ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a petition seeking a declaration that the government’s much-touted ‘Constitutional Package’ cannot be introduced or enacted by parliament after the plea was withdrawn. The Consti­tutional Package comprises legislation proposing a set of constitutional amendments, including the extension of the top judge’s term. Experts fear that the proposed amendments would virtually erode the …

KARACHI: Lawyers across Pakistan have come together on a unified platform to oppose proposed constitutional amendments, warning of a nationwide movement if the government proceeds with the changes. At a convention held by the Karachi Bar Association at City Court on Tuesday, prominent legal figures, including officials from the Pakistan Bar Council, Supreme Court Bar Association, and other regional associations, …

ISLAMABAD: Next week, the Supreme Court is going to take up a constitutional petition filed against a proposed constitutional amendment package—dubbed the 26 Constitutional Amendment—along with the objections raised to it by its Registrar Office. A three-member bench led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJ) Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan is scheduled …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has asked the administration to provide a complete record of an illegal society in Sector C-12 called ‘Northridge Housing Society’, which allegedly encroaches upon the Margala Hills National Park. The court sought the details after it was informed by the lawyer that the owners of this scheme had a close relationship with the former spymaster, retired …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Monday regretted the repeated validation of martial laws in the country by the judiciary, wondering if the judges considered themselves above the law and not bound by the Constitution. “Are judges of the superior judiciary so generous that they wholeheartedly extend end­orsement to every military coup in the country,” the …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously accepted a review petition against its 2022 verdict related to the defection clause under Article 63-A of the Constitution. Through its May 17, 2022 verdict, the SC had declared that votes cast contrary to the parliamentary party lines in four instances outlined in Article 63-A should not be counted. Today’s ruling means that …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an objection raised by PTI founder Imran Khan’s counsel over the bench hearing a review petition against its 2022 verdict related to the defection clause under Article 63-A of the Constitution. Through its May 17, 2022 verdict, the SC had declared that the vote cast contrary to the parliamentary party lines under Article …

ISLAMABAD: After much ado, the Supreme Court finally commenced hearing the Supreme Court Bar Association’s (SCBA) review petition against the May 17, 2022, short order on the defection clause under Article 63A, after Justice Munib Akhtar and senior puisne judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah successively chose not to sit on the larger bench. After Justice Munib Akhtar reiterated his …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing a petition seeking a review of the 2022 verdict on the defection clause under Article 63-A of the Constitution. The review plea, filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), was set to be taken up by a five-member bench — headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Munib Akhtar on Monday put his fellow judges in a bind by refusing to sit on a larger bench of the Supreme Court, and later protested the hearing conducted by a four-judge bench rather than the five judges who had initially heard an SCBA plea, seeking a review of the May 17, 2022 ruling on the defection clause …