The two-member bench of the Supreme Court, led by Justice Isa and Justice Naeem Afghan, heard the Election Commission’s appeal. The commission’s lawyer, Sikandar Bashir, and PTI lawyer Salman Akram Raja appeared before the court. At the outset of the hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa expressed his concerns over the […]
A division bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan will take up the matter. Instead of filing an intra-court appeal (ICA), the ECP has approached the SC against the decision of a single judge of the LHC. It has been learned that the ECP’s […]
The judgment was passed by the Islamabad High Court over two years ago. The claim of Remount Veterinary and Farms Directorate of Pakistan Army regarding 8,068 acres of land in the notified National Park area violates the Ordinance of 1979 read with the Ordinance of 1960 and the Master Plan read an 11-page judgment authored […]
The justices unanimously threw out a lower court’s approval of an injunction sought by the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordering Starbucks to reinstate the workers while the agency’s in-house administrative case against the Seattle-based company proceeds. Starbucks had argued that the judge in the Memphis case should have used a stringent four-factor test […]
A three-member bench headed by CJP Justice Qazi Faez Isa, comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan heard the contempt of court case against Kamal and Faisal Vawda. Kamal had submitted an unconditional apology for his remarks against the judiciary. Still, the top court rejected his plea seeking an immediate acceptance of […]
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. The apex took suo moto notice of press conferences by Senator Faisal Vawda and Kamal wherein they demanded evidence of interference in the judiciary. The top court then notified both leaders and […]
On September 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of Pakistan struck down amendments made to National Accountability Bureau laws as it announced its reserved verdict on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder’s plea. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa comprising Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Mandokhail, Justice Athar Minallah, […]
On September 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of Pakistan struck down amendments to National Accountability Bureau laws as it announced its reserved verdict on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder’s plea. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa will take up the plea on May 14. Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan, […]
IHC top judges – including Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Baqir Sattar, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, and Justice Salman Rafat Imtiaz – penned the letter to SJC in the aftermath of Supreme Court’s March 22 judgment on Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s dismissal case. In the letter, the […]
The top court headed by then CJP Gulzar Ahmed had ordered the demolition of the 15-storey residential complex in June 2021 due to illegal construction. Since then, the court has directed the builders to refund the affectees of the residential and commercial units within three months. During the hearing today at the Karachi registry, the […]
