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ISLAMABAD - The lawyer for Justice (r) Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday pleaded before the Supreme Court that his client had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) of November 3, 2007 to save the judicial system in the country.
A four-member larger bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez was hearing contempt of court cases against the superior court judges who tool oath under

ISLAMABAD - The tragic incident of murder of the parents of senior most judge in the Supreme Court Justice Javed Iqbal could not be ruled out as a kind of message to the judiciary not to take up important cases like that of missing persons, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jehangir said on Wednesday.
Such type of messages, if given to the judiciary, would not be tolerated, she said adding that as per rights guaranteed in the constitution, the state was bound to

LAHORE - Senior Supreme Court Judge Javed Iqbal's father and mother were murdered on Tuesday in mysterious circumstances at their Cavalry Grounds home, by hitherto unidentified burglars, possibly for resisting them, the city police chief Aslam Tareen told Pakistan Today. The judge's elderly parents were identified as retired police DIG-turned-homeopath Abdul Hameed and his wife Amna, residents of House No 164, Street No 7, Cavalry Grounds, Lahore, where Mr Hameed ran a small clinic.

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition, challenging the new procedure for appointments of SC ad-hoc judges under the 19th Amendment Act 2010 was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The petition was filed by Shahid Orakzai under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, making the federal law secretary and the attorney general respondents.
The petitioner prayed to the court to order abolition of the new procedure, contending it was insulting for former judges of the apex

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday directed the National Testing Services (NTS) administrator, the Sindh chief secretary, the SHC registrar and an SHC Inspection Team member to file comments in a petition challenging the examination procedure of lower judiciary judges.
The SHC division bench comprising Justice Athar Saeed and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar also directed the respondents to submit the examination copies of the successful candidates.
The NTS test for

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday directed the National Testing Services (NTS) administrator, the Sindh chief secretary, the SHC registrar and an SHC Inspection Team member to file comments in a petition challenging the examination procedure of lower judiciary judges.
The SHC division bench comprising Justice Athar Saeed and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar also directed the respondents to submit the examination copies of the successful candidates.
The NTS test for

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) Administrative Committee chaired by LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Saturday initiated disciplinary proceedings against 14 judges including civil and additional district and session judges (AD&SJ). According to a notification issued by the LHC registrar, the administrative committee issued final show-cause notices for imposition of major penalty, removal from service, to six judicial officers including LHC AD&SJ Abdul Haseeb Sheikh,

Lahore - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry said that a 'true God fearing' Muslim dispensed justice without coming under any pressure. He was addressing a batch of 53 civil judges cum judicial magistrates at the conclusion ceremony held at the judicial academy on completion of their pre-posting judicial training. He said that Pakistani culture embedded lies and made the judges' work more difficult.
He advised the newly inducted civil judges to take the culture

ISLAMABAD - The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday assured all possible assistance to the chief justice and judges of the newly established Islamabad High Court (IHC) in making the IHC fully operational.
He was talking to the IHC Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman and judges including Justice Muhammad Anwar Khan Kasi and Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan, who called on him at his chamber at the Supreme Court building.

ISLAMABAD - SM Zafar, lawyer for PCO judge Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that all objectives could be achieved through the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) under Article 209, thus the court should not have issued contempt of court notices to PCO judges, adding that the constitution scheme should be respected. He said in the United Kingdom, contempt of court notices be issued to subordinate judges, not to superior courts' judges.
Zafar said in the

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition challenging the 19th Amendment was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday which stated that the apex court should order the federal government and the Judicial Commission (JC) to refrain from appointment of judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Shahid Orakzai, a freelance journalist, filed the petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution and made the Federation of Pakistan through Ministry of Law secretary and attorney general of

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms (PCCR) has included a new clause into Article 68 of the constitution to empower the parliamentary committee on appointment of judges to discuss the conduct of a judge, Pakistan Today has reliably learnt.
The clause was not touched previously while drafting the 18th Amendment.
Under the new proposal, the bar on parliamentarians to discuss the conduct of judges would continue, but the parliamentary committee

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) was moved on Saturday against the formation of the parliamentary committee on judges' appointments, with the petitioner, Sohail Hameed Advocate, pleading with the court to term the committee as unconstitutional.
Quoting Article 175-A of the Constitution, the plaintiff submitted that a parliamentary committee must consist of at least 8 members,4 recommended by the prime minister and 4 by the opposition.
The aforementioned Article was

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee on judges' appointment could not reach a consensus on Wednesday on the Judicial Commission of Pakistan's nominations for the chief justice and other two judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The committee, which met with Senator Nayyar Bukhari in the chair, approved the Judicial Commission's recommendations for granting one year's extension in the tenures of additional judges of the Sindh, Balochistan and Peshawar high courts.
The

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing of a contempt of the court case against the judges, who took oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO), till January 3, 2011, a private TV channel reported.
A four-member bench comprising Justices Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez was hearing the case against the judges for taking oath under the PCO in defiance of a restraining order

ISLAMABAD: The re-established Islamabad High Court (IHC) will start partial functioning today (Monday) by beginning admitting cases, a senior official of the Law Ministry told Pakistan Today on Sunday.
He said the IHC staff was already working since the last two months, whereas over 1,600 cases had also been shifted from Islamabad district courts to the IHC.
The official said the transfer of over 5,000 cases from the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench to the IHC

ISLAMABAD: The newly constituted four-member bench of the Supreme Court will hear toady (Monday) contempt charges against the superior courts' former judges who took oath under the PCO in November 2007. The bench comprises Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez. Besides counsels for the PCO judges, Attorney General Moulvi Anwarul Haq will also appear before the bench on notice.
Earlier on December 6,