ISLAMABAD -UNS:Former Prime Minister, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan said that when the Supreme Court first restored the National Assembly through suo moto, then it was right, and now when the top court wants elections through it, the suo moto became wrong. Talking to journalists in Lahore, he also […]
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ISLAMABAD -UNS: The Supreme Court of Pakistan rejects government’s request for full court.A diminished Supreme Court bench — comprising three judges — on Friday rejected Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Awan’s request for the formation of a full court to hear PTI’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s […]
WTP Report ISLAMABAD : A five-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan hearing a case regarding delay in elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was dissolved on Thursday after Justice Aminuddin Khan rescused himself from the bench. Originally, a bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, which aims to deprive the office of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity. The bill was presented by Federal Minister for Law and […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Tuesday proposed a pay cut for himself and other judges so that the “vital task” of holding elections across the country could be funded and completed. He passed these remarks as the apex court resumed hearing PTI’s petition challenging […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill aimed at curtailing the chief justice of Pakistan’s (CJP) powers to take suo motu notices and constituting benches of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023, said the exercise of original jurisdiction by the apex court […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Justice Munib Akhtar of the Supreme Court said on Monday that the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decisions had become an “obstruction” in the way of the apex court’s orders. He passed these remarks as the top court took up PTI’s petition challenging the electoral body’s orders to […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has written a reply letter to President Dr Arif Alvi, terming the latter’s written correspondence regarding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) a “one-sided affair” and “the PTI’s press release”. The premier wrote the letter; that contains five pages and seven points, in […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to direct federal and provincial authorities to assist the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in holding the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elections in accordance with the orders of the Supreme Court to “avoid further complications”. The president […]
LAHORE -UNS: The Lahore High Court on Friday extended PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s protective bail in five cases, including two for “vandalism” at the Islamabad Judicial Complex and high court, till March 27. The former premier had been granted protective bail in the five cases on March 17 when he […]
