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India's Supreme Court on Monday suspended what it suggested was a flawed landmark ruling that partitioned a disputed holy site with a history of...

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that strong Bar is necessary for a strong and independent judiciary. Addressing a...

In its detailed verdict on the government’s review petition against a judgement nullifying the decision of the Parliamentary Committee for appointment of superior court...

A two-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Javed Iqbal on Friday directed the secretary Labour and Manpower to submit a detailed report within...

Rejecting a report by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) into the Haj scam, the Supreme Court on Friday directed agency’s director general to produce...

The Supreme Court (SC) told Punjab Advocate General Khawaja Haris Ahmed on Tuesday to get the first information report (FIR) and supplementary reports of...

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday told the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general to bring back the officers who were investigating the Haj...

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed balloting of plots being given to 2,000 employees of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and directed the CDA...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a contempt of court petition against the federal law secretary for not notifying a one-year extension in...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday the government's review petition against an apex court verdict that had overruled the Parliamentary Committee's decision to reject a one-year extension in the services of six additional judges of the Lahore High Court and Sindh High Court.
"We are not inclined to review the judgement," a four-member special bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Khilji

ISLAMABAD - A voluminous report submitted in the Supreme Court by the Punjab government on Rs 9 billion Bank of Punjab (BoP) loan scam has revealed that former Punjab chief minister Pervez Elahi siphoned Rs 5.4 billion of the BoP, whereas Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Salman Siddique approved unlawful credit proposals of Rs 1.1 billion in July 2006.
The report, consisting of 15-volumes (5,000 pages), has been prepared by Punjab Additional Inspector General of Police

ISLAMABAD - After the Supreme Court (SC)'s dismissal of the government's review petition against the apex court's order overruling the Parliamentary Committee's decision to reject the Judicial Commission's recommendations on judges' appointments, the Parliamentary Committee may bring the final verdict of the apex court to parliament for debate. During the hearing of the review plea, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja remarked that the eight-member parliamentary committee did not have the status

KARACHI - A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday pleading the court to restrain drone attacks being carried out by the US inside Pakistan. Human Rights Commission for South Asia representative Syed Muhammad Iqbal Kazmi moved the petition under Article 184(3) of the constitution, which empowers the apex to take action for enforcing fundamental rights of citizens. The petitioner stated that such attacks must be declared illegal and unconstitutional, as the provision of

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed the federation's review petition against the order setting aside the Parliamentary Committee's recommendations for rejecting judges' appointment.
According to a private TV, the bench, comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, was hearing the review petition, filed by the government, against the March 4 decision of the apex court setting aside

ISLAMABAD - Justice Khawaja remarked on Wednesday that there is no room in the constitution to establish parallel institutions.
A four-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Shahid M Siddiqui, on Wednesday resumed the hearing of the review petition regarding judges' appointment case.
During the hearing, Justice Jawad S Khawaja remarked that the eight-member parliamentary committee did not have the status of parliament. Rather, he said, the parliamentary

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that it had the jurisdiction and power to review the decisions of the Parliamentary Committee under the Article 184 of the constitution.
A four-member special bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain was hearing the government's review petition against the apex court's March 4 decision, which set aside the committee's decision to reject

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) adjourned review petition on National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) for two weeks on Tuesday.
The hearing was adjourned due to absence of Justice Tasadaq Jilani, who is unavailable because of his illness.
The attorney general said that there is no change in the stance of the federation. He further said that the federation wants lawyer of its own choice.