SC declares ECP decision to hold Punjab Assembly elections on 8th Oct unconstitutional; orders to hold election on 14th May Apex court directs to ensure free & impartial elections Asks the federal govt to provide every possible facilitation for holding the elections ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Supreme CourtRead More →
Supreme Court of Pakistan to announce verdict on PTI petition challenging ECP decision to delay in Punjab polls today CJP Umar Ata Bandial says law gives no one the authority to delay elections Says govt did not present any material after seeing which the elections could be postponed Says peopleRead More →
Supreme Court seeks reply from ECP, other respondents today regarding the matter of polls in KP, Punjab Justice Munib Akhtar says ECP’s decisions had become an ‘obstruction’ in the way of the apex court’s orders ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Issuing notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) forRead More →
Supreme Court in a split verdict rules that elections for KP & Punjab assemblies should be held within 90 days Court rules that Dr. Arif Alvi’s decision applies for Punjab but is ‘invalid’ in the case of KP Verdict also notes that KP governor breached ‘his constitutional responsibility’ by notRead More →
Justice Bandial said that in normal circumstances, citizens knocked on the door of the court. “But today, the Constitution of Pakistan has knocked on our doorstep.” At that, CJP Bandial said that the court will first discuss the admissibility of the request. He also asked if the parties had aRead More →
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah & Justice Athar Minallah raise questions on the dissolution of KP, Punjab assemblies Justice Athar Minallah remarks that a suo motu notice should be taken on the dissolution of provincial assemblies as well CJP Umar Ata Bandial says apex court wants to ensure that electionsRead More →
CJP Umar Ata Bandial takes suo motu notice on delay in Punjab, KP elections; 9-memebr larger bench to conduct hearing today ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday took a suo motu notice of an apparent delay in the electionsRead More →
When someone needs to be blackmailed, their audio clip is released: Imran Khan Urged SC to take notice of how an audio clip was recorded & leaked featuring Dr. Yasmin Rashid & Ghulam Mahmood Dogar LAHORE ( Web News ) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister ImranRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rejected the report of the Special Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif. The JIT report was submitted to the CJP’s Chamber earlier in the day. The report contains details of theRead More →
Polling procedure has been made ‘difficult’ to prevent overseas Pakistanis from voting: SC ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Supreme Court of Pakistan noted on Wednesday that the polling procedure has been made “difficult” to prevent overseas Pakistanis from voting. The apex court made the remarks during a hearing ofRead More →
Overqualified people for a post did not necessarily mean that it required lower credentials: SC ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has held that overqualified people for a post did not necessarily mean that it required lower credentials. “Recruitments, therefore, are to be made strictly inRead More →
If institutions do not protect their lands, there will be encroachments: CJP Umar Ata Bandial Says improvement in the railway system will be a great service to the common man ISLAMABAD ( Web News ) Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday ordered the railways secretaryRead More →