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Don’t move every case to constitutional benches: Justice Mansoor

ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah opposed transferring every case to constitutional benches, suggesting that...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

Pakistan

Increase in number of SC judges, tenure of services chiefs: NA, Senate pass bills amid protest

ISLAMABAD: Amid strong protest by opposition, the National Assembly and the Senate passed six bills on Monday,...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

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Five members nominated for Judicial Commission

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq nominated five members for formation of Judicial Commission...

Updated 03 Nov, 2024 09:55am

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CJP says humane, effective prison system a must for fair legal framework

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi stressed that a humane and effective prison system is essential...

Updated 03 Nov, 2024 06:30pm

Pakistan

Single statement from SC could result in cases prolonging unnecessarily: CJP

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi has stated that even a single line in a Supreme Court order can sometimes...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

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Sindh govt jobs: SC strikes down 15-year age relief

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court struck down the 15 years’ age relaxation accorded in the upper age limit for all...

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:32am

Pakistan

CJP appoints Justice Mansoor as SC ADR body head

KARACHI: Supreme Court senior puisne judge Justice Mansoor Ali Shah was nominated as the chairman of the Alternate...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Pakistan

Petition against 26th constitutional amendment as objection case: CJ LHC asks petitioner to furnish details of similar matter pending before SC

LAHORE: The Chief Justice Lahore High Court on Wednesday hearing a petition against the 26th constitutional ...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 06:18am

Pakistan

PTI urges CJP to take notice of ‘extrajudicial’ abductions

ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over continuous human rights violations, torture and abduction of party workers...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 07:54am

Pakistan

Increasing number of SC judges: Govt likely to table bill in NA on Friday

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to introduce a bill on Friday to increase the number of judges in the...

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am

Pakistan

Reserved seats of women, non-Muslims: SC urged to initiate contempt of court proceedings against CEC, ECP members

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been asked to initiate contempt proceedings against the Chief Election Commissioner...

Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am

Pakistan

All eyes on full court; agenda remains unclear

ISLAMABAD: All eyes are on the Supreme Court that is set to hold its full court meeting today (Monday), convened by...

Updated 28 Oct, 2024 09:30am

Pakistan

Justice Mansoor explains why he didn’t attend farewell reference

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa ignored external influences and pressures on the judiciary and has opened the...

Published 26 Oct, 2024 05:55am

Pakistan

Outgoing CJP paid tribute amid absence of several judges

ISLAMABAD: The outgoing Chief Justice, Qazi Faez Isa, was praised lavishly at a Full-Court reference, held in his...

Published 26 Oct, 2024 05:55am

Opinion

26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms

The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am

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‘Fazl tried to make constitutional amendment controversial’: Bilawal gives 26th Amendment passage credit to outgoing CJP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the 26th amendment has become part of...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 08:56am

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Justice Mansoor refuses special bench role until Full Court review

ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah made it clear that he will not participate in special benches formed by the...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 09:27am

Pakistan

Justice Afridi calls on CJP Isa, Justice Shah

ISLAMABAD: The newly-appointed Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Yahya Afridi on Wednesday called on the outgoing ...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Pakistan

PTI decides to challenge 26th Amendment

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday decided to challenge the recently passed 26th Constitutional...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Pakistan

Justice Shah to skip new CJP’s oath-taking ceremony

KARACHI: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah will depart for Makkah on Thursday to perform Umrah. He is expected to return...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:10am

Pakistan

NAB amendments case verdict: Outgoing CJP accused of failing to keep ‘judicial propriety’

ISLAMABAD: Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi said Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa while expressing his disagreement with the...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:26am

Pakistan

New CJP to take oath of office on 26th

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Yahya Afridi as the Chief justice of...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am

Pakistan

26th Amendment challenged

ISLAMABAD: The recently-passed 26th Constitutional Amendment has been challenged in the Supreme Court, urging the...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

SPC picks Justice Afridi as next CJP amid PTI-SIC boycott

ISLAMABAD: The 12-member Special Parliamentary Committee, constituted for the first time in the country’s history...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

Reserved seats case: CJP says majority judges’ verdict has no legal status

ISLAMABAD: Two judges of Supreme Court disagreed with the majority judgment that gave the 41 independent candidates...

Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

Parliament empowered to pick CJP

ISLAMABAD: Government approved changes to the constitution on Monday, which included empowering parliament to pick...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Opinion

A blow to the ideal of trichotomy of power?

It is increasingly clear that the events that preceded the passage of the 26th Constitutional Amendment have, among...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am

Pakistan

CJP’s appointment: Special Parliamentary body constituted

KARACHI: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Monday night notified the Special Parliamentary Committee that is...

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 08:45am

Pakistan

Jurisdiction: Now questions will arise every day: Justice Shah

ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, on Monday, remarked that the question of jurisdiction would “arise every...

Updated 22 Oct, 2024 08:46am

Pakistan

Cricket bat symbol: SC dismisses PTI’s review plea

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s review petition against its...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am