Journalists covering the National Assembly on Tuesday boycotted the proceedings over registration of a case against the ARY TV channels for airing footage of attack on the Quaid’s residence in Ziyarat. The TV had shown the attack of an armed militant group of the residency and disrespecting thee photos of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah last […]
The anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Rawalpindi on Tuesday ordered restoration of the frozen bank accounts and assets of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Musharraf had filed a petition for the recovery of his assets and bank accounts in the ATC, on which the court had reserved the judgment. Musharraf’s lawyer Ilyas Siddiqui pleaded the […]
A court in Quetta on Friday handed down a two-year sentence to Balochistan former minister Ali Madad Jatak over fake degree. The Additional Sessions Judge also imposed a fine of Rs10,000 in the case. Jatak was taken into custody by the police and shifted to jail as soon as he came out of […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan Sunday named, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, former judge of the Supreme Court, as the caretaker Prime Minister. Chief Election Commissioner, Fakhruddin G Ibrahim announced that Mr Khoso, also former Chief Justice of the High Court in Balochistan province, will lead the interim government. Justice Khoso,84, was the nominee […]
The Supreme Court on Monday accepted interim bail of former Federal Minister Sardar Muhammad Rind in a kidnapping for ransom case. A three-member bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary heard the appeal filed by opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly, Yar Muhammad Rind and granted the bail against the security […]
Nov 5 2012 | Posted in
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Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the Law and Justice Commission did not implement the recommendations of the National Judicial Committee, urging the government to implement the proposals as soon as possible. While chairing a meeting of the committee in Balochistan High Court building, the chief justice said that benefits of judicial policy […]
In a clear warning to the government, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the judiciary will not tolerate any unconstitutional steps taken by the executive or legislature. Addressing the Balochistan High Court (BHC) Association, the chief justice said that only rule acceptable was that of law and the Constitution. He observed, “Judiciary has […]
Despite American business tycoon Mansoor Ijaz Friday failed to avail a final opportunity to testify his statement, the judicial commission decided to record his statement via video link from Pakistan High Commission in London. Chief Justice Balochistan High Court (BHC) Qazi Faez Isa said that the lawyers will be consulted and then a date will […]
Feb 10 2012 | Posted in
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Another good man killed in Quetta In an unfortunate and shocking incident, unknown (who are not really) killed Syed Baqar Shah, the police surgeon who had conducted postmortems of victims of the Kharotabad shooting spree. The man, who revealed the hidden truths of Kharotabad incident without taking any pressure, had narrowly escaped an earlier attempt […]
Dec 30 2011 | Posted in
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