Tag: Supreme
A supreme mess
When institutions lose breadth of vision
The locking of the horns between the PPP government and the Supreme Court should induce all stakeholders in the...
Government passes contempt bill, insists parliament is supreme
Despite subtle hints by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that the Supreme Court would not compromise on its freedom and that it had the...
Egypt top court says ruling nullifying parliament ‘binding’
Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court said on Monday that all of its rulings were “binding,” in response to a presidential decree reinstating parliament after the...
PARLIAMENT IS NOT SUPREME
As the government prepares to declaw the superior judiciary with a new legislation on contempt of court law and continues with its trumpeting of...
Speaker exceeded lawful authority: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a 42-page detailed verdict of the disqualification of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, stating that the National...
Judges can’t be judged: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly cannot carry out the audit of the apex judiciary...
SC delivers detailed ruling on Gilani’s disqualification
The Supreme Court on Tuesday released the detailed verdict in the Speaker ruling case.
The case was decided by a three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice...
SC orders judges’ appointment in special courts by today
The Supreme Court has ordered appointment of special judges for anti-corruption courts in Karachi and Hyderabad, asking the authorities to produce a notification Tuesday...
Pakistani SC among most meddlesome, says FP magazine
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has been nominated in a list, published by the Foreign Policy magazine, as one of the most meddlesome supreme...
SC gives govt 3 days to appoint judges in special courts
The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the federal government to fill the vacant positions of judges in special courts on immediate basis. During the...
PBC to show solidarity with judiciary on 28th
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday announced it would observe June 28 as a day of solidarity with the judiciary.
Addressing a press conference...
Malik Riaz gets 7 more days to arrange lawyer
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a week to Malik Riaz in the contempt of court case to arrange his defence counsel, as most...
All decisions by Gilani after April 26 challenged in SC
A petition seeking cancellation of all decisions made by former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani after his disqualification effective from April 26, 2012, has...
Pakistan’s SC has gone overboard: ex-Indian SC judge
Hindu Press Council of India Chairman Justice and former judge of the Indian Supreme Court, Markandey Katju, on Thursday said the Pakistani Supreme Court...
Malik Riaz gets 7 days extension to arrange lawyer
The Supreme Court Thursday granted one more week time to Malik Riaz in contempt of court case to arrange his defence counsel as most...
Pakistani SC has gone overboard, says Indian SC Judge
The Hindu Press Council of India Chairman Justice and former Judge Indian Supreme Court Markandey Katju has said that the Supreme Court has no...
Federal budget has constitutional status: FBR
Mumtaz Haider Rizvi, Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), setting aside the doubts being cast over the constitutional status of federal budget...
