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LHC seeks reply on petition against NAB Punjab DG

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday sought reply until April 11 from the federal government on a petition seeking to restrain National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab Director General (DG) Rana Zahid Mehmood from working until decision on the petition against his appointment.
Shah Faisal Qureshi clubbed the petition with his earlier petition against the appointment of the NAB Punjab DG. The petitioner submitted that Zahid was committing illegalities

LHC seeks Defence Ministry’s reply to Hafiz Saeed petition

LAHORE - Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought reply from defense ministry on a petition of Jamatud Dawa Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed seeking directions for the government to defend him being a citizen of Pakistan before an US Court which issued summons to him, ISI incumbent chief and other officials on a law suit filed by relatives of US nationals killed in Mumbai attacks.
As proceedings started on Tuesday, a deputy attorney general submitted a

LHC seeks reply from LDA on liberty plaza

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Monday directed the Lahore Development Authroity (LDA) to file a reply by April 15, on an application requesting to stay the auction of 26 shops and restaurant at the first floor of Liberty Park and Ride Plaza. The application was filed by owners of shops near the plaza. They are Mohammad Saleem Hafeez, Mian Mohammad Haroon of Hotel MelRose Inn, Arshad Kareem Qureshi of Toy Land, M Zakariya Basheer Malik and Arif Mehmood of

LHC wants reply to petition seeking action against striking doctors

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

Foreign Office to submit Davis case reply in court

ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office is preparing its reply to be submitted to the court in the case of American Raymond Davis involved in the killing of two Pakistanis in Lahore.
The Foreign Office official while briefing a group of journalists here on Saturday said the issue of immunity to Davis was very complicated and complex matter that required comprehensive consultations. He added it was very complex issue especially the matter of immunity as claimed by Davis, therefore, it was

LHC gives govt 2 weeks to reply to challenges against new...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) sought on Thursday a reply within two weeks from the government and the Oil and Gas Regularity Authority (OGRA) chairman on a civil miscellaneous application against the recent increase in petroleum prices.
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed passed the order on the application, filed by Pakistan Consumer Rights Forum Secretary Muhammad Hanif Goraya through his counsel Mateenul Haq Chaudhry, into an already pending main writ petition on the matter.

LHC seeks reply on extra facilities for Raymond

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court chief justice on Monday directed federal and provincial government to submit a reply on an application against 'extra facilities' being given to double murder accused US citizen Raymond Allen Davis at Kot Lakhpat jail.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey filed this application regarding accused Raymond, requesting a withdrawal of all facilities.
He alleged that the accused was enjoying facility of cellular phone, internet, and extraordinary tight

LHC seeks Punjab govt’s reply on fake medical colleges

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday sought reply from the Punjab government on a petition challenging establishment of four unrecognized medical colleges in the province.
The government was already directed to file a reply but it failed to comply with court directions.
Justice Saeed observed that almost one month had already been granted to the government but it had failed to come up with its contention on the matter. "There will be hundreds

LHC seeks AG’s reply on petition challenging Malik’s remission

LAHORE - A three-member Lahore High Court (LHC) bench on Monday directed the attorney general (AG) to submit the federal government's reply until March 10 on a petition challenging remission granted to Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik by President Asif Ali Zardari.
Save Judiciary Committee Media Advisor Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi filed the petition submitting that the president misused his powers under Article 45 of the constitution to pardon Malik.
The petitioner's counsel

Reply sought on closure of NAB references against politicians

LAHORE - A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday sought a reply from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) within three weeks on a petition challenging closure of 60 references against politicians and bigwigs on directions of the NAB chairman.
The bench consisting of Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry and Justice Ahmad Farooq Sheikh issued the orders on a petition filed by Rana Ilmddin submitting that according to media reports, criminal references against various

Court seeks reply from Balochistan govt on Shahzain’s house arrest

QUETTA - Balochistan High Court has asked the provincial government to submit written reply regarding the reasons for not allowing Jamhoori Watan Party Provincial President Shahzain Bugti, his brother and other family members including females to go their ancestral town of Dera Bugti.
The Vacation Judge Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mengal ordered Thursday for seeking clarification on the writ petition of Shahzain Bugti who was bent upon to go to Dera Bugti along with his brother and

LHC seeks reply on petition seeking foreigners’ information

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Thursday sought reply from the federal and Punjab governments on a petition seeking court orders directing the foreign and interior ministries to provide the Punjab government complete information about foreigners living in the province.
The LHC CJ directed the deputy attorney general and Punjab assistant advocate general to ensure submission of the reply within three weeks. Advocate Noshab A Khan filed

SC wants reply in Railways scam within 3 days

ISLAMABAD - Hearing a petition against the Railways land scam, allegedly worth more than Rs 25 billion, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the remaining respondents to furnish their replies within three days.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said its short order that "as far as the remaining respondents who have not submitted replies are concerned, ordinarily the

LHC seeks reply on petition challenging Davis’ immunity

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought reply until today (Tuesday) from the federal and Punjab governments on four petitions seeking court orders for restraining removing accused Raymond Davis outside the LHC jurisdiction or his possible handing-over to the US on basis of diplomatic immunity.
LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry issued the order while hearing identical petitions filed by Asif Hussain, Muhammad Asghar, Ahmad Masood Gujjar and Iqbal Jaferry.

SC grants three more days to NLC DG to submit reply

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday granted three more days to the National Logistics Cell (NLC) director general, two former directors general and 30 other senior officials to submit their replies over the issue of containers meant for supplies to ISAF and NATO in Afghanistan, which entered the Pakistani territory over the past four years in the name of the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) and pilfered, causing a whopping loss of Rs 19 billion to Rs 37 billion to the national

Reply sought from NAB DG in Double Shah case

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought reply from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) director general (DG) on a petition filed by Pir Syed Sibtul Hassan Gilani alias Double Shah seeking directions to NAB to decide his application for reduction of surety bonds from Rs 3 billion to 100 million to finalise his plea bargain. A division bench consisting of Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq and Justice Yawar Ali issued the order on a petition filed by Double Shah submitting

LHC CJ seeks reply on law secretary’s appointment

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Monday sought a reply from the federal government on a petition challenging appointment of Pir Masood Chishti as federal law secretary. Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik had presented a reply on behalf of the Federal Law Ministry that appointment of Chishti has been purely made on merit and keeping in view all requirements of the office. The petitioner said that the reply was vague and did not address