The Pakistan People’s Party threw the ball in Supreme Court’s court on Saturday by asking to fix an early date for hearing the reference of ‘judicial murder’ of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan and the founder of the PPP. In a special letter sent to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
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Raja Parvez Ashraf’s attorney Waseem Sajjad requests for additional time to prepare his submissions as Judges pose tough questions Waseem Sajjad, counsel for former minister for water and power Raja Parvez Ashraf, found himself in no man’s land when Pakistan Supreme Court’s top judges put forward some tough questions. Sajjad, seeing that his arguments are […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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Supreme Court dismisses Malik Ishaq’s bail review appeal The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a review petition seeking cancellation of bail to Malik Mohammad Ishaq, former head of banned organisation Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, who is facing trial in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team back in 2009. A two-member bench of the apex court comprising […]
Nov 11 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan Railways in Supreme Court In an anticipated move, the Supreme Court took a suo moto notice about the prevailing condition in Pakistan Railways, which was need of the hour despite all the differences. While observing the case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, expressed dissatisfaction over the situation and asked the Federal Secretary of Railways […]
Nov 2 2011 | Posted in
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Raja Pervez Ashraf to appear in Supreme Court of Pakistan Raja Pervez Ashraf, Former water and power minister of Pakistan, has been summoned to Supreme Court on Monday, October 31. The former minister is set to defend the accusation made against him of corruption, awarding of contracts to different companies for rental power projects (RPPs). […]
Oct 28 2011 | Posted in
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Pakistan in way to an aimless state The remarks of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that the style in which state institutions are working is a cursing reflection of the level of governance generally and administrative capability particularly. The milieu to this expression was the Chief Justice’s unhappiness over the non-payment of salaries […]
Oct 20 2011 | Posted in
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Supreme Court rejects appeal pleas against wage board award ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed all appeals against the 7th Wage Board Award, upholding a decision of the Sindh High Court. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani announced its verdict in the open Court. The […]
Supreme Court orders Punjab Government to pay salaries to teachers of PCPP Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the Punjab Government to pay salaries to teachers of 26 colleges associated with the Punjab Colleges Pilot Project (PCPP). The decision was announced on Tuesday, October 18 by the panel of three judges, which was headed by […]
Oct 19 2011 | Posted in
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