NEW YORK: Courts must remain open and vigilant, whenever there is a threat of martial law in Pakistan, Supreme Court Justice Athar Minallah said. During an address to the New York City Bar Association on Tuesday, he acknowledged the apex court’s past shortcomings in legitimising unconstitutional acts, and asserted that the court has a sacred obligation to defend the Constitution. …
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan has criticised the chief justice of Pakistan for allegedly hurrying to fix the review of a judgement regarding reserved seats, stressing that the PTI’s petition against human rights violations had been pending for months and yet to be taken up. Mr Khan also urged the chief justice to recuse himself from hearing PTI-related petitions, citing a conflict …
LAHORE: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Saturday urged the Supreme Court judges to reconsider their decisions to better serve the public. Speaking during a Punjab government meeting on the solar programme alongside his daughter, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Mr Sharif referred to the apex court’s ruling in the reserved seats case, urging the judiciary to focus on the welfare of the masses. …
ISLAMABAD: A complaint was filed before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Saturday seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and four members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The complaint has been filed by Haleem Adil Sheikh, retired Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi and MPA Mohammad Shabbir through Barrister Ali Tahir stating that an inquiry be …
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Opposition Leader Omar Ayub wrote a letter to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Friday, expressing his reservations on the appointment of ad hoc judges to the Supreme Court. The letter, which followed a similar letter penned by Senate Opposition Leader Shibli Faraz, Omar Ayub rejected the proposed appointment of ad-hoc judges. He said that the …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI has opposed the Supreme Court’s plan to appoint retired judges as ad hoc members to clear the huge backlog of cases, and called on the judges to decline the offer. “CJ Qazi Faez Essa’s [Isa] new ploy to appoint Ad Hoc Judges is nothing but a ploy to ‘fix’ the bench. There is a backlog of 56,000 cases in …
ISLAMABAD: After mulling over the landmark judgement on reserved seats, hailed by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday decided to approach the Supreme Court seeking its review contending that the full bench instead of interpretation of the constitution entered the domain of legislation. The PML-N in its review petition moved through Barrister Haris …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is considering the appointment of retired judges to decide over 54,000 pending cases. The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) — which appoints judges to superior courts — will meet on Friday to deliberate on the appointment of four retired judges as ad hoc members of the court. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, …
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have called for a hearing from the Supreme Court to seek the recovery of their detained members, stating that their National Assembly members and other leaders have been unlawfully detained. Addressing a press conference alongside other party leaders in Islamabad on Sunday, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan emphasised PTI’s resilience as one of the …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has filed an objection against the involvement of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa in his ongoing cases. The objection was submitted in response to intra-court appeals filed against the Supreme Court’s decision to annul the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) amendments. Khan’s petition argued that individuals who engaged in past corruption used laws and …