Tag: Supreme Court
Corrupt and corrupter?
The master stroke rests with the judiciary
Let’s have two things straight. The lack of delivery of the PPP-led government, the mammoth dossier of corruption...
After the NRO
The honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan rejected the government’s National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) review petition. Now it is necessary for government to implement the...
NRO review petition rejected
The Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, rejected government's pleas for the review of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO),...
CDA fails to remove encroachments in Saidpur
Violating the Supreme Court orders requiring the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to move against illegal encroachments in the city, the enforcement directorate of the...
SC dismisses petition against Nawaz Sharif
A two-judge bench of Supreme Court at Lahore registry dismissed on Tuesday an appeal seeking reopening of cases relating to illegal allotment of...
Special bench to be formed for NICL case
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday said a special bench would be formed for hearing of the NICL case.
According to media reports,...
SC gives 10-day deadline to pay pending salaries to Zakat employees
A three-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday gave a 10-day deadline to the provincial governments to pay pending salaries for four months to the...
Let the courts work
The Supreme Court’s observations in two different cases concerning the Rental Power Projects (RPPs) and Pakistan Railways (PR) have brought additional pressure to bear...
Back to the SC
The federal government and the Supreme Court are once again in confrontation. Had Moonis Elahi been a commoner, the charges of defalcating crores of...
Rule of law nowhere in Pakistan
Owing to the negligence of the authorities concerned, rule of law lacks everywhere in Pakistan, forcing the courts to take notice of it and...
Estate Office allotted 6,294 govt residences out of turn, SC told
A three-member Supreme Court bench was informed on Wednesday that since 2009 to date, the Estate Office had allotted 6,294 government residences out of...
SC allows Awan to represent convict in review plea against death...
Contrary to the usual practice, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed Babar Awan to advocate a convict in his review petition against his death...
MQM seeks SC suo motto on Ayesha Malik issue
MQM has said that it is the constitutional, legal, and moral obligation of Chief Justice Pakistan to provide justice to Ayesha Malik.
As per details,...
Malik Riaz, son yet to be arrested in 1,401-kanal land scam,...
The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that real estate tycoon Malik Riaz and his son Ali Riaz were yet to be arrested over...
Judicial reforms are prerequisite for peace and stability
Judicial reforms are an urgently needed prerequisite for internal peace and stability in Pakistan, as the collapse of law and order and rising lawlessness...
