Tag: Judges

SC orders appointment of judges at NAB courts

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the federal government to ensure the appointment of judges at accountability courts across the country. A bench of...

Five permanent judges of SHC sworn in

KARACHI: Five regular judges of Sindh High Court (SHC) have been sworn in after taking the oath. The oath-taking ceremony took place in SHC on...

IHC suspends housing society meant for legal fraternity in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah has suspended a housing scheme meant for the legal fraternity situated on Park Road, according to a...

PPP seemingly in two minds as Bilawal calls for accountability of...

KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday denounced the rejection of the accountability bill that was being proposed to bring...

‘CJ, high court chief judges should appoint NAB chief’

-- Senator Siraj says NAB facilitates corruption, corrupt elements KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Senator Sirajul Haq on Monday reiterated his demand that the National Accountability Bureau...

LHC contradicts news about evaluation of judges’ performance

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has contradicted a news item, published in a section of the press, about the evaluation of judges’ performance. According to the LHC...

Judges elevation a constitutional mandate: Kh Asif

    Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Sunday said that elevation of the judges of the superior judiciary was made purely in accordance...

IHC appoints judges to hear cyber crime cases

Following the passing of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has nominated a district and sessions judge and...

Judges should take bold decisions or go home: LHC CJ

Lahore High Court (CJ LHC) Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah on Wednesday said that judges should take bold decisions or go home. He was addressing...

NA body rejects bill seeking increase in number of SC judges

National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Monday unanimously rejected a bill seeking increase in the number of Supreme Court judges. The NA...

Lawyers, judges should be held accountable for misconduct: Asma

Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Asma Jahangir has said that lawyers and judges should also be held accountable for misconduct. “The entire...

Newly confirmed four LHC judges take oath

  As many as four newly-confirmed judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) took oath of office on Thursday with LHC Chief Justice Manzoor Ahmad...

PTI failed to prove rigging, judges told on last day of...

Judicial Commission reserves verdict as ECP lawyer says no evidence of organised rigging was brought to its notice from anywhere Raja says technical errors are...

LHC shortlists nine names for appointment as judges

Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Manzoor Ahmed Malik on Saturday shortlisted at least nine names for fresh appointments in the court. The CJ,...

Judges detention case: Mush exempted from appearing in court

ATC summons former dictator again on Oct 13 The Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi Friday accepted former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf’s plea seeking exemption...

Mush to appear in judges’ detention case on Sep 19

Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has granted one day exemption to former president Pervez Musharraf from attendance and directed him to appear before it on September,...

Sessions judges urged to enforce fundamental rights

Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa of Supreme Court has said that the district and sessions judges could restore the respect and honour of the...