A five-page judgment, authored by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, on an appeal filed by the Punjab police, said that no court had the jurisdiction to grant arbitrary relief without the support of any power granted by the Constitution or the law. The case stemmed from recruiting driver constables in Lahore district police in 2007. Later, […]
In a nine-page judgment authored by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, the court highlighted the prolonged and often inhumane conditions faced by death row inmates, noting that many prisoners remain in death cells for years, sometimes even decades, due to delays in the judicial process and subsequent execution of sentences. The ruling came during the hearing […]
The bench, comprising Justice Aminuddin Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, issued a 5-page written order for the hearing of a government appeal on Monday. The order said that notices had been issued to the parties who could submit additional documents if they wished. The order said that, on May 19, 2023, the federal government […]
As per details, a two-member bench, headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan, including Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan heard the case. The Supreme Court suspended the Islamabad High Court’s orders dated May 29 and June 25 and issued notices to Bushra Bibi, wife of former PM Imran Khan, and Najam-ul-Haq, son of ex-CJP Saqib Nisar. The top […]
Imran has also requested the court to provide records of the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) April 2020 decision to close the £190 million case. He contends that the investigating officer stated that approval to close the case was given during NAB’s 343rd Executive Board meeting. However, the trial court had previously rejected a request for […]
A five-member larger bench, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, had on July 4 suspended the LHC’s June 12 notification that established the tribunals. The SC also set aside the LHC ruling that gave its chief justice the final authority in appointing tribunals to resolve election disputes. The top court’s ruling […]
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and including Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, delivered the ruling on Monday. The decision pertains to the recount of votes in various polling stations in NA-154, NA-81, and NA-79. The case arose after Azhar Qayum Nahra of the Pakistan […]
As per details, a petition was filed by citizen Mushkoor Hussain through advocate Nadeem Sarwar and named the federal government, Election Commission, President, and Prime Minister as respondents. The petition argued that the amendments to the Election Act were made to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision. The petitioner urged the Lahore High Court to declare […]
The CCI on Thursday stated after a meeting of the Islamic advisory body chaired by the CII Chairman Dr Muhammad Raghib Hussain Naeemi. According to the statement, there are many aspects of the verdict that the scholars and the CII do not consider correct according to Islamic teachings. The decision has caused the entire nation […]
The ratification comes a day after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) challenged the bill, which has retrospective amendments to the Elections Act 2017, in the Supreme Court. PTI chairman Barrister Gohar filed a constitutional petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, requesting the court to declare the amendment act null and void, citing it as unconstitutional […]
