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ISLAMABAD - A divide was witnessed among members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) over the Supreme Court's decision of framing contempt charge against the nine PCO judges, defying the apex court's November 3, 2007, order.
Some of the association's members welcomed the SCBA members and called it historic, while others, including its president Asma Jehangir, opposed the verdict, considering it contrary to the constitutional provisions. A majority of the SCBA members in

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Balochistan government from awarding the mining contract of Reko Diq reserves to any national or foreign company until a final decision of the case.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing petitions against the leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves in Balochistan that are worth over $260 billion

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad district and sessions judge on Monday sentenced to death five men for killing an additional registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Syed Hammad Raza, in 2007. Judge Akmal Khan awarded the death sentence with a fine Rs 200,000.
Those sentenced to death are Sharifud din, Bashirud Din, Mumtaz Hussain, Mir Afzal and Mushtaq Hussain. However, accused Muhammad Basharat was given benefit of doubt and the judge ordered his release. In his verdict, the judge

ISLAMABAD - While hearing the Reko Diq lease case on Tuesday, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday observed that the deal was signed under a caretaker government and appeared to have been finalised in a day.
A four-member SC bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing petitions challenging award of Reko Diq lease contract to Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) - a Canadian consortium of

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Railways chairman to submit a comprehensive reply over the non-transparent procedure for the procurement of 75 locomotives and the subsequent tender for another 150 locomotives by the Railways Ministry, causing Rs 40 billion losses to the national exchequer.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman, also sought the record of

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it had detected fake accounts opened by Muhammad Maalik, manager of Moonis Elahi's Al-Tahoor Company.
A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman was hearing a suo motu case against alleged corruption of over Rs 5 billion in the National Insurance Company (NICL) affairs. FIA

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the prime minister's advice on the appointment of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman was binding on the president. A four-member bench of Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, was hearing petitions challenging the appointment of Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as NAB chairman.
Counsel for the federation, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, submitted

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was told on Monday that the lease of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves in Balochistan to a foreign company was the biggest case of bad governance and irresponsibility in the country.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a case against the lease of Reko Diq reserves, worth over $260 billion, to foreign exploration companies in

ISLAMABAD - Hearing a petition against the Railways land scam, allegedly worth more than Rs 25 billion, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the remaining respondents to furnish their replies within three days.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said its short order that "as far as the remaining respondents who have not submitted replies are concerned, ordinarily the

ISLAMABAD - A petition was filed in the Supreme Court by Barrister Zafarullah Khan on Monday pleading that the accused American national who killed two persons in Lahore on January 27,2011, should not be allowed any kind of immunity. Filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, the federal and Punjab governments, Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries and Inspector General Police Punjab were made the respondents.
The petitioner sought direction to the government to act

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a report on illegal appointments in Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and directed the Ministry of Ports and Shipping to refurnish a "complete record" of the appointments made by former minister Babar Khan Ghauri.
A four-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, was hearing the petition challenging the appointment of Mehmood Zameer Farooqi,

ISLAMABAD - A lawyer on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against Islamabad High Court's verdict of dismissing plea for quashing of the FIR and the trial of Salman Taseer's self-confessed assassin, Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri.
The appeal was filed by Zafar Awan advocate. Earlier on Jan 26, a division bench of the IHC had set aside an intra-court appeal filed by Awan seeking cancellation of case against Mumtaz Qadri, the police guard who was part of security

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of the murder case of former attorney general for Pakistan, Muhammad Sardar Khan after it was informed that the main accused had been taken into custody in Dubai on the request of the Islamabad police and legal process was underway for his extradition.
Appearing on notice before a four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman

ISLAMABAD - Complete record of Reko Diq deals with the foreign exploration and mining companies will be presented by the Balochistan government before the Supreme Court today (Monday).
Advocate General Balochistan Salahuddin Mengal will present the record before a four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday.
The bench is hearing petitions against leasing of Reko

ISLAMABAD - Four Supreme Court judges will be retiring this year after attaining the age of superannuation. These judges are Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, on May 31, 2011, Justice Javed Iqbal, retiring on July 31, Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui on October 13 and Muhammad Sair Ali on December 11.
Besides these judges, two ad-hoc judges Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday and Justice Ghulam Rabbani will also retire on February 18 and October 19, respectively. Three of these judges

KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government has decided to avoid becoming a part of any controversy with the Supreme Court (SC) over the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam after a Federal Investigation Agency investigation linked a federal minister and officials of the Commerce Ministry to the case.
Sources told Pakistan Today that the government has given the green signal to the FIA officials to arrest FIA DG Waseem Ahmed and other influential

ISLAMABAD - Police Deputy Inspector General Major (r) Mubasharullah told the Supreme Court on Friday that Islamabad's former IG Kalim Imam had phoned him and asked to accept the affidavits being filed on behalf of Ali Riaz, Bahria Town's chief executive and one of the accused in illegal drag race case in which an accident claimed five lives.
A four-member bench, composed of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice