Tag: Sc

President okays appointments of SC, IHC judges

The president on Tuesday, upon confirmation of nominations by Parliamentary Committee and on the advice of the prime minister, appointed Peshawar High Court Chief...

SC tells FIA to return Rs 20m from Moonis’s accounts

Declaring the reactivation of Moonis Elahi’s accounts a violation of its orders, the Supreme Court told the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s Lahore director on...

SC seeks govt’s reply over not appointing ombudsman

A two-member Supreme Court bench on Monday took up a petition against the government’s failure to appoint a federal ombudsman and asked the federal...

SC seeks reply over advertisements in favour of former ZTBL chairman

The Supreme Court on Monday sought a reply from the finance secretary within four weeks on who financed the advertisements that appeared in the...

SC questions Moonis’s acquittal without regular trial

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned Moonis Elahi’s acquittal in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam case without a regular trial and his...

Sheikh Rashid asks SC to declare corrupt politicians ineligible

Awami Muslim League (AML) Chairman and former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to declare corrupt politicians ineligible...

SC adjourns NICL hearing due to unavailability of judge

The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned proceedings of the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam case until November 14 due to the unavailability of...

SC slams Foreign Ministry and FIA

Hearing a case involving the recovery of two minor daughters of model-turned-actress Sofia Mirza from her former husband, a two-member Supreme Court bench on...

Corruption won’t be tolerated in Pakistan Railways: SC

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday said that it will not tolerate corruption in Pakistan Railways (PR) and directed the Lahore High Court...

Award of RPP contracts does not reflect govt policy: SC

Questioning the award of the contracts for rental power projects (RPPs) in absence of a concrete policy, the Supreme Court on Friday regretted that...

SC declares Faisalabad CPO ineligible

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday declared Faisalabad City Police Officer (CPO) Rai Tahir ineligible and ordered the Punjab government, chief secretary and the...

Govt has no solution to people’s woes: SC

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed on Thursday that military governments had no public mandate, however the democratic dispensation had no...

SC suspicious of multi-billion dollar RPP deal

Suspecting foul play in the multi-billion dollar deal of rental power projects (RPPs), the Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that rental power companies committed...

PIAF urges suo moto action from SC on Kalabagh

Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to initiate suo moto proceedings and...

RPPs’ contracts may be cancelled if lacking transparency: SC

A two-member Supreme Court bench observed on Tuesday that the contracts of Rental Power Projects (RPPs) might be cancelled if lack of transparency was...

Appoint SC judges on merit: Yasin

Newly elected Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Muhammad Yasin Azad on Monday demanded that Supreme Court (SC) judges be appointed on merit to...

SC directs Durrani to amend plea and re-file within 15 days

The Supreme Court on Monday returned a petition filed by PML-Q former federal minister Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani seeking the recovery of billions of...