Tag: Supreme Court
Educational quality likely to suffer as institutes reduce 20pc tuition fee
ISLAMABAD: Educational quality as a whole is likely to suffer as private educational institutions have decided to reduce the tuition fee by 20 per...
SC acquits death row convict accused of training suicide bombers
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday acquitted a 52-time death sentence convict Sufi Baba, who was allegedly involved in brain-washing of youngsters for suicide...
SC orders release of prisoner who served 10 years in jail
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday suspended the prison sentence of Rizwan, who had already served 10 years behind bars, and issued his release...
SC seeks investment proposals for dams fund
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday sought investment proposals from State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in respect to the collected funds for construction of...
Fawad Hasan Fawad decides to move SC for bail
LAHORE: Former senior bureaucrat Fawad Hasan Fawad, upon getting his bail plea rejected by the Lahore High Court (LHC), on Friday decided to move the...
Zardari vows support to army, lashes out at PTI govt
--PPP co-chairman says Saudi crown prince’s visit was mishandled
--Former president says it's import to address Iran’s grievances
ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)...
ACE, Punjab chief secretary in hot water for ‘ignoring court orders’
--Supreme Court adjourns contempt case against Anti-Corruption DG till Feb 27
--Top court says 'will summon CM if cases against Lahore mayor, LDA DG not...
SC directs govt to get Pakistanis repatriated from foreign jails
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed the federal government to get repatriated Pakistanis languishing in prisons of countries Pakistan has extradition treaties with,...
Babar calls for legislation to determine limits of suo motu powers
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Secretary-General and former senator Farhatullah Babar, expressing disappointment over the rejection of the review petitions in the benami accounts...
SC summons anti-corruption chief for ‘harassing’ Lahore Mayor, LDA DG
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has summoned Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Director General (DG) Hussain Asghar in-person for allegedly harassing Lahore Mayor Col (r) Mubashar...
JIT report in Pakpattan land case ‘one-sided’, terms Nawaz
Former premier Nawaz Sharif on Saturday submitted his response to the Supreme Court in Pakpattan illegal land allotment case.
In December 2018, the top court...
CJP censures trial court proceedings in electrocuted child case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday, disposing of a case pertaining to the electrocution of a child during a marriage ceremony in Abbottabad,...
SC tells Centre, provinces to implement laws for special persons
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday said the federal and provincial governments should implement laws pertaining to special persons and not compel it to...
Polls rigging case: Election petition against Zubaida Jalal rejected
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday dismissed an election petition against Federal Minister Zubaida Jalal.
The petition, filed by Jalal’s rival candidate, Jan Muhammad Dashti,...
Fake degree case: SC directs NAB to file reply on all...
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file a reply on all petitions in the fake degree case...
SC urges govt to strengthen harassment laws
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday urged the government to strengthen laws against harassment of women at the workplace.
During the hearing of a contempt...
SC acquits man who spent a decade in jail
--CJP reprimands magistrate for 'not following legal procedure'
--Says 'we can't ignore the law and sentence a man'
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday acquitted a man...
