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Pakistan: PM Shehbaz terms ex-CJP Saqib as Imran Khan party PTI's agent
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
He said that Saqib Nisar had played a key role in the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif on completely baseless and false allegations and ran a vindictive campaign against the PMLN in order to bring Imran Khan into power through a rigged election he presided over.
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Pakistan: Top court to hear plea today on holding elections nationwide at
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A petition demanding that elections be held nationwide on the same day will be heard by a three-member Supreme Court bench on Friday, reported Geo News. A three-member bench, headed by CJP, will hear the case today.
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Pakistan PM criticises Supreme Court's order to render bill curbing powers
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday criticised the Supreme Court's order to render a bill curbing the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.
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Pakistan President refuses to give assent to bill aimed at curtailing CJP'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The matter of competency of legislation and validity of the bill is sub judice now before the highest judicial forum of the country. In deference to the same, thereto no further action is desirable," President Alvi said.
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Conduct of Punjab polls on May 14 getting impossible: Pak poll body to top
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said Tuesday that the conduct of elections on May 14 is becoming impossible owing to the lack of resources and forces to maintain law and order in its answer to the Supreme Court of Pakistan about elections in Punjab, Geo News reported.
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Top court orders State Bank of Pakistan to release funds for Punjab, KP po
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday ordered the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to direct funds for holding elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, Geo News reported.
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Imran Khan-led PTI to oppose judicial reforms bill in joint session of Par
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to reports cited by ARY News on Sunday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has chosen to reject the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023, which seeks to limit the chief justice of Pakistan's (CJP) suo motu powers of office.
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Pakistan SC to announce verdict tomorrow on PTI plea challenging delay in
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar, reserved the judgment today after hearing all the parties, including the government, the PTI, the ECP and others. However, it did not hear the counsel of the coal
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Pakistan National Assembly passes bill to curtail Chief Justice's suo moto
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure), Bill 2023, curtailing the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo moto notice in an individual capacity. The Express Tribune reported.
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Pakistan: Pakistan Muslim League Vice Prez advises CJP Bandial against 'fo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pakistan Muslim League-N Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday advised Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial to not follow Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan.
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Legal experts support calls for 'structuring' Chief Justice of Pakistan's
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Salman Akram Raja, an attorney, said on the Samaa TV programme "Nadeem Malik Live," as quoted by Dawn, that the five-member bench hearing the PTI's petition contesting the electoral body's orders to postpone the Punjab Assembly elections would determine whether the "3-2" or "4-3" ruling was
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Imran Khan cautions lawyers against Pak govt's attempt to divide judiciary
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Hours after Pakistan's Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar tabled the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023 aimed to limit the discretionary powers to take suo motu notice by the chief justice of Pakistan, Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged lawyers to be united for th
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