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ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench will today take up a suo motu notice taken against loss of five precious lives in a car race in Rawalpindi, reportedly without permission from the district administration.
The bench will comprise Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday while Punjab Provincial Police Officer (PPO), Rawalpindi Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner will appear before the court.
They

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday issued notice to the chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to appear in court on Monday to explain the allotment of a 26.5-kanal plot in the Diplomatic Enclave to Hamid Yar Hiraj in violation of rules in December 2007.
Hiraj is a member of the parliamentary accountability committee and the chairman of the Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority. Hirraj was also issued

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the lawyer for intelligence agencies to arrange a meeting of the 11 missing prisoners of the Adiala Jail - who were now in their custody - with their families.
A three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a petition against the mysterious disappearance of the Adiala jail inmates facing terrorism charges after their acquittal by a trial court.

LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) monitoring judge on Friday called a meeting of all presiding officers of accountability courts of Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar at the SC Building, Islamabad on December 11. Progress of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)-related National Accountability Bureau (NAB) cases pending in accountability courts would be discussed in the meeting.
According to sources, attitude of judges having close relations with NRO beneficiaries would

ISLAMABAD - Intelligence agencies submitted a written statement before the Supreme Court regarding the 11 prisoners, who had been missing from the Adiyala Jail Rawalpindi since their acquittal on terrorism charges, a private TV channel reported on Friday.
Advocate Raja Muhammad Irshad, counsel for the Inter-Services Intelligence and the Military Intelligence, submitted the statement before the three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry,

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday warned Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Waseem Ahmed for adopting a lenient approach while probing into alleged corruption and mishandling of Haj affairs, calling his conduct "disappointing".
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry expressed surprise over the DG's decision to entrust the investigations to a grade 16 officer. "This is a high profile case involving prestige of the country, but an FIA inspector has been

ISLAMABAD: The country's top intelligence agencies on Thursday conceded before the Supreme Court that 11 missing inmates of the Adiala Jail were in their custody and being tried under the Army Act.
When a three-member SC bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, resumed hearing the case of the 11 missing prisoners, Raja Muhammad Irshad, counsel for the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and

ISLAMABAD: The Walters Power International and its Pakistani associate Pakistan Power Resources (PPR) headed by Iqbal Z Ahmed, promised the Supreme Court on Wednesday they would repay in full the mobilization advance along with interest to the government's Central Power Generation Company Ltd, which is said to give electricity production contracts and regulate them.
Both the companies were directed by the SC to repay the advance after detection of fraud by National Electric

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) from transferring immovable assets of the Gwadar Port Authority (GPA) until a final decision of the case.
The court also named the Balochistan government party to the case and issued notices to all other parties concerned. The bench consisting of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was conducting a suo motu hearing on the

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench accepted unconditional apology of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Director General (DG) Sher Muhammad Khan on Wednesday. He was issued show cause notice for using contemptuous language against the court.
The bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman was hearing a petition filed by Jamat-e-Islami (JI's) former chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad against the government's move

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Tuesday issued notice to the Petroleum Ministry's director general (DG) for using contemptuous language against the litigations pending in court.
The bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a petition by Jamaat-e-Islami former chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad against the government's move to purchase its sold assets from British Petroleum at exorbitant

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed the Central Power Generation Company Limited (CPGCL) to pay back an amount of over $21 million along with the mark-up it received in advance for setting up Guddu and Naudero-II power plants and inform the court by today (Wednesday).
The three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case into the alleged

ISLAMABAD: Announcing on Monday its hitherto reserved verdict, the Supreme Court declared objections raised by the lawyer of the PCO judges on the formation of the bench invalid. However, the head of the five-member bench, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, separated himself from the bench in his personal capacity.
Dr Abdul Basit, counsel for Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi and Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan, had pleaded that three judges on the bench were biased, thus if the verdict was

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench will today (Monday) take up a petition by Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) former chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad against the government's bid to purchase its sold out assets from the British Petroleum (BP) at inflated prices, which would cause a loss of $800-million to the national exchequer.
The bench consists of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday. In compliance with the court's

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms' (PCCR) decision rejecting one critical recommendation of the Supreme Court on Article 175A relating to appointment of judges is most likely to be re-examined by the SC before giving a final judgement in January.
Commenting on PCCR's rejection of the SC's proposal of giving the judicial commission the right to overrule the decision of the parliamentary committee, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said,
"Under Al-Jihad

LAHORE: Renowned jurist AK Dogar advocate has moved a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court's Lahore Registry challenging the Judicial Commission of Pakistan Rules 2010.
The petitioner contended that the rules violated the policy of merit, by providing for "arbitrary nominations" by the chief justice to posts of judges of the high court, federal high court and Supreme Court.
The petitioner contended that Rule 3, which allows for "nominations" by the chief justice from

ISLAMABAD: In its third meeting today (Saturday), the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) will likely nominate two judges for the Supreme Court and 32 judges for the country's high courts (HCs), including the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court.
The meeting will discuss nominations for two judges of the Supreme Court - replacements for Justice Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed and Justice Rahmat Hussain Jafferi, who retired on May 5 and November 20, respectively.
The meeting is