Talking to media PTI Senator Hamid Khan said that all powers have been handed over and concentrated in specific hands. Criticizing, Prime Minister’s Political Adviser Rana Sanaullah, Hamid Khan said that ” Rana Sana, a district level lawyer, has been dictating the Supreme Court of Pakistan”. “Rana Sanaullah is telling, which judge will sit in […]
Raja in his plea made members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) as respondents. Citing the non-implementation of the SC’s verdict on the reserved seats, the PTI leader has urged the SC to initiate contempt of court proceedings against the ECP members. The Supreme Court initially ruled on July 12 that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf […]
The bench, headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, referred a petition for the reinstatement of seven sacked employees of the petroleum and natural resources ministry to the constitutional bench, observing that the matter involved a constitutional point. The sacked employees had first approached the high court before moving to the Supreme Court for reinstatement. Justice […]
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 […]
According to a notification issued from the Registrar’s office, the IHC and the district and session courts will remain closed for three days. The IHC and lower courts will reopen on October 17. Earlier, the Supreme Court of Pakistan announced a three-day closure from October 14 to 16 in connection with the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation […]
The civil review petition (CRP) filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBA) was fixed before the bench, which also included Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel. However, Justice Munib Akhtar declined to sit on the bench. He wrote a letter to the […]
A five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa announced its reserved verdict on the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) appeal in the Punjab election tribunals case. The bench had reserved the verdict earlier this week. The bench also comprises Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Naeem Akhtar […]
A two-member bench, led by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto, heard the plea from a Multan-based travel agent, Muhammad Atta, who sought to have the case against him dismissed. The court asked what charges had been brought against the petitioner. The petitioner’s lawyer argued that the FIA had filed a case against Muhammad Atta, alleging that he […]
The ECP on Thursday filed a Civil Miscellaneous Application (CMA) in the top court, asking whether it should implement the Supreme Court’s July 12 judgment or abide by the newly passed Elections (Second Amendment) Act, 2024, enacted by parliament on August 6. The ECP’s move comes amid a clash between two powerful institutions, parliament and […]
Ailing health prevented 88-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada from being in court to learn the outcome of his retrial, which was granted a decade ago after a long campaign by supporters. But his 91-year-old sister Hideko, who often speaks for him, bowed deeply to the Shizuoka District Court judge who declared Hakamada innocent. Hakamada spent […]
