ISLAMABAD: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday restored the powers of the Islamabad chief commissioner and deputy commissioner (DC) that were taken away after a single-member bench stripped the DC of his powers to detain individuals under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). An IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday for bail in the Toshakhana and £190 million corruption cases. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the director general of NAB, and the investigating officer have been named respondents in the applications. Separate bail applications for each case were submitted, outlining the request for bail until the …
RAWALPINDI: Azam Khan, the principal secretary to former prime minister Imran Khan, took an oath on the Holy Quran on Thursday, testifying that the diplomatic cipher provided by the foreign ministry to the ex-PM had not been returned to the ministry by the time he left his position. Last August, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) booked Imran Khan and former …
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Saturday reserved decisions on the petitions of PTI leadership Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Parvez Elahi as well as former minister Fawad Chaudhry and others against the rejection of their nomination papers for the Feb 8 election. Headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, the three-judge bench allowed an appeal of Qaisera …
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq on Wednesday summoned the joint secretaries of the ministries of defence and interior in connection with the ‘disappearance’ of a PTI candidate. Justice Farooq had directed the government agencies on Tuesday to produce Barrister Abdullah Mumtaz Kahloon, who had reportedly “disappeared” from Islamabad airport. Mr Kahloon had filed his nomination papers to …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has summoned Director-General of Intelligence Bureau (DG IB) and Director-General of Federal Investigation Agency (DG FIA) for February 19 in connection with the ongoing audio leaks case. Justice Babar Sattar of the IHC passed the order. In a seven-page written order, the court directed both the DGs to personally appear on February 19, 2024, to …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) inquired of the capital’s police chief on Friday why the Baloch protesters, who faced harsh police action a day earlier, were being forcefully sent back to Quetta. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq while hearing a petition filed by Baloch protesters against unlawful detention and their right to protest questioned why these individuals were being …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday dismissed ex-premier Imran Khan’s petition seeking the suspension of the trial court verdict in the Toshakhana case. On August 5, a trial court in Islamabad had found the PTI chief guilty of “corrupt practices” in a case pertaining to concealing details of state gifts and sentenced him to three years in prison. Shortly after, …
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court larger bench would hear on Friday (today) petitions by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan against multiple actions of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) including his five-year disqualification in Toshakhana case and cancellation of PTI`s party polls held last year. The bench is headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan and comprises Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza, Justice …
ISLAMABAD: PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday cleared yet another legal hurdle ahead of the Feb 8 general election after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) acquitted him in the Al-Azizia reference. A two-judge bench comprising IHC Chief Justice (CJ) Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb announced the verdict, which was reserved earlier in the day, while hearing Nawaz’s appeal …