A day before the hearing of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case, the government has filed a plea in the Supreme Court, refusing to write a letter to the Swiss authorities against President Asif Ali Zardari. However, the apex court rejected the application saying a civil miscellaneous application could not be filed against a court […]
Over the directives of the Supreme Court, the government on Thursday suspended Hussain Asghar and presented the notification of his suspension to the court. A three-judge bench of the apex court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of the suo moto case of corruption in Hajj scandal. Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and […]
Jul 19 2012 | Posted in
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Ministry of Defence on Monday failed to produce the notification about the setting-up Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI)’s political wing to the Supreme Court. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing in the case involving alleged disbursement of millions among anti-PPP politicians by the country’s chief spy agency before the 1990s […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has made it clear that he hadn’t said the government will not write the letter to the Swiss authorities against President Asif Ali Zardari. He, however, said that the government’s stance was that writing letter was unconstitutional until Asif Ali Zardari holds office of the presidency. […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday directed Raja Pervez Ashraf, the new prime minister of the country, to submit his written reply in the NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance) implementation case by July 12. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk resumed the hearing, issuing directives to Attorney General of Pakistan […]
Attorney General Ifrna Qadir submitted a resolution of the parliament before the Supreme Court which supported the Speaker National Assembly’s ruling in favor of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in reference to the contempt of court case. A three-judge headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was hearing the petitions filed against the speaker’s […]
Jun 19 2012 | Posted in
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Aitzaz Ahsan, the counsel for Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in the contempt of court case, has said the Supreme Court didn’t have the authority to hear petitions against Speaker’s ruling under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of constitutional petitions […]
In an apparent confrontation between executive and judiciary, the Supreme Court has given authorities a deadline of June 8 to recall Hussain Asghar to resume investigations of the Haj corruption scandal. A three-member bench with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary in the chair resumed the hearing, giving the task to Hussain Asghar to probe the […]
Jun 5 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday took suo moto notice of the alleged killing of seven people including five women as a punishment for dancing at a wedding party in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). A video scandal was recently emerged in which the death decree was issued to seven persons by the […]
Jun 4 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the documents submitted by Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, giving him a one-day deadline to prove that he has quitted his British nationality. According to the media reports, his failure in satisfying the apex court by submitting the receipt of the payment to renounce his dual nationality […]
May 30 2012 | Posted in
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