ISLAMABAD — The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Bill, 2023 that aims to curtail power of Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo moto notice. The bill was presented by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar, according to the state ...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday sought Rangers and FC troops to ensure law and order during Punjab and KP polls. The demand was made by the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja in a meeting with the Interior Secretary Yousaf Naseem Khokhar in Islamabad. - ...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday decided to consult with President Arif Alvi and Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for elections in Punjab and KP. As per details, the advisory meeting of ECP headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) concluded and it is decided to ...

While annulling the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) decision of forming a committee for determining the prices of livestock and poultry products, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that the high courts could not exercise the power of taking suo motu notice. The apex court in its ruling said that the ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has formed a new 5-member investigation team (JIT) to probe Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder, days after the country’s top court took suo moto notice of the incident. A five-member bench of led by the CJP Umar Atta Bandial continued the suo moto ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the federal government to form a special joint investigation team to investigate the murder of slain journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead by Kenyan police earlier in October this year. The five-member bench of the apex court led by ...

ISLAMABAD: The mother of slain journalist, Arshad Sharif, has urged the incumbent government to register first information report (FIR) on her complaint. In a statement, Arshad Sharif’s mother – Riffat Ara Alvi – said that her son was murdered and the government should register the FIR on ...

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the incumbent government to lodge a case of the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif before today's evening. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial issued the orders while hearing the suo motu notice regarding the high ...

ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court on Monday took suo motu notice on Imran Khan’s statement against a female additional sessions judge of the federal capital. A three-member bench headed by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and comprising Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb and Justice Babar Sattar ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has lambasted the country’s judicial members for ‘unilateral decisions’, saying Pakistan cannot move forward without justice. The premier made these remarks while addressing the National Assembly session, a day after the Supreme Court struck down ...