Tag: Sc

Estate Office allotted 6,294 govt residences out of turn, SC told

A three-member Supreme Court bench was informed on Wednesday that since 2009 to date, the Estate Office had allotted 6,294 government residences out of...

SC dismisses pleas against 7th Wage Board Award

Announcing its reserved verdict on the petitions moved by a number of newspaper employers challenging the legality of the Newspaper Employees (Condition of Service)...

SC directs release of salaries to staff of 26 colleges

A three-member Supreme Court bench on Tuesday directed the Punjab government to immediately release salaries to the staff of 26 colleges, including 400 lecturers,...

SC seeks record on out-of-queue allotments

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Housing and Works and the Estate Office (EO) to submit...

SC decides not to opt for two weekly holidays

A ‘full court’ meeting of the Supreme Court chaired by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday decided that the apex court...

SC seeks details on education budget allocations

ISLAMABAD - Hearing pleas against the closure of Basic Education Community Schools and the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), the Supreme Court on...

Why have missing persons’ families not been paid, asks SC

Expressing its concern at the non-payment of compensation to the heirs of the missing persons, the Supreme Court on Thursday summoned the interior secretary...

SC seeks missing persons’ record

A three-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday directed Additional Attorney General (AAG) KK Agha to produce in court today (Thursday) the complete record of...

Court’s interference having negative impact on RPPs, SC told

During the hearing of a case regarding alleged corruption in the deal for Rental Power Projects (RPPs), Khawaja Tariq Rahim, lawyer for Water and...

GCU VC to be shown the door after SC’s verdict?

The Punjab government might change the Government College University, (GCU) Lahore’s vice-chancellor (VC), after the Supreme Court said that the governor was bound to...

SC moved against Zulfiqar Mirza, Hanif Abbasi

A petition seeking registration of criminal cases against former Sindh home minister Zulfiqar Mirza and PML-N MNA Hanif Abbasi for attempting to create ethnic...

Indian SC stays Kasab’s death

India’s Supreme Court on Monday stayed the death sentence handed down to the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, pending an...

Mumbai attacks: Indian SC to hear Kasab’s plea today

The Indian Supreme Court will hear the plea of Ajmal Kasab challenging his death sentence in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case today (Monday). Kasab,...

Sindh govt to implement SC verdict under ‘consensus strategy’

The two major coalition partners in the Sindh government – the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) – on Saturday...

SC ends tug-of-war between Shahbaz and Khosa

The Supreme Court (SC) put an end to a scuffle on Friday between Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Governor Sardar Latif Khosa over...

SC verdict on Karachi to have far-reaching impact: Nisar

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Karachi unrest case would...

SC verdict on Karachi situation best under given circumstances: legal experts

The prominent lawyers on Thursday termed the Supreme Court (SC) judgment in suo motu case pertaining to deteriorating law and order situation in the...