Bahria Town gets a clean slate after Rs460bn settlement
–Bahria Town requests SC to make payments to Sindh govt as court tells NAB to refrain from initiating probe against realtor –Bahria Town to pay Rs25bn as down-payment by August and from Sept…
SC delists Asghar Khan implementation case hearing
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday delisted the Asghar Khan implementation case, which was fixed to be heard on March 19. The SC Registrar Office issued a notification relating to removal of…
SC grills govt, DHA over failure to conduct audit
–Judge asks whether DHA was government within government –Questions why does judiciary have ‘to do everything and pass all the orders’ ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday grilled the federal government…
SC gives NAB two weeks to arrest NICL scam main accused
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday gave the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) two weeks time to arrest Mohsin Habib Warriach, the main accused in a Rs1.68 billion scam involving the National…
SC slams NAB over its tackling of NICL corruption case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday blasted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) corruption case hearing, over its tackling of a major corruption case. A three-member…
SC to determine ombudsperson’s jurisdiction in women harassment cases
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday hinted that it might decide the issue relating to suo motu jurisdiction of Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces on…
SC upholds death for convicts in triple murder case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday upheld the death sentence awarded to convicts in a triple murder case. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khan Khosa…
SC orders immediate construction of Nai Gaj dam
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday ordered immediate construction of Nai Gaj dam. An apex court bench headed by Justice Gulzar Ahmed directed the federal and provincial governments to ensure timely…
SC accepts Malik Riaz’s apology in contempt case
–Bahria Town chairman had in a press conference hurled serious allegations against then CJP Iftikhar and his son Dr Arsalan over alleged business deals ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday acquitted realtor…
SC to hear former judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s plea against sacking
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday dismissed the court registrar’s objection against former Islamabad High Court judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui’s petition against his removal from office. The apex court further admitted the…
SC rejects review pleas in fake accounts case, gives NAB free hand
–CJP clears Bilawal Bhutto’s name from case, directs NAB to complete probe in two months and file reference against accused –NAB constitutes combined investigation team led by Rawalpindi DG Irfan Mangi to…
Govt offices, ministries in Islamabad to remain closed on Monday
ISLAMABAD: All the offices of the federal government and federal secretariat on the Constitution Avenue except the essential staff of the ministries and departments of interior, finance, cabinet, foreign affairs, information and…
SC confirms death sentence of convict who murdered woman, 4 children
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence of a convict who murdered a woman and four children in 2009. The convict, Faisal, was found guilty of murdering a woman and…
FIA seeks SC’s help in Asghar Khan case
–Agency informs court probe has hit a dead end –SC forms three-member bench, summons FIA DG, AGP on Monday ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday sought the Supreme Court’s help in collecting evidence…
Bilawal moves SC for removal of name from JIT report
–NAB submits first progress report to SC in the case ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court regarding its January 7,…
SC to initiate crackdown against false testimonies
–Court acquits accused who served seven years in prison ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday started a crackdown against false testimonies while hearing a criminal appeal. As a three-member bench headed by…
Turkey planned covert operation against own nationals in Pakistan, claims plea in SC
–PTEF says MoI refused to allow aircraft carrying Turk intel officers to land in Pakistan in 2017 –Urges SC to bar Pakistani govt from getting involved in political conflict between Turkish govt…