Tag: Judiciary

Annulling one law won’t bring system down: CJP

The Supreme Court on Friday dropped a strong hint of its intentions during proceedings of petitions challenging the recent amendments to the new contempt...

Judiciary wants democracy to continue: CJ

The Supreme Court resumed hearing the petitions filed against the contempt law on Friday, according to a private TV channel. A five-member bench of the...

Judiciary must respect parliament: Farhatullah

Senator Farhatullah Babar on Friday expressed concern over judges' remarks about the parliament. While addressing the Senate session on Friday, Senator Farhatullah Babar said that...

Govt’s confrontation with judiciary damaging democracy: Nawaz

PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has said the government is damaging democracy and the country’s institutions by indulging in confrontation with the judiciary. The PML-N...

Parliament cannot curtail judiciary’s powers: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry on Monday said the court’s powers could not be curtailed with any step of the parliament...

Powers of judiciary cannot be curtailed: CJ

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry Monday said the court’s powers cannot be curtailed with any step of the Parliament. Appearing before the five-member bench hearing...

Mockery of judiciary won’t be tolerated: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has said his party will not allow the rulers to violate the constitution and make a mockery...

Mockery of judiciary will not be tolerated: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President President Nawaz Sharif has said his party will not allow the rulers to violate the constitution and make a...

Independence of judiciary owing to lawyers’ struggle: CJP

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary has said that the courts are liberal today due to the efforts of legal fraternity, which they made during...

10 pending cases to pit govt against judiciary

As the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday hinted at the formation of a larger bench to hear the Benazir Bhutto murder case after...

Imran threatens govt of long march if steps taken against judiciary

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, on Tuesday, threatened the government of long march, if any step was taken against the judiciary. He was talking to...

PPP takes Judiciary as villain, says Hamid Khan

PTI leader Hamid Khan said on Saturday that government was only targeting judiciary and taking it as its villain. Addressing a seminar organised by South...

“We also hang our PMs”

And find inventive ways to do so… The no-holds-barred confrontation between the executive and the higher judiciary has finally taken its toll on the polity....

Judiciary won’t accept any unconstitutional action: CJP

In a clear warning to the government, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry late on Thursday night said that only law and constitution will prevail...

A war of ‘supremacy’

The crisis escalates With every Pakistani, nay every stakeholder, asking where this is headed, it seems the inevitable next stage towards a formal declaration of...

Independent judiciary fruit of democracy: PM

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Tuesday said an independent media, judiciary and parliament were fruits of the democratic system in the country. “It’s a...

A tussle too many

According to a recent press report, President Asif Ali Zardari said that all organs of the state must function within their defined roles as...