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Posts tagged as “proceedings”

Imran challenges cipher indictment before IHC

by Syed Irfan Raza | Malik Asad in Dawn, December 20th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will take up former prime minister Imran Khan’s plea challenging in-camera proceedings of the cipher trial at Adiala jail today (Wednesday). Mr Khan in his petition also challenged his de-novo trial in jail and subsequent developments, including the framing of charges and a gag order on the media. On the other hand, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued a…

Court shelves Arshad Sharif’s murder trial

by Malik Asad in Dawn, Sept 21st, 2023ISLAMABAD: The jud­i­cial magistrate of Islam­abad shelved the murder case of journalist Arshad Sharif on Wednesday since no prosecution witness had attended the trial proceedings so far. Muhammad Abbas Shah, a civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate, had issued non-bailable arrest warrants to all prosecution witnesses, including the wife of Arshad Sharif, for not appearing before the court to record their statements in the murder case. The judge had directed the…