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ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court issued its detailed judgment regarding the case of the appointment of Justice (Retd) Deedar Hussain Shah as Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday.
The court, in its 30-page ruling that was penned by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, termed 'necessary' the government's consultation with the opposition leader and Chief Justice on NAB chairman's appointment.
A three-judge bench of the apex court had issued a short ruling about

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday directed the attorney general to submit by April 4 a written statement on behalf of the federal government on the constitutional status of a number of former judges of the superior courts who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in violation of a November 3, 2007 restraining order. A seven-member special bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) informed the Supreme Court on Monday that an amount of Rs1.68 billion has been recovered and challan against the accused forwarded to the court of competent jurisdiction. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany was hearing a suo motu case against violation of public procurement Rules, 2004 by National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) in the

ISLAMABAD - The SNGPL Monday assured the Supreme Court that the sui gas supply connections to the consumers would be provided in a 'highly transparent manner'. A three member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany was hearing a suo motu case against non-supply of gas connection to one Ghulam Fatima, resident of Gujjar Khan. Mazhar Ali Chaudhry, Deputy Attorney General appeared on court notice, while

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court will resume the hearing on intra-court appeals of the superior courts' judges today (Monday), who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in violation of the apex court's November 3, 2007 restraining order.
A seven-member special bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany

LAHORE - A constitutional petition has been filed in the Supreme Court at the Lahore Registry to seek contempt of court action against Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Yousaf Aujla on the charges that he released double murder accused Raymond Davis, executing a 'conspiracy' and acting in violation of the Constitution of Pakistan and the law. The petition has been filed by Watan Party President Barrister Zafarullah Khan while contending that he had moved an application

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on a joint petition against irregularities of over Rs 25 billion in the leasing of 1,128 kanals of Railways' land in Lahore to a Malaysian consortium associated with two Lahore-based companies - Husnain Construction Company (Pvt) Ltd and Unicon Consulting Service (Pvt) Ltd, which constructed Royal Palm Golf and Country Club Lahore on the land.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - A constitutional petition challenging Raymond Davis' release was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday, requesting that the orders given by the Lahore additional district and sessions judge be declared illegal, and unconstitutional. The petition was filed by Maulvi Iqbal Haider under Article 184(3) of the constitution, making the federation of Pakistan, the government of Punjab, the home secretary and the Punjab prosecutor general, Lahore Additional District and

ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that leasing of Railways land to Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, Lahore caused a huge loss of Rs 290 million.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a joint petition against irregularities involving over Rs 25 billion in leasing of Railways land at Lahore to a Malaysian consortium associated by two Pakistani's Lahore based companies- Husnain Construction

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to take immediate steps for the removal of all civil servants, including FIA Director General Waseem Ahmed, who retired after attaining the age of superannuation but were re-employed on permanent posts in violation of Section 14 of the Civil Servant Act 1973, asking the government to submit a progress report.
A four-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the federation, directing it to file para-wise comments against a petition challenging a commercial contract worth $233.7 million awarded to a foreign company for an extravagant security venture in Islamabad and Peshawar.
A two-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was conducting hearing on a petition filed by Shahid Orakzai that challenged the commercial contract which was

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought para-wise comments from the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) within 10 days regarding 37.5 million bogus voters in the electoral list.
A two-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was conducting hearing on a case of fake names included in the electoral rolls of various constituencies. The court also issued notice to Attorney

ISLAMABAD - Counsel for Pakistan Railways (PR) Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday to let its contract continue with the Royal Palm Gulf Club despite the fact that there could be lapses in the bidding process.
Aurangzeb said that PR was a federal government subject and therefore fell under the domain of the Council of Common Interests. He said the whole land was utilised to augment PR revenues and the accord with the companies was for

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday ordered the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to establish a commission to probe into the case of written off loans. A two-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by the chief justice was conducting hearing on cases of written off loans. SBP lawyer Syed Iqbal Haider submitted that according to the bank's circular No 29, loans could be written off in certain conditions. The CJP, however, said that the misuse of the circular would be

ISLAMABAD - Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday blamed the Supreme Court for a partisan approach, saying all decisions made by the SC had been against the government. "But the government still accepted all those verdicts," she said during a press briefing on the decisions taken by the federal cabinet. "Despite these decisions, our leadership tried to ensure the sovereignty of the institutions as we take pride in bowing before the constitution," she said. The minister,

KARACHI - The Human Rights Commission for South Asia (HRCSA) on Monday moved a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan, Karachi registry seeking disqualification of the PPP's Sindh Assembly members, who are involved in protesting and criticising the SC's order that set aside the notification for the appointment of the NAB chairman. The petition was filed by HRCSA representative Syed Mehmood Akhtar Naqvi under Article 184(3) of the Constitution of Pakistan, pleading that the

ISLAMABAD - A two-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will resume hearing today (Monday) on a suo motu case against Rs 256 billion loans illegally written off between 1971 and 2009.
The bench will examine a report submitted by Punjab Advocate General (AG) Khawaja Haris Ahmad on Saturday, which recommended the Supreme Court to direct National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to recover the illegally waived off loans.
AG Punjab, who was