MARDAN/SWABI: The police took former National Assembly speaker and central PTI leader Asad Qaiser into custody again in Swabi district on Saturday under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance after a local court granted him bail in a case pertaining to the May 9 violent protests. Mr Qaiser was re-arrested a few days ago by Mardan police in a …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought a report from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and other relevant authorities on how an audio of an alleged conversation between Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, and her lawyer, Latif Khosa, was leaked online. The court’s directives, which also called for reports from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority …
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday approached the Lahore High Court to challenge the appointment of bureaucrats by the caretaker provincial government in Punjab, to act as returning officers (ROs) for the upcoming general elections. Barrister Umair Khan Niazi, additional secretary general of the PTI, filed a writ petition, asking the court to strike down sections 50(1)(b) and 51(1) of …
ISLAMABAD: In a massive relief for the PML-N, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield reference. The verdict was announced by a two-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb on Nawaz’s appeal against his conviction in the case. In July 2018, an accountability court had …
ISLAMABAD: In a first, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has formally inaugurated a mediation centre — a forum for Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) — that would not only reduce the backlog of 18,500 cases in the IHC and over 52,000 cases in the district courts but also provide swift and inexpensive justice to litigants. The inaugural ceremony was held at …
ISLAMABAD: The capital’s high court is scheduled to hear on (Monday) today, the appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his conviction in the Al-Azizia and Avenfield corruption cases. A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) led by Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb will hear the appeals. The Supreme Court on July …
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed for hearing a plea against former army chief Gen (rtd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, ex-spymaster Lt Gen (rtd) Faiz Hameed and two journalists in a case pertaining to allegedly flouting the Official Secrets Act on Tuesday (November 28). On October 9, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq issued notices to the former military generals, concerned journalists and …