Tag: Supreme

The BA and BSc annual examinations 2011 results were announced by the Punjab University (PU), and once again, females led in all fields as...

The PML-N on Monday distributed a 17-point whitepaper among its legislators against the government, detailing violations of the Supreme Court orders. The document, handed over...

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday has cancelled the notification of relegation of Sohail Ahmed from the post of establishment secretary to the post...

An accountability court judge on Friday moved a petition in the Supreme Court Lahore registry challenging Lahore High Court orders that had restrained him...

The country’s highest court of justice was shocked d on Monday with the cries of a man longing for justice after he resorted to...

India’s Supreme Court called on the government on Monday to justify why it sent police to end a peaceful anti-graft protest by a popular...

A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday seeking court orders for the federal government to make the chief of...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) lawyers and ministers were pleasantly surprised on Wednesday when the Supreme Court (SC) admitted a presidential reference to reopen the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto case, a petition most legal experts had said would be dismissed as "not maintainable". The level of respect that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's showed for Bhutto came as a complete surprise. "I am getting emotional today," said the chief justice, referring to the reopening of

ISLAMABAD - The protest rally taken out by teachers and students against the Higher Education Commission's proposed devolution on Tuesday turned euphoric after the participants heard the Supreme Court had barred the government from dissolving the HEC. More than 500 students and professors from various universities had assembled outside the National Press Club to press their demands.
PML-Q lawmaker, Marvi Memon and JUI senator Azam Khan Swati were also there to express solidarity

KARACHI - The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) led by former Sindh chief minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi on Friday decided to file a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court requesting that the court stops the government from working, forms a caretaker government under Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudry's guidance, and conducts general elections.
The decision was made during a meeting of the AIP Central Executive Council (CEC) held in a local hotel on Friday. Briefing the media,

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari signed reference under Article 186 of the Constitution to revisit the case of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and give its opinion on the death sentence awarded to Pakistan's first directly elected Prime Minister by the Lahore High Court and subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court in March 1979 in a split verdict.
The President signed the reference a short while ago in the presence of Law Minister Babar Awan and Sindh home minister Zulfikar

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a review petition filed by those convicted in the Pervez Musharraf attack case and upheld the Lahore High Court (LHC)'s decision. A three-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took up the petition for hearing on Thursday. Lawyer Hashmat Habib appeared on behalf of the two accused, Aamir Sohail and Rana Naveed, who were both given life sentences by the LHC, while lawyer Col (r) Akram represented the rest

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Friday sought the complete record of appointments made in the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) during the tenure of former federal minister for labor and manpower Syed Khurshid Shah.
The court also issued notices to 132 employees of EOBI, who got jobs during the last three years, observing why had they not been terminated if they got employed illegally. The court noted that it would examine the matter under Article 184(3) of the

ISLAMABAD - Without naming the armed forces and the judiciary, President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said the government would not let anyone undermine the supremacy of the constitution and parliament and invited all political parties for a national dialogue.
"We will not permit anyone to usurp the powers that rightly belong to parliament. We believe that all state organs should work within their parameters. We need to build a national consensus and tough decisions must be taken

ISLAMABAD - In its detailed verdict on the appointment of Justice (r) Syed Deedar Hussain Shah as the NAB chairman, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said the matter had been handled by the Law Ministry in a manner depicting shallow and perfunctory understanding of the constitution and relevant laws.
The judgement authored by Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa said that during the process, the former judge of the apex court had suffered for no fault of his own, as it was because of his two

LAHORE - Nepal Supreme Court Chief Justice (CJ) Ram Prasad Shreshta emphasised the need for extending cooperation among the South Asian countries to promote the judicial system in the region. CJ Ram with his delegation inaugurated an IT centre at the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday. The centre aims at informing lawyers and litigants about the details of their cases in timely fashion through SMS and email service.
LHC Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry welcomed the delegation,

ISLAMABAD - The two senior most judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) - Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim - took oath as the judges of the Supreme Court on Monday, raising the strength of the apex court to 18, excluding Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
They were administered the oath by the CJP at the Supreme Court in a ceremony which was attended by the Supreme Court judges, chief justice Islamabad High Court, Attorney General for