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ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan, Advocate General Balochistan and others to file para-wise comments on a petition filed against the incidents of targeted killing, kidnapping and abduction for ransom in Balochistan.
A four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing the petition filed by the

ISLAMABAD - A four-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday granted time to Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, counsel for the federal government, to consult his client over the issue of appointment of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman and inform the court today (Thursday).
The bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa was hearing petitions moved by Leader of Opposition in the National

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Balochistan government to provide details of agreements it made with foreign companies for exploration of gold and copper mines in Reko Diq area in Balochistan.
A four-member bench - comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday - was hearing a case against leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper mines in Balochistan worth more than $260

ISLAMABAD - Dr Abdul Basit, counsel for two dysfunctional judges of the Lahore High Court - Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi and Justice Hasnat Ahmed Khan - facing contempt charges for taking oath in violation of Supreme Court orders, asked the Supreme Court on Monday to take steps to prevent military interventions in future. A four-member bench of Justices Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Jawwad S Khawaja, Khilji Arif Hussain and Tariq Parvez was hearing contempt of court cases against the

ISLAMABAD - Rejecting the Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) report over the alleged corruption of Rs 22 billion in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), the Supreme Court directed the FIA on Monday to arrest the real culprits involved in the scam and submit a report on February 1.
The three-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo motu case against the alleged scam in PSM. The court warned

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court will resume hearing today (Monday) on various high profile constitutional cases including privatization of Habib Bank, missing persons, contempt proceedings against PCO judges and NAB Amendment Ordinance.
A three-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed will hear the petitions against privatization of Habib Bank, NAB Amendment Ordinance and missing persons. Another three-member bench

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court will today (Monday) resume hearing of various high-profile cases, including those regarding the purchase of assets of the British Petroleum on exorbitant prices, privatisation of Habib Bank, unauthorised diversion of floodwater by the influential, contempt of court against superior court judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in defiance of a SC restrain order of November 3, 2007.
A three-member Supreme Court bench of

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition challenging the resignations of two federal ministers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday.
In his petition under Article 184(3), Shahid Orakzai raised pertinent questions regarding whether under Article 29, a federal minister could tender resignation on the command of any person, who is not a citizen of Pakistan or not? Whether any person,
who is not a citizen of Pakistan can lead or control

LAHORE: Hearing of a petition challenging the pardon granted by President Asif Ali Zardari to Interior Minister Rehman Malik was adjourned to December 24 by a full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday. Earlier, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik had requested adjournment on behalf of the federation, citing Rehman's pending adjudication in Supreme Court as an excuse.
Barrister Farooq Hassan, representing the petitioner, opposed the request saying the government was

ISLAMABAD: Punjab Advocate General Khawaja Haris Ahmad on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that police was neither in the control of provincial government nor did it act on its advice.
He appeared before a three-member SC bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, which was hearing a suo motu case pertaining to a clashes taken place between police and lawyers at Aiwan-e-Adl on Oct 1.
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