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Attorney General Irfan Qadir has said the president has the right to reject name of any judge about whom he has reports of involving in immoral activities and corruption. A five-member special bench of the apex court headed by Justice Khilji Arif resumed hearing the president’s reference regarding appointment of judges in higher judiciary. […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has said that president or the prime minister under the 18th amendment has no right to oppose judges’ appointment. A five-member bench of the apex court resumed hearing of the presidential reference Wednesday. During course of arguments, President’s counsel Advocate Waseem Sajjad requested the bench to summon the […]
Ministry of Law on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari has filed a reference in the Supreme Court, seeking guidelines from the apex court over the procedures of the appointment of the judges in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Under Article 186 of the Constitution, the president may refer any question of public importance […]
The Human Rights Watch said Tuesday Pakistan’s judges should cease using their contempt of court powers to prevent the media from airing programming critical of the judiciary. A press statement from the HRW said, Since Pakistan’s independent judiciary was restored to office in 2009, the judiciary has repeatedly sought to prevent its criticism in […]
Islamabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed FIR in the Rimsha Masih blasphemy case, saying that one must be careful while leveling such charges in sensitive matters. The chief justice of the court in its 15-page judgement said no one has seen Rimsha burning any pages. The IHC last week reserved its verdict on an […]
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 […]
A trail court reserved the judgment against bail plea of prayer leader Khalid Jadoon Chishti, who was implicated in a blasphemy case against Christian girl Rimsha Masih, seeking an explanation over stay order issued by Islamabad High Court (IHC). Counsel for the prayer leader, Syed Wajid Ali Gillani was of the opinion that the IHC […]
In what appeared to be a shocking turn-around, three witnesses who had testified against Qari Khalid Jadoon for leveling blasphemy allegations against Christian girl Rimsha Masih backtracked from their statements. In a statement submitted to a District and Sessions Court in Islamabad, they claimed that they were forced by the police to do so. The […]
Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered to arrest Director General Planning of Capital Development Authority (CDA) Ghulam Sarwar Sindhu over contempt of court charges. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the IHC issued these orders while hearing the case against former chairman of the prime minister’s task force on CDA Faisal Sakhi Butt. During the course […]
Zakaria Al Sadah, the brother-in-law of slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden expressed fears that he might be pushed out from Pakistan to deprive his sister and her children of legal assistance. Zakaria said that District and Session Judge Shahrukh Arjumand had also adjourned the petition of applicant till March 26 without passing any orders […]
Slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s brother-in-law, Zakaria Al Sadah, filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for the dismissal of case against his sister Amal Abdul Fattah Al sada and her children. He pleaded his sister and her five children be allowed to go back to Yemen. Filing the petition through his […]
The infamous memogate saga declines to die as everyday a new twist comes into the surface and makes it more notorious. Rejecting application of Hussain Haqqani, who offered to give his testimony via video link from London, the judicial commission directed him to appear in person as per the terms of his departure from the […]
