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ISLAMABAD - Advocate General of Balochistan Salahuddin Mengal told the Supreme Court on Friday that the provincial government had issued 10 licenses to the foreign companies for exploration of natural reserves at Reko Diq.
A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a case against leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan worth over $260

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear the missing persons' cases on a day-to-day basis from Thursday to take the matter to its logical end, besides giving another chance to intelligence agencies to furnish details of the missing persons.
A four-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Asif Saeed Khosa said the case of each missing person would be heard separately. The court said a full day

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday granted three more days to the National Logistics Cell (NLC) director general, two former directors general and 30 other senior officials to submit their replies over the issue of containers meant for supplies to ISAF and NATO in Afghanistan, which entered the Pakistani territory over the past four years in the name of the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) and pilfered, causing a whopping loss of Rs 19 billion to Rs 37 billion to the national

ISLAMABAD - The federal and provincial governments were asked by the Supreme Court on Thursday to ensure Rs7,000 per month as minimum salary in public and private sector of the country, to carry out surveys and to punish those who are reluctant to pay as much.
SC also ordered the establishing of complaint cells in every district for implementing this directive, also seeking report on the same by February 14.
A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the attorney general and the SC Registrar's Office to compile a list of all missing persons against whom evidence was available that they were in custody of intelligence agencies.
A three-member bench - comprising Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa - sought the list so that the court could order registration of criminal cases against those responsible. The court noted that

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the federal and provincial governments not to reemploy officers on contract after their retirement. The court observed that prima facie their reemployment is in violation of Section 14 of Civil Servant Act 1873 as well as instruction contained in Estacode.
The court also said that their reemployment will be in violation of SC orders. The court asked the attorney general to take up this matter with the competent authorities before

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned for today (Thursday) the complete record of the contract of the lease of the Reko Diq copper and gold reserves to foreign exploration and mining companies.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, also directed the former and incumbent Balochistan chief secretaries to appear in court today (Thursday) along with the

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on whether it could initiate contempt proceedings against PCO judges and the army generals involved in the promulgation of November 3, 2007 emergency in the country in defiance of a seven-member Supreme Court bench's restraining order.
The court also reserved its decision on employing the assistance of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) and presidents of provincial bar associations in contempt proceedings against the PCO

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted a miscellaneous application by 26 senators seeking to become party to the pending petitions against leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves in Balochistan.
Senators Dr Ismail Buledi, Azam Khan Swati, Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Hafiz Abdur Rasheed and others filed the miscellaneous petition for becoming party to the case on Monday. The senators said in their application that since the Reko Diq project involved national interest,

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday restored the rights of Geo Super television for telecasting cricket World Cup matches on cable network across the country, earlier withdrawn by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA).
"The PEMRA notification of January 10, 2011, is suspended for being without lawful authority and we direct the authority to implement its earlier notification in letter and spirit", the court ruled in its brief order.
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ISLAMABAD - The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on Saturday nominated Sindh High Court (SHC) Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmani as a Supreme Court judge, while Justice Musheer Alam will replace him as the SHC chief justice.
The commission also granted an extension of tenure to 24 additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC). A total of 34 additional judges of the Lahore High Court were being

ISLAMABAD - The Establishment Division on Friday submitted to the Supreme Court a list of nine senior law enforcement officers who are employed on a contractual basis. These officers include Sindh Inspector General of Police Sultan Salahuddin Babar Khatak BPS 22; Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed BPS 21; Intelligence Bureau Karachi Director Tariq Jamil; Larkana DIG Deen Muhammad Baloch; Sindh DIG Khurram Gulzar; Lahore AIG Railways Akhtar Hayat; Nadir

ISLAMABAD - In view of the volatile situation in Karachi, a constitutional petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking direction to the federal government to issue a proclamation of emergency under Article 232 and call in armed forces under Article 245 to act in aid of civil power until negative elements were eliminated and the law and order situation became normal.
Tariq Asad advocate filed the petition under Article 184(3) making the federal government, the prime

ISLAMABAD - The SC on Thursday directed the Establishment Division secretary to furnish a list of all police officers, including the FIA director general, appointed on a contractual basis by today (Friday).
A six-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case against the alleged corruption in Haj

ISLAMABAD - The lawyer for Justice (r) Abdul Hameed Dogar told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that by taking oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), his client had done what the judiciary had been doing for the last 50 years.
A four-member larger bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez, was hearing contempt of court cases against the superior court judges who took oath under the

ISLAMABAD - The lawyer for Justice (r) Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday pleaded before the Supreme Court that his client had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) of November 3, 2007 to save the judicial system in the country.
A four-member larger bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez was hearing contempt of court cases against the superior court judges who tool oath under

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that Techno Energy, a Sialkot-based firm, had deposited Rs 1,082.5 million in the national exchequer for its failure to import machinery for a 150MW rental power project despite keeping the amount with it for over two years. A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case initiated on an application by PML-Q's Parliamentary