If the funds are not provided for the elections, there may be serious consequences, warns CJP Umar Ata Bandial Hopes that the govt would respond positively to the provision of funds for the constitutional process Says who will give the guarantee that the situation will be peaceful on October 8?Read More →
Six-member SC bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan closes case after Justice Qazi Faez Isa halts ‘suo motu’ proceedings ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) In yet another key development for the day, a six-member Supreme Court of Pakistan bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan on Tuesday ‘closed’ the case thatRead More →
What is going on in the Pakistan Supreme Court? By..Justice Markandey Katju I was a lawyer for 20 years in India and a Judge for another 20 years ( including being the Chief Justice of 3 High Courts and a Judge in the Indian Supreme Court ), but I can’t make head orRead More →
SC turns down Attorney General Mansoor Usman Awan’s request to form full court in Punjab election delay case Court summons secretaries of Defense & Finance on Monday ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) A diminished Supreme Court of Pakistan bench — comprising three judges — on Friday rejected Attorney General forRead More →
Supreme Court bench hearing delay in Punjab assembly elections dissolves after Justice Aminuddin Khan recuses himself Hearing of the adjourned till today at 11:30 AM ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Supreme Court of Pakistan bench hearing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to postponeRead More →
Decision to postpone polls in Punjab was penned in haste by the Election Commission of Pakistan: CJP Umar Ata Bandial Says rule of law & democracy are two sides of a same coin Says the parties had to decide the direction of the circumstances while the court had to keepRead More →
NAB amendment was made by the assembly which was incomplete at the time: CJP Umar Ata Bandial Says more than half of NA had boycotted the move because of ‘political strategy’ Justice Ijazul Ahsan says only a few benefited from NAB amendments & that an entire political party was runningRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari’s ruling on Punjab chief minister’s election null and void and ruled that Pervaiz Elahi will be the new chief minister of the province, ARY News reported. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice of PakistanRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected the government’s petition for formation of a full court bench to hear the case of the Punjab chief minister’s (CM) election. A three-member apex court bench, comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar,Read More →
Court desired that justice be done with everyone through implementation of the law: CJP Umar Ata Bandial Says we expect that a clean, honest, capable & reputable person will be appointed as chairman NAB Apex court directs federal govt to bring recent changes in rules of ECL within the ‘ambitRead More →
Process of the no-confidence vote should continue under Article 95: SC Apex court says it would not interfere in political matters but legal matters would have to be looked into Directs Islamabad IGP to submit by Monday a report on the storming of Sindh House by PTI supporters ISLAMABAD (Read More →
Islamabad: (Web Desk) The Supreme Court on Wednesday hinted at banning YouTube after it took notice of the objectionable content uploaded on the popular social media website. Hearing the bail application of an accused Shaukat Ali who is facing charges related to promoting sectarianism, the three-member bench headed by Justice Mushir AlamRead More →