Infant burnt to death in candle accident during blackout
An infant was burnt to death when the room caught fire from a candle during a power outage in Daska city’s congested Islampura area on Thursday morning. The one-and-a-half-year old Ali Hassan…
FM submits report on Bagram prisoners
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday adjourned hearing till January 16 of a petition against extradition of seven Pakistanis detained in an Afghan jail. Earlier, the standing counsel on behalf of…
Timely resolution of financial disputes essential: LHC CJ
Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Azmat Saeed on Monday said that the foreign investers will not invest in Pakistan until business related disputes were decided timely by the courts. Addressing the…
No ‘lie-detection’ for Haqqani
Justice Umar Ata Bandial of Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking court orders for conducting a poly-graphic Lie Detection Test (LDT) of former Pakistan ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani…
LHC wants to know who killed Benazir
Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sh Azmat Saeed Monday called for reply till January 12 from federal government on a plea for directions to Interior Minister Rehman Malik to disclose names of…
Advocate and attorney general called in governor’s removal case
The Lahore High Court issued notice for December 20 to Punjab advocate general and attorney general of Pakistan for assistance in proceedings on a petition seeking removal of governor Punjab Sardar Latif…
LHC hears plea against 229 judges
Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Monday adjourned the hearing of a petition until December 16 seeking removal of 229 civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates of Punjab who failed to pass…
Proceedings on 3-day CNG load shedding petition begin today
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday adjourned till today (Tuesday) the hearing on a writ petition challenging the three-day weekly load shedding of CNG (Compressed Natural Gas). Justice Mansoor Ali Shah…
Hafiz Saeed’s petition hearing deferred till Jan 18
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday adjourned till January 18 hearing of a petition of Jamatud Dawa Chief Hafiz Saeed seeking court directions to the government to defend him as a…
Bagram Jail case hearing adjourned
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday adjourned till December 20 hearing of a petition seeking the government’s assistance in release of seven Pakistani citizens detained at Bagram Theatre Internment Camp Afghanistan.…
PST chairman’s appointment delayed
The appointment of the Punjab Service Tribunal (PST) chairman has become a probable row between the governor and CM, as the Punjab government is weighing different options after the governor has delayed…
LHC suspends term of Seema Munawar
Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik on Thursday suspended the three-year jail sentence of late LHC Justice Munawer Elahi’s daughter and former Punjab additional advocate general, Seema Munawar, and ordered…
LHC Justice Asad Munir retiring today
Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Asad Munir will retire today (Friday) after attaining the age of superannuation. He was appointed as additional judge of the LHC on September 15, 2009. After his…
The Mall, free for all
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday allowed the lawyers to hold rally against NATO attack at The Mall today (Thursday), suspending the Section 144 imposed by the DCO to ban anti-government protests…
Free the SDOs from FIA, LHC tells police
Lahore High Court Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu on Monday directed Gujranwala Police to trace and recover two Sub-Divisional Officers (SDOs) of WAPDA by November 23, who were allegedly in the illegal custody…
LHC CJ seeks help on Raymond Davis petition
Lahore High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Azmat Saeed on Thursday issued notice to provincial and federal government law officials for legal assistance in a petition urging the court to summon former foreign…
New LHC CJ takes oath
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Thursday took oath as the new chief justice (CJ) of the Lahore High Court (LHC). Punjab Governor Latif Khosa administered the oath at a ceremony at the…