Nadir Guramani | Naveed SiddiquiUpdated June 15, 2019 An Islamabad Accountability Court on Saturday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) nine-day physical custody of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur. On Friday, Talpur was arrested by NAB officials in Islamabad in connection with a case pertaining to money laundering through fake accounts. A […]
A special court in Islamabad on Wednesday rejected former military dictator Pervez Musharraf’s plea for adjournment of the hearing of a high treason case against him. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Tahira Safdar also cancelled retired Gen Musharraf’s right of defence due to his repeated non-appearance before the court. Musharraf is facing a treason […]
By Nasir Iqbal | 6/15/2019 12:00:00 AM ISLAMABAD: Mystery surrounds the proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) which held a closed-door session on Friday to commence a preliminary hearing of government-sponsored references against two superior court judges as no official handout was released about the proceedings. At the conclusion of the SJC session, despite […]
APPROXIMATELY 49 per cent of Pakistan’s population is below the age of 18. With numbers surpassing 100 million, Pakistan’s youth bulge is greater than ever before. What could potentially serve as a transformational force to take the country off the path of economic stagnation has been treated with criminal neglect by successive regimes. In 2019, […]
Haseeb Bhatti June 13, 2019 The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a review petition filed against the acquittal of the accused in the Mukhtar Mai case. A three-member bench of the apex court, under Justice Gulzar Ahmed’s stewardship, heard the review petition which the defendant, through her counsel Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, had filed against the […]
Haseeb BhattiJune 13, 2019 Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday lamented that Karachi has become the “worst city” in Pakistan. He made these comments while hearing a suo motu case at the Supreme Court pertaining to the death of 10-year-old Amal Umer. A three-member bench of the apex court expressed a […]
Nadir Guramani | Inamullah Khattak | Naveed SiddiquiUpdated June 10, 2019 A 15-member team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), accompanied by police personnel, arrested PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari from his residence in Islamabad on Monday. The arrest came hours after the Islamabad High Court rejected an application seeking extension in the pre-arrest bails […]
Amir Wasim Updated June 10, 2019 ISLAMABAD: In a significant development, the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has formed special committees in all the four provinces and in Islamabad to identify “inefficient and corrupt judges” and to “prepare” references against them. PBC vice chairman Amjad Shah told Dawn on Sunday that the committees would submit their […]
Haseeb Bhatti Updated May 12, 2018 A note authored by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, elaborating on an unusual development which led to him being excluded from a three-member bench earlier this week, surfaced on Saturday in which the judge appeared to take exception to him being excluded from a bench hearing a human rights case. […]
A look at the life and work of one of Pakistan’s most cited judges, currently named in a reference before the SJC. Justice Isa is slated to become the Chief Justice of Pakistan in 2023.—Photo courtesy Supreme Court website Biography Born in Quetta on October 26, 1959, Justice Qazi Faez Isa is the son of […]
