Tag: Supreme Court

NAB wants Khaqan Abbasi on ECL

--Abbasi lauds Supreme Court for granting bail to Nawaz ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday recommended placing former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

Government respects court’s decisions, says PM Khan

--Fawad says bail 'inappropriate term' for Nawaz's 'six-week-long leave' from jail ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, while responding to Supreme Court’s (SC) decision of granting bail...

Nawaz released from jail after SC orders six-week reprieve

--SC allows former PM to seek medical treatment anywhere in Pakistan during bail period, bars him from going abroad --Bench criticises NAB's attitude, says it...

SC to decide Nawaz Sharif’s bail plea on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday submitted a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) opposing the bail petition filed by former prime...

SC orders legal proceedings against witnesses for false testimony

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued its detailed judgement over the legal status of false testimony and ordered legal proceedings under perjury against any...

Trump gets a US Supreme Court victory on immigration detention

WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the US government’s authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they...

SC to decide Nawaz Sharif’s bail plea on Mar 26

-- CJP Khosa asks NAB to submit complete medical record of former PM so that court can ascertain extent of illness  --Says former premier spent busy...

HEC’s stubbornness may put future of law students at stake

--Thousands of law students asked to appear in entry test in violation of SC judgement ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) stubbornness could put the...

SC blasts Punjab govt over failure to resolve Gujranwala school plot...

--Punjab govt could not provide land to a school, remarks Justice Qazi Faez Essa --SC judge says govt submitted ‘a meaningless paper' in court ISLAMABAD: The...

False testimonies raise questions over courts credibility: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa remarked on Tuesday that people raise questions on the performance of courts after the accused are...

SC seeks CDA’s dossier on disputed land allotted to Jamia Hafsa

--Govt couldn't even free up a mosque in capital, remarks SC judge ISLAMABAD: The top court on Tuesday ordered the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to...

SC won’t take harassment of women lightly

ISLAMABAD: Justice Azmat Saeed on Monday observed that the Supreme Court (SC) would announce a “strict decision” over the matter of harassment of women, adding...

SC forms seven benches for next week to hear important cases

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khan Khosa has constituted five benches at the principal seat, Islamabad, while two benches were formed at Lahore...

SC asks Bahria Town to revisit Rs435bn settlement offer

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday asked Bahria Town to revisit its latest offer of Rs435 billion as the "full and final settlement" for...

PM backs CJP Khosa’s crackdown on false testimonies

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that he welcomes Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa's crackdown on false testimonies and punishment...

SC takes interior secretary to task over Pakistani’s death in Indian...

ISLAMABAD: Holding the Ministry of Interior responsible for Pakistani prisoners’ death in jails of foreign countries, the Supreme Court on Monday took it to...

SC acquits murder suspects after 12 years in jail

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Monday acquitted two suspects in a murder case who had spent the last 12 years of their...