Tag: Judges

The Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary

As always, a debate is going on these days as to how to maintain a balanced working relationship between the three branches of government...

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo faces ICC judges

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo appeared before International Criminal Court judges for the first time Monday over his role in the deadly aftermath of...

Five IHC judges assume charge from Monday

Three additional and two permanent judges of the Islamabad High Court have assumed their charges on Monday. Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman administered...

‘SC can’t hear plea against appointment of judges in GB’

During the hearing of a petition challenging the appointment of retired judges as chief judge or judge of the Supreme Appellate Court of Gilgit-Baltistan...

SC gets sanctioned strength, 4 judges join

The Supreme Court (SC) got its sanctioned strength of 17 after four new judges took oath on Thursday. Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad...

4 new SC judges sworn in

Four new Supreme Court judges took oath of their office on Thursday in a simple ceremony held at the Supreme Court building. The oath...

President okays appointments of SC, IHC judges

The president on Tuesday, upon confirmation of nominations by Parliamentary Committee and on the advice of the prime minister, appointed Peshawar High Court Chief...

Parliamentary body approves elevation of 10 judges

While endorsing the recommendations made by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, the Parliamentary Committee on Judges’ Appointment on Thursday approved the elevation of ten...

Appoint SC judges on merit: Yasin

Newly elected Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Muhammad Yasin Azad on Monday demanded that Supreme Court (SC) judges be appointed on merit to...

JCP approves four names for SC judges

The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Thursday approved the names of four judges for their appointment as judges of the Supreme Court, including...

Bill set to give judges’ widows more pension

The government is set to increase pension of widows of Supreme Court and high court judges from 50 percent to 75 percent by amending...

The goon squad

We are very proud of the commendable lawyers’ movement sparked off on 9th of March 2007, by the refusal of the Honorable CJ. One...

Judiciary can never be independent without impartial judges, says CJ

The judiciary, as an institution, can never be independent until and unless individual judges remain impartial, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry...

All is not well here, ATC judges tell SC

Majority of the anti-terrorism courts (ATC) judges on Thursday expressed disappointment over the performance and potential of provincial government’s law officers and ministerial staff...

Regularisation of four addl SHC judges approved

Rejecting nominations of two additional judges, the Parliamentary Committee for Judges’ Appointment approved on Friday four additional judges of Sindh High Court for regularisation...

Six ATC judges appointed

Following the Supreme Court’s directives, the Sindh government has made six anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) of the province operational on Wednesday by filling the vacant...

Three LHC permanent judges take oath

Three additional judges of Lahore High Court (LHC) took oath as permanent judges here on Monday. The oath was administered by LHC Chief Justice...