The chief justice was heading a three-member bench, which heard the appeal of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s candidate against the verdict of an election tribunal to set aside the Election Commission’s decision for the recount of votes in NA-154 Lodhran. During the hearing, the chief justice said that the top court was scheduling election-related cases […]
The apex court noted that Pakistan was among the first countries to have signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adding that Its Article 19 states that ‘everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression’ and does not permit abusing or insulting anyone. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa declared this […]
A three-member bench — headed by CJP Isa and including Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi — issued the written order of the contempt proceedings against lawmakers Faisal Vawda and Mustafa Kamal for their tirades against the judiciary. In the written order, the Supreme Court stated that it had issued show-cause notices […]
The question was raised on Monday during the Supreme Court (SC) hearing over the Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) appeal against an ECP decision not to allocate reserved seats to it in the national and provincial legislatures. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who leads the 13-member full bench, responded to Justice Mandokhail by […]
A 13-member full bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa is hearing the case, which, according to some key bench members involves the interpretation of the Constitution. The ECP’s counsel, Sikander Bashir Mohmand, will resume his arguments supporting the ECP’s decision. The counsels for the SIC have already presented their arguments and […]
The Supreme Court (SC) had issued contempt of court notices to independent Senator Faisal Vawda and MQM-Pakistan MNA Mustafa Kamal over anti-judiciary rhetoric. Senator Faisal Vawda on June 26 tendered an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in contempt of court case. Vawda submitted a new response to the court, stating that he […]
The contempt case against Vawda and Kamal was heard by a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa. Both politicians had delivered strongly worded press conferences criticizing the judiciary earlier in May. Vawda emphasized the necessity of evidence before leveling allegations while Kamal aimed to establish ethical standards for judges insisting that justice […]
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan will resume hearing the case about the Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) reserved seats today (Thursday). A 13-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and comprising justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar, Yahya Afridi, Amin ud Din Khan, Jamal Khan […]
The ceremony was attended by the Supreme Court justices, the Attorney General, law officers, lawyers, and court staff. The proceedings began with the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran. Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa then administered the oath of office to the incoming judges Unmute Justice Malik Shahzad, Justice Aqeel Abbasi, and Justice Shahid […]
As per details, the petition filed by Advocate Latif Khosa requested the top court that the cases be fixed for hearing within the next week starting from July 1. The Supreme Court had earlier directed that the cases be fixed for hearing in the third week of January 2024 but despite this, the cases have […]
