Tag: Notice

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the interior secretary and the Sindh home secretary on Tuesday on a constitutional petition about providing compensation to the heirs of targeted killing victims in the city.
A division bench headed by the SHC chief justice was hearing a petition filed by Iqbal Kazmi seeking provision of compensation to the heirs of the people killed in the recent incidents of targeted killings equal to that which is being provided to the

ISLAMABAD - The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), on Monday, issued a show-cause notice to Engro Vopak Terminal Limited (EVTL), for alleged imposition of unfair trading conditions.
A statement of CCP said that a formal complaint was lodged by Lotte Pakistan PPTA Limited (LP) against EVTL. In its complaint, LP alleged that EVTL was abusing its dominant position by charging an exorbitant price for its handling and storage facilities.
The CCP conducted a comprehensive

LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari has taken serious notice of gas supply suspension to the textile industry and has constituted a committee to oversee gas load management of SNGPL. The president has mandated that any further gas load-shedding would require approval from the committee. Referring to the meeting's decision dated March 28, 2011, the President Secretariat has constituted a committee comprising of Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah, Raja Pervez Ashraf,

KARACHI - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Sindh Secretary-General Taj Haider is ready and willing to appear before the Supreme Court (SC) on contempt of court proceedings.
The SC on Saturday took notice of a press conference organised by PPP-Sindh in connection with a verdict of the apex court regarding former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chief Deedar Hussain Shah. Issuing contempt notices to Haider and another PPP-Sindh leader, Sharjeel Inam Memon, the court also sought

KARACHI - The Federal Anti-Corruption Court issued a show-cause notice on Friday to the superintendent of the Karachi Central Jail for failing to bring former National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) chairman Ayaz Khan Niazi, who has been accused for financial scam, to the court.
The prison official was ordered to submit an explanation for failing to comply with the court's order, whereas the jail superintendent was also issued directives for ensuring that the main accused,

LAHORE - Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Rana Iqbal, taking notice of non-completion of the water filtration plants scheme, announced on Friday that a committee will be formed to probe into the matter.
He said that members of provincial assembly (MPA) should know about the details related to the scheme and fixed Wednesday, March 30, as the date for holding an open debate on the issue. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MPA Ashraf Sohna challenged the Punjab law minister for declaring the

LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday issued notice to the Interior Ministry and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman on a petition challenging Rana Zahid Mehmood's appointment as Punjab NAB director general (DG).
The bench comprising Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain and Justice Ahmad Farooq Sheikh issued notice to the attorney general , Punjab advocate general, Federal Investigation Agency and the police inspector general (IG) for

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 - The President of the Pakistan Table Tennis Federation has been served legal notice by Sajjad Asgher, General Secretary Punjab Table Tennis Association for unconstitutional, malafide and illegal acts.
In a e-mail message to this scribe, Sajjad stated that the PTTF President's actions clearly show bias and discrimination towards the largest table tennis association of Pakistan, which has always stood for transparency, equity and justice and management of table tennis in an

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

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 - In response to the disqualification petition filed against the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) turncoats, the Election Commission of Pakistan has issued notices to nine Punjab Assembly members asking them to furnish their replies within three days while March 19 has been affixed as the next hearing date. Earlier, Chaudhry Zaheeruddin, leader of the Unification Bloc in the Punjab Assembly had filed the petition against nine MPAs, Dr Tahir Ali Javed, Mian Atta Muhammad Maneka,

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued notices for March 9 to all Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) in Punjab on a petition seeking postponement of Matriculation examinations and abolition of the new system of multiple choice questions (MCQ). Azhar Siddique filed the petition clubbing it with another petition on the same issue. He submitted that the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) has changed the objective questions procedure

KARACHI - Almost three years have passed since the PPP-led coalition government sent the dictatorial regime of former president Pervez Musharraf packing through a democratic process on February 18, 2008. However, nothing has actually changed when it comes to the ill-maintained notice boards placed, perhaps, for public information at various points across the country's largest provincial legislature in Sindh.
The notice boards at the historical Sindh Assembly have not been updated

PESHAWAR - Taking serious notice of misappropriation in the Forest Department (FD), the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to explain their position on March 15, an official source informed Pakistan Today. He said that responding to numerous complaints by locals about the ruthless cutting of green trees in the Malakand and the Lower and Upper Hazara Forest Circles, the NAB has taken notice under the "Dry Standing

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued notices to Capital Development Authority (CDA) and National Highway Authority (NHA) seeking their reply over a petition against toll plazas charging tax from locals. A single bench of IHC comprising Justice Riaz heard a petition filed by Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) against the toll plazas for charging residents of Islamabad.
The PTI through its lawyer made the CDA and NHA respondents for charging tax from the

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday issued notices to the director generals (DGs) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), and the Sindh Home Department secretary seeking explanation over the disappearance of two Malir judicial staffers.
The SHC division bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa was hearing a constitutional petition moved by Shah Muhammad Brohi seeking the whereabouts of his brother, Shafqat