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The killing rampage in Karachi is indicative of complete collapse of the law enforcement apparatus due to politicisation of the police and other civil...

A constitutional petition seeking orders to the print and electronic media to stop publishing and airing “malicious and damaging propaganda” against the armed forces...

A petition was filed in the Supreme Court’s Lahore registry on Saturday for the recovery of Rs 518 billion loans allegedly sanctioned to various...

A petition seeking the constitution of a high-level commission to probe into the attack on Pakistan Naval Service (PNS) Mehran base in Karachi was...

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry challenging the imposition of 15 percent regulatory duty by the federal government on...

LAHORE - An application was filed before the Lahore High Court (LHC) member inspection team (MIT) seeking disciplinary action against Judicial Magistrate Irfan Anjum for committing alleged irregularities in a case. Advocate Usman Ali filed the application submitting that the magistrate had been hearing a case wherein a poor boy Muhammad Arshad was also involved in a crime along with other accused. The case's FIR was registered by the Ravi Road Police Station under sections 281-A and

ISLAMABAD - The Government must shift the foreign embassies operating in the residential areas of the capital city to the highly secured diplomatic enclave to lessen the woes of citizens, which they are facing because of the presence of these missions.
Emtiaz Enyat Elahi chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) said this during an exclusive interview with Pakistan Today. "The CDA is very keen to solve the ordeal of people residing in sectors G-6, E-7, F-7, F-8 and F-10, which

LAHORE - A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) challenging the dissolution of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Saturday. Petitioner Advocate Fahad Ahmed Siddiqi submitted that the objective of the HEC is to facilitate institutions of higher education.
He said that the federal government has decided to devolve and dissolve the HEC to the provinces and started consulting with provincial governments in this regard. Siddiqi said that the federal government was

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was requested on Monday to take suo motu notice of the illegal gratification in allotment of residential plots to the then chief justice of Pakistan Sheikh Riaz Ahmed and others by National Police Foundation (NPF), Islamabad in their Housing Scheme in E-11 Sector of the federal capital.
The application for suo motu notice was filed by Dr Muhammad Aslam Khaki, an Islamic jurist and Supreme Court advocate, under article 184 (3) of the constitution,

LAHORE - A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Saturday seeking to restrain Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif from giving a reception in honour of the national cricket team.
Iftikhar Hussain Rajput filed the petition submitting that the CM should be stopped from hosting the reception, which will cost Rs 3 million to the provincial exchequer. He said that if Shahbaz wants to give prizes to the cricketers, he should do it from his own pocket.
The petitioner,

ISLAMABAD - A petition was moved in the Supreme Court (SC) to review the court's March 1 order regarding the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amended Ordinance of 2010. The court, on March 1, had dismissed the writ petitions against the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010. Applicant Shahid Orakza, who had challenged the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010, filed a review petition on the court's decision on Thursday. He questioned whether the SC could ignore an alleged violation of the constitution

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly (PA) on Thursday concluded its ongoing 23rd session and parliamentary year, as privilege motions were moved by members of the provincial assembly (MPA) against their female colleagues. All the three privilege motions were moved by treasury members against opposition MPAs including Samina Khawar Hayat of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and Azma Zahid Bokhari of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). The movers were Sheikh Allauddin of the newly-formed

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition seeking directives from the Supreme Court for regularising the services of the lady health workers (LHWs) was filed on Wednesday.
The petition was filed by PML-Q MNA Marvi Memon and Pakistan Lady Health Workers Employees Association Chairperson Bushra Arain through Sardar Abdul Raziq Khan Advocate, making the federation through the federal secretaries of the Law and Justice and Health along with the Sindh government through the chief

ISLAMABAD - A contempt petition was filed with the Supreme Court on Monday seeking punishment to Masood Chishti, the law secretary, for not implementing the apex court's order over recommendations of the Judicial Commission for the appointment of high court judges. Munir Hussain Bhatti and Kamran Murtaza filed the petition under Articles 187, 190 and 204 of the constitution read with Order XXVII of the Supreme Court Rules 1980 and all other enabling constitutional and statutory

KARACHI - A constitutional petition was filed on Wednesday in the Sindh High Court for the implementation of consumer laws in Sindh. Rana Faiz ulHassan of United Human Rights moved the petition, stating that the court had issued directions to the Sindh government to implement the consumer protection law in Sindh, but till now, no concrete measures had been taken.
The petitioner argued that due to the absence of consumer law, citizens are being adversely affected. The prices of

LAHORE - A petition has been moved to the Supreme Court Lahore Registry on Monday for early hearing of a petition for Kalabagh Dam (KBD) construction to meet growing energy needs and save Pakistan from floods and draughts. The application was filed by barrister Zafar Ullah Khan submitting that his petition despite being linked to an important national issue was pending in the Supreme Court since 1996 which showed the collapse of Pakistan's judicial policy. He said compared to it a

LAHORE - A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday seeking court orders to restrain the federal government from further increasing the electricity prices and declare all taxes levied on electricity bills as unconstitutional. Rana Ilmddin filed the petition submitting that the unnecessary and illegal taxes imposed by the federal government had forced the people to commit suicides. He said that people were paying direct or indirect taxes on every commodity they