Tag: Judges

Nisar bewails over SC judges’ remarks against opposition

Opposition leader in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, on Thursday, expressed grave concern over the remarks of some Supreme Court judges regarding...

Four additional PHC judges sworn in

Four additional judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) took oath on Friday raising the total number of judges to 13. PHC Chief Justice...

Sri Lanka judges boycott courts over political interference

Courts across Sri Lanka were paralysed on Friday as judges and lawyers staged a boycott to protest alleged political interference with the judiciary, activists...

PHC: Four additional judges sworn in

Four additional judges of Peshawar High Court (PHC) took oath on Friday raising total number of judges to 13. Chief Justice PHC Justice Dost Muhammad...

IHC serves notices on 18 judges

The Islamabad High Court on Friday issued notices to 18 judicial officers on a plea against their appointments in the capital’s subordinate judiciary, including...

President okays appointments of 3 accountability court judges

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the appointment of Sahiwal Additional District and Sessions Judge Javed Akhtar (promoted as D&SJ) as the judge...

Judges are paid govt servants: Ahmad Bilour

Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour on Tuesday said judges were paid servants of the government and they could not make or amend the...

Memon accuses judges of double standards

Sindh Information Minister Sharjil Memon has said judges should come out of their double standards, questioning why the Supreme Court was only after the...

Judges can’t be judged: SC

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly cannot carry out the audit of the apex judiciary...

Special court judges: Hearing adjourns till July 10

A Supreme Court (SC) bench Tuesday adjourned hearing of a case relating the appointments of judges in special courts till July 10. Heading a three-member...

JC recommends extension for four PHC judges

The Judicial Commission of Pakistan on Saturday recommended one-year extension in the services of four additional judges of the Peshawar High Court (PHC). A...

Seven SHC additional judges sworn in

As many as seven additional judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) have taken oath for their offices. Sindh High Court Chief Justice Mubashir...

SC gives govt 3 days to appoint judges in special courts

The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the federal government to fill the vacant positions of judges in special courts on immediate basis. During the...

It’s all legal!

President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday issued an ordinance to prevent actions taken in the past two months by former PM Yousaf Raza Gilani,...

Coverage of scandal dents credibility of TV news: report

Not long ago, judges and journalists were clearly on the same team in Pakistan, reveling in a shared crusade to expose the corrupt, hold...

Fathers and sons

Some must be held to higher standards Judges may come and judges may go, but Mehdi Hasan lives on forever. May his soul rest in...

PAC seeks details of bureaucrats, judges allotted two plots in Islamabad

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday sought details of bureaucrats and judges who had been allotted two plots in Islamabad after filing affidavits...