Posts Tagged ‘Justice Iftikhar’

SC takes suo moto notice of PIC deaths

ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday taking notice of death of more than 90 heart patients in Lahore has issued notices to Attorney General of Pakistan, Advocate General Punjab, Federal and Punjab Secretaries of Health, PPO Punjab and DG FIA to appear before the court and file reply and fixed it for hearing on January 31st.The Chief Justice took notice of the incident on …

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Adiyala prisoner’s case: SC orders seven remaining prisoners to be presented on Feb 9

A three member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry on Monday heard the case of the eleven missing prisoners of the Adiyala Jail.
The prisoners were convicted for attacking army installations including the GHQ.
During proceedings the counsel for the army and intelligence agencies, Raja Arshad informed the court that four of the eleven prisoners were …

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CJ for curbing corruption in courts

ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has appreciated the steps taken by legal fraternity for the rule of law and underlined the need for stepping up effort to curb corruption as it not only undermines the image of institution but also hampers the administration of justice.
He was talking to a 15-member delegation of the newly-elected officebearers of Rawalpindi District Bar …

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SC raps FIA for claiming credit of Khurram arrest

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Friday ordered DG FIA to appear on Feb 10 in a contempt of court plea regarding Khurram Rasool case, and sent the fraud case against PM’s ex-media adviser to a trial court.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and Justice Tariq Parvez hearing a criminal petition of Pervaiz Hussain …

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SC dissatisfied with IB report

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Friday while expressing dissatisfaction over the Intelligence Bureau (IB) report regarding Balochistan law and order directed the attorney general also to take the reports from Military Intelligence and Inter-Service Intelligence on Balochitan situation.
A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and …

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SC adjourns Balochistan unrest case till Feb 6

Supreme Court putt off on Friday the hearing of Balochistan’s target killing case till February 6. The court had to adjourn the hearing due to absence of Balochistan’s Advocate General over medical reasons. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the court wants to hear this case in Quetta and that there should be no delay in this regard. The chief justice directed the …

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SC admits plea against Sharmila

Islamabad – The Supreme Court on Thursday admitted a petition for regular hearing against Sharmila Farooqui’s eligibility for adviser to Sindh chief minister as well as member of  Cabinet. A 3-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, ordered removal of objections placed by the registrar office on the application and directed it for regular hearing.
Petitioner Habibul …

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SC orders FIA to arrest Khurram Rasool by Friday

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave another opportunity to FIA to arrest Khurram Rasool, former media coordinator to the PM, and others by Friday.
Warning Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials of serious consequences, the court told them to ensure the arrests as names of some high-ups were being taken in the case.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad …

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SC orders action against Khushnood

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Additional Director General FIA to proceed against Khushnood Lashari Principal Secretary to PM, former DGs FIA Waseem Ahmed and Malik Iqbal for ordering not to arrest Khurram Rasool, ex-Media Coordinator of Prime Minister.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprised Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and …

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SC refers Afaq’s plea to SHC

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred Chairman Muhajir Qaumi Movement Afaq Ahmed’s contempt petition to the Chief Justice Sindh High Court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against government for not removing ‘no go areas’ in Karachi.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said they have yet not announced the final …

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SC works within its domain: CJ

KARACHI – Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday said that the Supreme Court always worked in its domain but PCO judges had been manipulated by rulers for the perpetuation of their personal interests.
Speaking to a gathering of lawyers on their enrolment with the apex court at its Karachi Registry, he said judges, who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO), had …

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Rulers used PCO judges for personal gains: CJ

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Saturday said that PCO judges had been manipulated by rulers to perpetuate their personal interests, DawnNews reported.

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Mentally challenged man released from jail after 12 years

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has ordered to release a mentally challenged man from Karachi’s Landhi jail on Saturday. Mentally challenged Bilal alias Bilawal was arrested 12 years ago on minor charges and was imprisoned for 12 years. The chief justice took suo moto notice of the case and ordered to release Bilal on the request registered by his family.

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Govt doesn’t want to sack army, ISI chiefs: AG tells SC

The Supreme Court, admitting a plea against the possible sacking of military and ISI chiefs for formal hearing, asked the government to reply in two weeks.
According to a private television channel, a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the petition today. Attorney General Maulvi Anwar ul Haq said the government doesn’t want to take such an action. On this, …

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SC rejects NAB appeal against Sharif family

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upholding the judgment of the Lahore High Court directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to release all the assets of Sharif family.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprised Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain observed that freezing Sharif family’s assets by NAB was an unlawful …

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Writing letter to Swiss authorities useless: Aitzaz

ISLAMABAD: Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Wednesday said that judiciary has always played an important role in promoting democracy in the country. He said that Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had stated that there would be no more martial laws in the country. He said that President Asif Ali Zardari enjoys complete immunity in Pakistan as [...]

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SC orders NAB to release Sharif family’s assets

The Supreme Court dismissed the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeal against Sharif brothers on Wednesday and ordered it to release all their assets.
A three-member SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was hearing the case.
NAB Prosecutor General KK Agha also appeared before the court and presented an agreement signed between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) …

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