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ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday delayed operation of its verdict until April 11 in which it had overturned the Parliamentary Committee's (PC) decision of rejecting one-year extension to six additional judges of the Lahore and Sindh High Courts recommended by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, directing the federal government to issue a notification to give them one-year extension. A four-member bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja,

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI - As the Supreme Court takes up the contempt of court proceedings against Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders Taj Haider and Sharjeel Inam Memon today (Friday), the ruling party launched Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza against the judiciary on Thursday and he hurled threats at the judges upon his arrival in Islamabad, saying that anyone talking in terms of power would have to face an even stronger response. Speaking to PPP workers at Benazir International

LAHORE - US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was given a traffic ticket after a four-car road crash in Washington DC. No one was injured in the shunt about 0900 local time (1400 GMT) on Tuesday. Mr Scalia, 75, was driving to work at the US Supreme Court, which was hearing arguments in a gender discrimination law suit against US retailer Wal-Mart. He was given a $70 (£43) ticket for following too closely, according to police quoted by the Washington Post newspaper.
Mr Scalia

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a petition regarding deletion of 37.8 million bogus votes in the electoral rolls.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and consisting of Justice Mohammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani heard the case of 37.8 million bogus names included in the electoral rolls of various constituencies. During the hearing, Election Commission of Pakistan Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan informed the court

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary on Thursday constituted a 17-member larger bench to hear NRO review petitions and the 18th Amendment cases.
The larger bench will hear Civil Review Petitions No 129 of 2010 (Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice and Parliamentary Affairs versus Dr Mobashir Hassan, etc "challenging the NRO") from April 11, 2011 and will commence hearing on the 18th Amendment case from April 18, 2011.

ISLAMABAD - A petition was moved in the Supreme Court (SC) to review the court's March 1 order regarding the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amended Ordinance of 2010. The court, on March 1, had dismissed the writ petitions against the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010. Applicant Shahid Orakza, who had challenged the NAB Amended Ordinance 2010, filed a review petition on the court's decision on Thursday. He questioned whether the SC could ignore an alleged violation of the constitution

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the appeals of 10 men sentenced to death in an attack on former president Pervez Musharraf.
During the hearing, the appellants' counsel Colonel Ikram said that he was not heard at any forum, a private TV reported.
Moreover, during the proceeding, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said certain public representatives were openly disrespecting the courts' rulings.
However, the judiciary would continue to make

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition seeking directives from the Supreme Court for regularising the services of the lady health workers (LHWs) was filed on Wednesday.
The petition was filed by PML-Q MNA Marvi Memon and Pakistan Lady Health Workers Employees Association Chairperson Bushra Arain through Sardar Abdul Raziq Khan Advocate, making the federation through the federal secretaries of the Law and Justice and Health along with the Sindh government through the chief

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered all provincial inspectors general of police to submit a comprehensive report on progress made so far in recovering the missing persons within a fortnight.
A three-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali was hearing a suo motu case coupled with various pleas for the recovery of hundreds of missing persons, allegedly abducted by intelligence agencies.
Appearing on

ISLAMABAD - The government filed a review petition on Monday against the Supreme Court (SC)'s decision overturning the Parliamentary Committee (PC)'s rejection to grant one-year extensions to six additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and Sindh High Court (SHC), which were recommended by the Judicial Commission. In the review petition filed through Deputy Attorney General KK Agha, the government contended that an incorrect and flawed assumption was made in the apex court's

ISLAMABAD - Setting aside objections raised by the Registrar's Office, the Supreme Court on Monday accepted for regular hearing a petition against the devolution of the federal Ministry of Education to the provinces under the 18th Amendment and issued notices to the parties concerned. The petition was filed by senior educationists Chaudhry Sadiq Ali, former director of Model Colleges (Islamabad), and Dr Abdul Razzaque Memon, former principal of Dawood College of Engineering and

ISLAMABAD - A contempt petition was filed with the Supreme Court on Monday seeking punishment to Masood Chishti, the law secretary, for not implementing the apex court's order over recommendations of the Judicial Commission for the appointment of high court judges. Munir Hussain Bhatti and Kamran Murtaza filed the petition under Articles 187, 190 and 204 of the constitution read with Order XXVII of the Supreme Court Rules 1980 and all other enabling constitutional and statutory

ISLAMABAD - Heading a two-member Supreme Court bench, which is hearing a petition challenging a $233.7 million security venture signed with a Chinese firm to keep the cities of Islamabad and Peshawar secure, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday observed that the agreements with foreign companies should be transparent and there would be no compromise on transparency.
The court directed the Planning Commission to produce details of the agreement within three weeks.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday that the investigation against former Establishment Division secretary Ismail Qureshi be conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)'s Additional Director General Syed Jawed Ali Bukhari, subject to a final order that might be passed after hearing the matter in the main case on April 8.
An order passed by Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed in an in-chamber hearing, however, stated that "in the meanwhile, Ismail Qureshi not be

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed extradition of Atif Sheikh, organiser of an illegal drag race held at Bahria Town, Rawalpindi, in which five people lost their lives on December 5, 2010. A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani also directed the case's investigation officer (IO) to investigate without any fear and proceed in accordance with law. Appearing on notice, Punjab Additional Advocate General Khadim

ISLAMABAD - The opposition parties have decided that they will give a tough time to the government for disobeying verdicts of superior court in the future, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday.
Nisar said all opposition parties would also pressurise the government to clarify its position regarding drone attacks in the coming NA and Senate sessions. He demanded formation of a high-level judicial or a parliamentary commission to probe

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday said eunuchs could not be deprived of their right to inheritance. A two-member bench SC comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani directed the federal and provincial governments to complete the registration of eunuchs within one month.
Dr Muhammad Aslam Khaki, counsel for eunuchs, told the court that following the SC's orders, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) had started