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LAHORE - Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain of the Lahore High Court on Monday sought a report from the Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) about the mysterious disappearance of the families of Fahim and Faizan, the two men killed by US national Raymond Davis. The judge ordered CCPO Aslam Tareen to appear in person in court on today (Tuesday) along with a detailed report on the whereabouts of the two families. The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Malik Munsif

LAHORE - The administration committee of the Lahore High Court (LHC) terminated the services of an additional district and session judge (AD&SJ), compulsorily retired two others and took disciplinary action against other judicial officers. It also reinstated ex-civil judge Shahwar Amin Wagha. According to a notification issued on Saturday, the committee conducted disciplinary proceedings against some judicial officers on different allegations including corruption, breach of code of

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday refused to hear a petition challenging the acquittal and release of Raymond Davis by trial court, and sent the petition to the bench of Justice Iftikhar Hussein Chaudhry to determine if it was maintainable or not. Barrister Iqbal Jafferi, disputing Davis' release, filed the petition. Iqbal argued that the trial court had violated Sharia Law because Fahim's widow was not ready to pardon Davis. The widow

LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday denied bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Moonis Elahi in the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) Scam case, following which Elahi turned himself in to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
Talking to reporters outside the FIA's Lahore office, Elahi denied the corruption charges against him and said he would be "honourably acquitted by the grace of God". Elahi said he trusted the

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - A constitutional petition challenging Raymond Davis' release was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday, requesting that the orders given by the Lahore additional district and sessions judge be declared illegal, and unconstitutional. The petition was filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider under Article 184(3) of the constitution, making the federation of Pakistan, the government of Punjab, the home secretary and the Punjab prosecutor general, Lahore Additional District and

LAHORE - Punjab LHC Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Wednesday issued notice to the Punjab secretary finance on a petition of LHC's additional registrar Riaz Ali Zaidi that assailed non- provision of 50 percent increase in basic pay of the high court employees.
The judge directed a provincial law officer to ensure submission of a reply from secretary finance by March 31. Zaidi had submitted that government employees' basic salaries were increased by 50 percent in federal budget

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Tuesday directed the Punjab government and the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to submit the original land map of Liberty Parking Plaza to ascertain whether or not the plaza has been constructed on the site of a public park or not.
On behalf of the LDA and the Punjab government, Khawaja Saeed Zafar submitted a reply, which said Liberty Parking Plaza has been constructed on non-utilized land and there was no park at all

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry while heading a division bench on Tuesday heard a suo motu case about establishment of Board of Governors (BoGs) in government colleges and observed that though policy making rested with the government, courts could take notice if a policy conflicted with the constitution.
Earlier, lawyer Asad Manzoor Butt, representing students and teachers, had pleaded that the establishment of BoGs was in violation of

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday dismissed four petitions challenging the immunity status of Raymond Davis, observing that the trial court had started hearing the case and the same court would decide on the immunity for the US national, who is accused of killing two Pakistani youths in Lahore. During Monday's proceedings at the LHC, it transpired from the mood of the LHC chief justice that the fate of Davis would be decided by the trial court of Additional District and

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Tuesday will hear a petition challenging appointment of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab Director General (DG) Rana Zahid Mehmood. On Monday, the LHC chief justice (CJ) directed the petitioner's counsel Azhar Siddique to file a new petition along with Zahid's appointment notification and other necessary documents.
The bench consisting of Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar and Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq heard the petition.

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry dismissed a writ petition on Monday challenging the construction of a flyover bridge at Kalma Chowk on Ferozepur Road. The petition was filed by Lahore Conservation Society President Kamil Khan Mumtaz, Shajar Dost Convenor Col (r) Ejaz Nazim, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Pakistan Director General Ali Habib and Concerned Citizens of Pakistan Chairwoman Justice (r) Nasira Iqbal. Dismissing the petition Justice Chaudhry

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice (CJ) on Monday sought a reply from the Punjab government within two weeks on a petition seeking action against doctors for observing strikes by endangering the life of patients. Journalist Manzoor Qadir filed the petition submitting that the doctors were violating their code of professional conduct by observing strikes. He said that the strikes were causing a lot of problems to citizens who were being denied their fundamental right of

LAHORE - A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday challenging the appointment of Acting National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab Director General (DG) Rana Zahid Mehmood, terming it a violation of the Supreme Court's (SC) judgement.
Shah Faisal Farooq filed the petition through his counsel Azhar Siddique submitting that Zahid, a former LHC judge, was appointed on contract as acting NAB Punjab DG by violating the rules after the SC removed him from the

LAHORE - Nepal Supreme Court Chief Justice (CJ) Ram Prasad Shreshta emphasised the need for extending cooperation among the South Asian countries to promote the judicial system in the region. CJ Ram with his delegation inaugurated an IT centre at the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday. The centre aims at informing lawyers and litigants about the details of their cases in timely fashion through SMS and email service.
LHC Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry welcomed the delegation,

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday dismissed former National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) chairman Ayaz Khan Niazi's bail petition in the NICL land purchase scam. Niazi, through his counsel, submitted that he had no role in the NICL scam but the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) dragged him into the case. A FIA official informed the court that Niazi was involved in the 803-kanal scam and the allegation has been proved during the investigation. After hearing arguments,

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday rejected the bail petition of Naveed Sultan who has been accused of his mother's murder over a property issue.
Sultan through his counsel pleaded that he had not killed his mother but the police had forced him to confess to the crime that he never committed. The counsel further pleaded that the police had no direct evidence against Sultan but they bent upon getting him punished.
A state lawyer, present in the court, said that

LAHORE - A four-member full bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday reserved judgment in petitions challenging President Asif Ali Zardari's dual office.
The petitions were filed by Advocate AK Dogar from the Pakistan Lawyers Forum (PLF), Engineer Ghulam Jillani and Advocate Asif Mehmood Khan. The petitioners sought Zardari's disqualification on the grounds that he, being state president, could not hold office as co-Pakistan People's Party's co-chairman. The court conducted