report in The News, December 31, 2023MANSEHRA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUIF) leader Mufti Kifayatullah on Saturday said his party was in contact with other political parties to get their support against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supreme leader Nawaz Sharif for NA-15 in February 8 elections. “This is a wrong perception that JUIF is pursuing the agenda of PMLN as an ally. JUIF has its own policies and being a strong political power we will defeat Nawaz Sharif…
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By Faizan Bangash in The News, December 20, 2023LAHORE: Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court are the crime scenes of the murder of Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The PPP leader said it was perpetrated by late Gen Ziaul Haq and the coterie of judges of the Lahore High Court, the Supreme Court along with lawyers, politicians and bureaucrats who acted as facilitators. Bilawal was addressing a…
Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 3, 2023ISLAMABAD: Newly elected PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan has urged the Supreme Court to get the party’s rights back. Talking to the media after being elected the party chief on Saturday morning, the lawyer also requested the chief justice of Pakistan not to return his official vehicles. He further said that the people’s voices should be heard, adding that this time they would be. He added that he would…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 22, 2023The writer covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.The Judicial Council has finally nominated justices for six of the seven long-vacant positions at the Supreme Court. A meeting of the council led by Chief Justice Bishowambhar Prasad Shrestha on Tuesday picked four candidates from among high court career judges and two practising lawyers. The council has ditched the hierarchical norm in nominating high…
report in The News, Nov 20, 2023ISLAMABAD: All eyes are on the courts during this week as the Supreme Court (SC) and Islamabad High Court (IHC) are set to hear most important cases from today (Monday). IHC Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb will hear the appeal against the sentence of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on November 21 (Tuesday) in the special bench of the IHC. Nawaz Sharif spent 10…
By Yohan Perera in Daily Mirror, Nov 7, 2023COLOMBO- The Supreme Court has dismissed the petitions filed against the Anti-Terrorism Bill. Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapaksa announced a short while ago in Parliament that the Supreme Court has informed that it cannot examine the Bill because it has not yet been included in the order book.https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Supreme-Court-dismisses-petitions-challenging-Anti-Terrorism-Bill/108-270756
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Oct 31, 2023The writer covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.Amid Supreme Court’s reluctance in deciding six petitions related to jurisdiction row between the federal and provincial governments, a new petition has been lodged by the Bagmati Province arguing that the centre has overstepped its authority in transport management. As per the decision of the provincial Cabinet, Laxman Lamsal, provincial minister for labour, employment and…
by Hasnaat Malik in The Express Tribune, Oct 27, 2023ISLAMABAD: Soon after the retirement of chief justice Umar Ata Bandial, the Supreme Court is showing its muscles by giving decisions in the ongoing month that may affect the interests of the ‘powerful circles’. A five-judge bench led by Justice Ijazul Ahsan has given an unprecedented ruling by declaring a 56-year-old law to try civilians in military courts as unconstitutional. The bench also held that the…
by Atika Rehman in Dawn, Sept 25th, 2023LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Malik Ahmed Khan, who is visiting London, criticised the Supreme Court’s decision regarding amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance, terming the law “destructive for Pakistan”. Mr Ahmed, who is here on a personal visit and is staying at The Churchill hotel in central London where interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar is also staying, said the two had not met and that…
By Sohail Khan in The News, August 23, 2023ISLAMABAD: The controversy over President Alvi’s claim he did not sign the two legislations amending the Official Secrets Act and Pakistan Army Act reached the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday after a plea was filed praying for suspending both the legislations. Advocate Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta filed the petition with the apex court under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, making the Federation of Pakistan through secretary, Law…
By Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, May 19, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday said the government was unable to publicise the Lal Commission report as the Supreme Court barred it from doing so. The report was produced by a team led by former Supreme Court justice Girish Chandra Lal after a detailed investigation into the months of protests in the run-up to and following the promulgation of the constitution in September…