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LAHORE - A contempt of court petition has been filed in the Supreme Court's Lahore Registry against Tethyan Copper Company for launching a wrong propaganda about its gold mining business in Chagai district, Balochistan, and hiding facts about the quantity of gold reserves in Balochsitan's Reko-Diq mines.
The petition was filed by Watan Party President Shaukat Khan through Barrister Zafar Ullah Khan, stating that Tethyan Copper Company has started a wrong propaganda through

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of the case of 11 missing inmates of Adiala Jail, now in custody of spy agencies, after it was assured by the intelligence agencies that arrangements had been made to facilitate meetings of the prisoners with their families.
Raja Muhammad Irshad, lawyer for intelligence agencies, told a three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, that arrangement for

ISLAMABAD - FIA Director General Waseem Ahmed on Thursday told the Supreme Court that Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, was involved in the multi-million rupee Haj scam.
Quoting the statements of two legislators, PML-N's Bilal Yaseen and Imran Shah, the FIA DG said one Zain Muhammad Sukhaira, a close friend of PM's son, was also involved in the Haj scam.
A six-member special bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal,

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday noted that the date of a summary of advice, issued from the Prime Minister's Office to the president to promulgate the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2010, seemed to have been tampered with.
"Prima facie, it appears that the letter written by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to President Asif Ali Zardari to approve and sign the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2010 was tampered with," Chief Justice Iftikhar

ISLAMABAD - A three-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday sought judicial inquiry report on the fake police encounters that occurred in EME Colony, Lahore and in Sialkot.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo motu case initiated on a report of electronic media over fake police encounters in different cities of Punjab. Rejecting the settlement between accused and family of

ISLAMABAD - A three-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday directed the spy agencies to ensure the meeting of 11 inmates of Adiala Jail, now in their custody, with their families.
The bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a case involving the mysterious disappearance of 11 inmates of Adiala Jail.
Raja Muhammad Irshad, lawyer for intelligence agencies, told the court that in pursuance of the

ISLAMABAD - Syed Naeem Bokhari, counsel for Justice Jehanzaib Rahim told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that seven-member bench's restraining order of Nov 3,2007 had no legal status as it was issued without issuing notices and hearing the attorney general and other parties concerned.
He said his client took oath on Nov 4, 2007, when he noticed that the chief justice and judges had been installed in the Supreme Court and similarly the chief justices and judges in the provincial

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Attorney General Anwarul Haq to present the draft and other relevant record of the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2010.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday also directed the petitioner, PML-N Senator Syed Zafar Ali Shah, to provide solid evidence today (Wednesday) to prove his claims that the president did not consult the prime

ISLAMABAD - A four-member larger bench of the Supreme Court on Monday directed S M Zafar, counsel for one of the PCO judges, to conclude his arguments by today (Tuesday).
The bench, comprising 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 courts' judges who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in defiance of a seven-judge

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition challenging the 19th Amendment was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday which stated that the apex court should order the federal government and the Judicial Commission (JC) to refrain from appointment of judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Shahid Orakzai, a freelance journalist, filed the petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution and made the Federation of Pakistan through Ministry of Law secretary and attorney general of

LAHORE - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was in the provincial metropolis on Saturday and chaired a meeting at Supreme Court's (SC) Lahore Registry to review overhauling and renovation work at the SC building.
The CJ directed to retain the original texture of the building's architecture, while constructing new blocks at the site for expansion. The SC Lahore building was in shambles hitherto and needed repair. The CJ took keen interest in it and initiated the overhauling

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition seeking Interior Minister Rehman Malik's disqualification for incorrectly reciting a written Quranic verse in a cabinet meeting was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday.
The petition was filed by Muhammad Tariq Asad advocate under Article 184(3) making the federal government, through the Cabinet's Secretariat secretary, the election commission of Pakistan through the chief election commissioner, the Senate chairman, the prime minister and

ISLAMABAD - A two-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (PEPA) to submit a comprehensive report on the environmental hazards in Choa Saiden Shah.
The bench of Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa was hearing petition filed by around 0.25 million inhabitants of Choa Saiden Shah through their counsel Sajid Mehmood Sheikh against environmental hazards in the area.
Mehmood told the court that 1.5 lac

ISLAMABAD - The SC dismissed a petition filed by an Islamabad Police constable on Tuesday who was an affecttee in 2005's earthquake and seeking his service's restoration.
Constable Qazi Tamizuddin was sacked for remaining absent from job.
Zulfiqar Bhutta, counsel for Tamizuddin, informed the court that his client could not join his duty as his family members were killed in the October 5, 2005 earthquake.
The court, however, observed that as the appeal before the

LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday issued notice to the Lahore Cantonment Board, Lahore Development Authority (LDA) and Defence Housing Authority (DHA) for January 14 to explain who has the authority to issue no objection certificates (NOC) for a new housing society in the city and what are the standard operating procedures (SOP) for obtaining NOCs. The court was hearing an appeal moved by the DHA on issue of passage through its limits, to the adjacent Punjab Cooperative Housing

LAHORE - A full bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Punjab Housing secretary to crackdown on bogus housing societies which were looting people, as there was no mechanism to monitor such schemes.
The bench directed that Lahore Development Authority (LDA) must ensure, before sanctioning approval to any housing scheme, that its roads, passages, and thoroughfares gave access to public.
The court was hearing a human rights case moved by Azeemullah against Venice

LAHORE - A full bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab director general (DG) to review the investigation into the forex-cum-property scam of Rs 1.38 billion and arrest the real culprits, including five bigwigs who were earlier spared by NAB.
The bench was hearing the bail matter of one Mohsin Ayub, a forex-cum-property dealer who is in jail for a property fraud.