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ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Punjab government to present a complete report over compensations given to the victims of police and lawyers' clash that took place at Aiwan-e-Adl Lahore last year.
A three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case of alleged police torture of lawyers.
Punjab Advocate General Khawaja Haris told the court that

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday slapped a contempt of court notice on the foreign company Tethyan Copper Company (Pvt) Ltd (TCC) for initiating an advertisement campaign for the Reko Diq project, despite that the matter was in court.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing petitions filed against the Pakistani government leasing the Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday gave another deadline to Techno Energy, a Sialkot-based firm, to refund a mobilisation advance of Rs 780 million with a mark up of Rs 300 million by today (Tuesday) 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

ISLAMABAD - Expressing dismay over the Sindh High Court's decision to grant protective bail to Ali Riaz, son of Bahria Town's chief executive Malik Riaz, in the fatal drag car race case, the Supreme Court on Monday reversed the ruling by canceling the bail. The illegal race had ended with loss of five lives after an accident on December 5, 2010.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned hearing for two weeks on a plea challenging eligibility of Interior minister Rehman Malik, after it was informed that the petitioner Moulvi Iqbal Haider could not turn up to argue his case as his entry into the apex court had been banned.
Advocate-on-record (AOR) Arshad Ali Chaudhry told a two-member bench comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Tariq Parvez that the petitioner Moulvi Iqbal Haider had to argue his petition

ISLAMABAD - The inaugural meeting of four-member commission for probing unauthorized diversion of floodwater and alleged breaches in the embankments of barrages and canals by the influential people during the recent devastating flood, will be held at the Supreme Court today (Saturday).
According to details, members of commission Azam Khan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AW Kazi from Sindh, Fateh Khan Fajak from Balochistan and Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed from Punjab will hold the meeting to

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a reply from three retired army generals over leasing Pakistan Railways land in Lahore for a meager sum, causing a loss of over Rs 25 billion to the government.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday also warned the generals that if they failed to reply, the allegations leveled against them would be considered to be correct. Former ISI chief Javed

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed rental power companies to return the money they took in advance from the Government of Pakistan to set up power generation projects but failed to do so.
The court particularly directed Techno Power Plant to return Rs780 million it took in advance from the government of Pakistan for producing electricity but could not so far initiated the project. A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that the government had disbursed $1,000 as compensation to each affected family of the children used as camel jockeys in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday disposed of the suo motu case with an appreciation for the federal government as well as interior ministry for disbursing 769 cheques worth $1,000 to each

ISLAMABAD - Noted nuclear scientist and member of the Planning Commission, Dr Samar Mubarakmand, on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Pakistan had the capability and expert staff to explore, mine and refine the natural reserves of gold and copper at Reko Diq in Balochistan.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing petitions against the lease of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves to a

LAHORE - Senior Supreme Court Judge Javed Iqbal's father and mother were murdered on Tuesday in mysterious circumstances at their Cavalry Grounds home, by hitherto unidentified burglars, possibly for resisting them, the city police chief Aslam Tareen told Pakistan Today. The judge's elderly parents were identified as retired police DIG-turned-homeopath Abdul Hameed and his wife Amna, residents of House No 164, Street No 7, Cavalry Grounds, Lahore, where Mr Hameed ran a small clinic.

ISLAMABAD - Verdict was reserved by the Supreme Court on Tuesday after the objections raised by the counsel of the former de-facto chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Abdul Hameed Dogar which alleged that the bench hearing the case was not 'competent'.
A four-member bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Pervez, after hearing arguments of Raja Muhammad Ibrahim Satti, counsel for former CJP

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition, challenging the new procedure for appointments of SC ad-hoc judges under the 19th Amendment Act 2010 was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The petition was filed by Shahid Orakzai under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, making the federal law secretary and the attorney general respondents.
The petitioner prayed to the court to order abolition of the new procedure, contending it was insulting for former judges of the apex

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by former chief justice of Pakistan, Abdul Hameed Dogar seeking staying of the contempt proceeding against him for taking oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in violation of SC orders of November 3, 2007.
A four-member bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Pervez was hearing contempt of court cases against superior

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition seeking declaration to all agreements executed, all exploration and mining licenses awarded to the various companies in District Chagai of Balochistan without consent and prior permission of Sanjrani tribe, as illegal and void ab-initio, was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday.
The petition was filed by Qazi Siraj Sanjrani and Muhammad Raheel Ahmed Khan through Ahmad Raza Qasuri under Article 184(3) of the Constitution making the federal

ISLAMABAD - The judicial commission formed on the Supreme Court's orders for recovery of thousands of missing persons from across the country has submitted its report with the Supreme Court as well as the Interior Ministry, sources told Pakistan Today on Sunday.
The sources said the commission had to submit its report on August 28, but could not submit it for unknown reasons. A three-member SC bench, comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice

ISLAMABAD - A joint constitutional petition challenging a lease agreement, involving 1,128 kanals of prime land of Pakistan Railways in Lahore city, executed between the government of Pakistan and a Malaysian consortium associated by two Pakistani's Lahore based companies- Husnain Construction Company (Pvt) Ltd and Unicon Consulting Service (Pvt) Ltd- on July 26, 2001 was filed before the Supreme Court on Friday.
The petition was filed by Ishaq Khan Khakwani, former MNA and Dr