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LAHORE - A full bench of Lahore High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on dozens of writ petitions filed by 26 members of provincial and national assembly for dismissal of petition challenging their qualification.
Earlier a deputy attorney general started his arguments and said that after the abolition of graduation condition these petitions had become ineffective. He further said that the Supreme Court had already held that the election commission was the first appropriate

LAHORE - Six sacked judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC), who were denied extension by the judicial commission on Saturday, visited the LHC on Monday and received a warm welcome. Judges including Abdul Rehman Ansari, Shahid Iqbal, Shaukat Umar Pirzada, Tariq Javed, Waqar Hasan Mir and Anwar Bhaur visited the bar where members showered flowers on them and chanted slogans in their favour.
They remained in the bar for around one hour. Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President

LAHORE - A division bench of Lahore High Court on a contempt petition regarding appointing medical superintendent (MS) of Janki Devi Hospital, Lahore summoned a deputy attorney general for February 8.
A gynecologist of Janki Devi Hospital Dr Rubina Asif moved contempt petition against Chairman Syed Asif Hashmi, vice chairman Dr Muhammad Ali and secretary Evacuee Trust Property Board. Petitioner counsel Muhammad Asif Ismail submitted that Dr Rubina had already filed an appeal

LAHORE - Advocate General Punjab Khawaja Haris on Monday told Lahore High Court that Punjab government is fulfilling its commitment and accordingly neither any student has been expelled from any college nor fee has been increased. He pointed out that teachers are not fulfilling their part of the commitment and they are still using students for holding violent protests and demonstrations on the roads on the issue of Board of Governors (BOGs) for vested interests.
On this the

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Monday observed that after passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, a political party chief seems to be more powerful than the prime minister.
He was hearing petitions challenging political activities of President Asif Ali Zardari while serving as the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman. Other judges on the bench included Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry, Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijazul

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court, whose approved strength of judges is 60, will face shortage of 28 judges after Judicial Commission (JC) recommended removal of 10 out of 34 additional (adhoc) judges questioning their judicial skills.
Sources told Pakistan Today that judicial commission termed the appointments of the expelled additional judges as based on political consideration or favoritism. "The respective judges could not show good performance at their judicial work and the

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday allowed the Pakistan Railways (PR) to purchase locomotives by inviting tenders and directly approaching manufacturers of locomotives. The court issued this order while disposing of a petition challenging purchase of American locomotives by railways. Malik Abdul Rehman had filed the petition submitting that the railways director procurement had issued international tenders for procurement of locomotives from manufacturers in the US

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notice to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for early-hearing of appeal of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar who has challenged the penalty of one-and-a-half-year ban and a fine of Rs7 million imposed on him by an appellate tribunal constituted by the PCB.
In this case, the then LHC Chief Justice on July 3, 2008, had allowed Shoaib Akhtar to participate in national or international cricket by suspending the ban on his playing cricket.
The

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday stayed conversion of a recreational park at the Lahore Press Club Journalists Housing Colony, Harbanspura into a residential area by creating plots for 295 newly-inducted members of the club. Hearing a petition filed by club member Din Muhammad Dard, the court also issued notice for February 11 to managing director (MD) of the Punjab Journalist Housing Foundation, managerial body of the scheme, and all members of

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday adjourned until January 28, hearing of a petition challenging eligibility of Latif Khosa for appointment as Punjab governor owing to massive corruption allegations against him. Justice Umar Atta Bandyal heard arguments of petitioner Nawaz Cheema who argued that Khosa is not eligible to be appointed as governor because he was removed from office of attorney general on directions of the Supreme Court (SC) due to corruption charges against

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday transferred and posted six civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates. Newly-recruited Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Shafiq has been posted at Kehror Pacca while Mukarram Hussan who was serving there since long, has been transferred to Rahim Yar Khan. Civil Judge Abdul Jabber, presently officer on special duty (OSD) at the LHC has been transferred to Daska, Muhammad Asif from Dunyapur to

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued notice to SECP, owners of UBL and others respondents in a petition challenging the sale of UBL with unlawful clarification of Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan that caused huge financial loss to 29,000 small shareholders of the bank across the country.
The court in its order further directed that that purchase/ acquisition of UBL shares by Bestways Group from Abu Dhabi Group, if conducted, will be subject to final

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Gujranwala Electric Supply Company (Gepco) chief executive over his failure to appearing in a contempt of court case.
The contempt petition has been filed by a sacked lineman Khalid Younas, who is also a volleyball player for Wapda team. Justice Ch Muhammad Tariq summoned GEPCO chief executive repeatedly but he did not turn up, therefore, the judge issued his arrest warrants for Feb 22. Petitioner's counsel

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a petition challenging construction of former PM Benazir Bhutto's monument memorial at the Liaqat Bagh, Rawalpindi. The court was hearing a petition filed by Feroz Shah Gilani against construction of the monument costing Rs 1 billion from the national exchequer.
Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik submitted a report on the federal law secretary's behalf stating that Benazir was a personality of

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) full bench on Wednesday heard arguments of amicus curie in identical petitions challenging dual office of President Asif Ali Zardari and adjourned its hearing until today (Thursday). Abid Hassan Manto, the amicus curie, in his arguments submitted that there is no constitutional clause that might bar the president from being member of a political party. "But, president being symbol of the federation should not let the Presidency be used for political

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) bench consisting of Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday adjourned until January 21 hearing of a petition challenging eligibility of Latif Khosa for appointment as Punjab governor due to serious corruption charges against him.
During the case's previous hearing, the judge had admitted the petition for regular hearing and summoned Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) President Abdul Qadoos, deputy attorney general and the Punjab additional

LAHORE - As many as 18 commandos of the Elite Police Force deputed for the security of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Tuesday refused to perform their duty, informing the security in-charge that they could not be on duty for 24 hours with the chief justice, at court and at his home.
Following the protest, the Elite Police Force sent a new batch of 18 commandos to provide security to the LHC chief justice.
The protesting officials said the stringent