, Disaster Management Cell coordinator.
He said the warning will be in force

ISLAMABAD - Opposition Leader Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday demanded the government present a list of visas issued to embassies beyond their sanctioned strength to the Senate and National Assembly standing committees on interior and foreign affairs.
"The federal government is responsible for the Lahore incident, as it turned a blind eye to the activities of such foreigners who move freely across the country carrying unlicenced arms," he said while speaking on a point of order. He

LAHORE - Civil Judge-cum-Magistrate Ayesha Khalid on Tuesday issued arrest warrants of Dr Faisal Amin Baig of the Jinnah Hospital, Dr Khalid Mehmood, registrar Jinnah Hospital, Dr Niaz Ahmed Soomro, senior medical officer Sheikh Zayed Hospital and Dr Ajmal, DMS Lahore General Hospital.
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) through its counsel Bilal Bashir had filed a petition against the above-mentioned doctors for making false allegations against PMA Lahore office-bearers and