Law Ministry not interested to implement NRO verdict: CJ
ISLAMABAD: Law Ministry functionaries are not interested in implementing the Supreme Court’s historic verdict on NRO
April 2, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
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Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Iftikhar Chaudhry’
Let’s celebrate victory: Apex court judges of poor Pakistan get hefty raise in salaries, allowances
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari today approved a 30 per cent increase in the salary and allowances of judges of the apex
Pak CJ takes suo motu notice of police torture in public
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary has ordered the IGPs, home secretaries, Advocates General of all the four provinces
Supreme Court declares agencies above the law!
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan said on Friday it will not examine evidence against intelligence agencies in the missing persons’ case. A written order released to the media states that evidence and allegations of involvement of intelligence agencies in abducting people will be examined by an ‘appropriate forum at the relevant time.’ The [...]
February 20, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
Political activists also among the newly appointed LHC judges
ISLAMABAD: Five district and sessions judges, two of them already retired, and a registrar are included in the 31 justices appointed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) and Sindh High Court (SHC). Of them, Nisar Mohammad Shaikh was working as registrar of the SHC while Justice Syed Zakir Hussain was serving as district judge Thattha. [...]
Zardari expresses satisfaction over the end of govt-judiciary confrontation
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari expressed satisfaction on Friday over the end of confrontation between the government and
22 additional LHC judges take oath after the SC judges oath
LAHORE: Twenty-two newly appointed judges of the Lahore High Court have taken oath from LHC Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif on Friday. The newly appointed additional judges of Lahore High Court belong to Rawalpindi, Lahore, Bahawalpur, Chakwal, Gujranwala, Jehlum, Multan, Narowal, and Sheikhpura. After the appointment of 22 additional judges in Lahore High Court, the strength [...]
February 18, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
Zardari signs summary of judges appointment on PM’s advice
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari signed on Wednesday a new summary regarding appointment of three judges of the Supreme Court and 22 additional judges of Lahore High Court (LHC) and nine of Sindh High Court (SHC), presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said. The president, on the advice of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, appointed Justice Saqib [...]
PM Gilani announces withdrawal of presidential notifications
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that his government has accepted the recommendations of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Gilani
Apex court’s judgment to settle executive-judiciary power chaos
Powers of the executive and chief justices are likely to be conclusively settled in the forthcoming judgment of the apex court on
Zaradri to backtrack to end the Govt-judiciary confrontation
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of parties in the ruling coalition urged President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday to withdraw the notifications regarding elevation of Lahore High Court judges to end confrontation between the government and the judiciary. Sources said the proposal was made at a meeting attended by Farooq Sattar of MQM, Maulana Fazlur Rehman of JUI-F, [...]
Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s meeting with PM Yousuf Raza Gilani at PM House amid crisis
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry’s meeting with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the PM house lasted for two and half hours in a pleasant environment on Wednesday (Today) in Islamabad to find the way out of the ongoing crisis. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani took on Tuesday a major initiative in what appeared to be an [...]
66 Bars’ resolution declares appointment of judges illegal
KARACHI: Bar associations across Pakistan passed a unanimous resolution on Monday declaring the February 13 presidential order regarding judges’ appointment illegal. At least
Lawyers announce their plan for boycott, protests
RAWALPINDI: The national coordination council of lawyers decided on Sunday to boycott courts on Monday in protest against Saturday’s notifications about two Lahore High Court judges in disregard of recommendations of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. Addressing a press conference, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) chief Qazi Mohammad Anwar accused President Asif Ali Zardari of [...]
February 15, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
Zardari to chair PPP meeting today to chalk out line of action
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will preside over a PPP meeting on Monday to chalk out a line of action to cope with the new judicial crisis which erupted after he issued notifications about two Lahore High Court judges. “It will be a dinner meeting attended by PPP parliamentarians,” presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar told our [...]
February 15, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
Nawaz Sharif says Govt-judiciary crisis detrimental
ISLAMABAD: The Quaid Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif has said Sunday the government has started confronting with judiciary and termed the government-judiciary crisis as formidable for democracy. He said PML-N will continue playing its role necessary for survival of democracy. Chairing an important advisory meeting of party members here in Punjab [...]
February 14, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
Pakistan flung into fresh turmoil, PPP locked into confrontation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan headed into fresh crisis Sunday with President Asif Ali Zardari locked into a humiliating confrontation with the country’s top judicial authority over the appointment of a senior judge. The crisis arose when the president appeared to ignore a candidate nominated by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry for a vacancy on the Supreme Court, [...]
Judges stand by CJ, PPP holds CJ responsible for standoff
LAHORE: Judges of the Lahore High Court once again demonstrated unity in their ranks by resisting the president’s move to elevate LHC Chief Justice Khawaja Mohammad Sharif to the Supreme Court and to appoint Justice Saqib Nisar in his place. The defiance recalled Nov 3, 2007, when a number of judges of the High Court [...]
February 14, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
SC suspends presidential orders over judges’ appointment
ISLAMABAD: Another judicial storm is brewing as the Supreme Court suspended the federal government’s notification to elevate the chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khwaja Sharif as a judge of the Supreme Court. Earlier, on Saturday, the president had issued a notification to promote the chief justice of the Lahore High Court [...]
February 14, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
CJ warns action against NAB officials ignoring SC orders
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday took strong exception to the current National Accountability Bureau
February 11, 2010 | Posted in SOUTH ASIA | Read More »
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