ISLAMABAD: SCP’s Full Bench, led by CJP Qazi Faez Isa, said Tuesday (9th July, 2024) that verdict on the SIC reserved seat case would be announced following pondering over it. Besides CJP the bench also comprises Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice […]
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ISLAMABAD: SCP, maintaining that it had to protect the public mandate, annulled PHC verdict about PTI/SIC reserved seats for women and minorities, here on Monday (6th May, 2024). Hearing the SIC appeal against PHC verdict SCP’s three-member bench – headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and including Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah […]
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KARACHI: SCP on 6th March, 2024 had proclaimed that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (who was executed on 4th April, 1979) did not get a fair trial. Life and death of Zulfikar Ali (Z.A.) Bhutto: * Z. A. Bhutto was born in Sindh on 5th of January, 1928. * He studied Law to become a barrister. * […]
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ISLAMABAD: Over 300 lawyers [including Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, Zainab Janjua, Abdul Moiz Jaferii, Salman Akram Raja, Taimur Malik and Saqib Jillani (s/o former CJP Tassaduq Hussain Jillani)] on Sunday (31st March, 2024) issued a public statement asking the SCP to take notice of allegations of interference in the judiciary affairs under Constitution’s Article 184(3). Signatories of […]
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ISLAMABAD: A nine-member bench of SCP headed by CJP Qazi Faez Isa (also comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Musarrat Hilali) on Wednesday (6th March, 2024) has anonymously opined (in […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking to annul the February 8, 2024 general elections and imposed a fine worth Rs 500,000 on petitioner for non-appearance. A three-member bench presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Musarrat Hilali, announced […]
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KARACHI (IFJ): Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued summons for 47 journalists and YouTubers, with authorities to question the media figures on their alleged sharing of misinformation targeting Supreme Court Judges. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), urge authorities to stop their harassment of […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday (24th of Jan, 2024) dismissed the appeal of JUI’s candidate Abdul Hafiz Loni and up held the verdict of election tribunal for rejecting his nomination papers from NA-252. A three-member bench of the top court headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa heard the appeal of Jamiat […]
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ISLAMABAD: SCP maintained the death sentence of former president Pervaiz Musharraf while upholding the verdict of the special court in the high treason case on Wednesday (10th of Jan, 2024). The apex court said heirs of former president didn’t pursue the case despite the repeated notices, hence the appeal was dismissed. The apex court also […]
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ISLAMABAD: SCP, in a 6-1 majority verdict, has nullified the lifetime disqualification under the Constitution’s Article 62(1)(f) here on Monday (8th of Jan, 2024). Justice Yahya Afridi dissented from the verdict of the larger bench that says the parliamentarians would be barred from holding office for five years under the law: “With profound respect, I […]
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