According to the results announced by IBA Sukkur, the majority of Karachi students failed to pass the test as only 43.29% of candidates cleared the test for MBBS admissions. For BDS, 50.66% of candidates managed to qualify, the MDCAT 2024 results revealed. The MDCAT 2024 retake was taken by 32,200 candidates, with top scores of […]
“In Pakistan’s conditions can you only believe an advertisement,” Sindh High Court’s Justice questioned during the hearing. The petitioner’s lawyer argued that an illegal plaza was being built over a plot in Jamshed Town. “It has been a breach of the sanctity of the mausoleum of Quaid,” the lawyer said. The lawyer pleaded that advertisements […]
The petitioner has made the federal government a respondent in the constitutional petition pleading with the court to declare the amendment void. “The Parliament could legislate and amend the constitution with a 2/3 majority, but it could not encroach the judicial matters,” the petition read. It argued that the 26th Amendment has been a violation […]
Judge Arbab Muhammad Tahir, presiding over the case, granted the stay on the petitions filed by students. The court has also issued notices to the PMDC and other parties involved, requiring a response by October 28. In their petition, students argued that 30 out of the 200 questions in the test were incorrect. They stated […]
SHC heard the plea against collection of tax collection in the electricity bills. The Sindh High Court in its verdict said the tax collection is imposed under the Finance Act and questioned whether the petitioners had challenged the act itself. At this juncture, K-Electric’s lawyer argued that the advance income tax does not apply to […]
A petition filed in the high court pleaded that the Supreme Court had ordered a forensic audit of the independent power producers (IPPs). Instead of compliance with the order of the apex court capacity charges payments are being made, the petitioner’s counsel said. The petitioner seeks a court order for suspension of the capacity payments […]
The court also ordered NADRA to review the records of Muhammad Hussain, a retired employee, within 15 days, after his national identity card was blocked. This order comes in response to a petition filed against the blocking of the retired employee’s national identity card. A bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar and Justice Amjad Ali Sahito […]
The court made this declaration while hearing petitions regarding the recovery of more than 10 missing persons, including a retired FIA officer, under the supervision of Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto. The court expressed strong disapproval of the police’s routine handling of missing persons’ cases, criticizing the practice of submitting stereotyped, copy-paste reports. Justice Phulpoto questioned the […]
According to a notification issued by the secretary of the commission, Supreme Court’s Justice Yahya Khan Afridi will chair the committee, with Justice Ayesha Malik and Justice Shahid Waheed also serving as members. To assist the committee for alternative dispute resolution, a task force has also been formed. The task force members include Balochistan High […]
The JCP also unanimously approved Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui as the new chief justice of the Sindh High Court (SHC). While not constitutionally required the practice since the 18th Amendment in 2010 has been to appoint the most senior puisne judge as the chief justice. However, before the amendment, some senior judges were passed over […]
