SC says high courts do not have suo motu jurisdiction ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled that the High Courts do not have suo motu jurisdiction and cannot on their motion... Updated 21 Nov, 2024 09:28am
Pakistan Bill aimed at clipping SC suo motu powers introduced ISLAMABAD: A total of eight bills were introduced in the National Assembly on private members’ day regarding... Updated 04 Sep, 2024 09:14am
Editorials Safeguarding judicial independence EDITORIAL: A major issue in this country has been visible and invisible pressures that keep the judiciary from... Updated 20 May, 2024 06:14am
Pakistan SC takes suo motu on Vawda’s press conference ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo motu on the press conference of Senator Faisal Vawda in which he... Published 17 May, 2024 05:50am
Print IHC judges’ letter: SC judge says against suo motu ISLAMABAD: Justice Yahya Afridi opposed taking suo motu on Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges’ letter of... Updated 13 Apr, 2024 09:13am
Pakistan SC takes suo motu notice of IHC judges’ letter ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has taken suo motu on a letter of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges of interference... Updated 02 Apr, 2024 08:45am
Print Stay order on implementation of SC Act vacated ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday lifted a stay order on the implementation of the Supreme Court... Updated 19 Sep, 2023 09:43am
Pakistan Judicial reforms bill: SC to take up petition on May 2 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Saturday fixed for hearing a plea against the Supreme Court... Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am
Print SC’s directive to SBP: NA panel takes suo motu notice ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue is said to have taken suo motu notice in... Updated 29 Apr, 2023 11:47am
Pakistan Suo motu jurisdiction should be exercised in public interest, not to benefit an individual: PM Shehbaz Premier questions how many times the court took suo motu notice of the issues pertaining to prisons and their inmates Updated 24 Apr, 2023 10:52am
Print NA turns bill into law, much to the displeasure of SC Bill aims to curtail suo moto powers of Chief Justice Updated 22 Apr, 2023 09:16am
Print SC bill challenged in apex court ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023 was challenged before the Supreme Court, with... Updated 12 Apr, 2023 08:36am
Pakistan Joint parliament session adopts Supreme Court amendment bill The joint parliament session on Monday approved the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill, 2023 aimed at... Published 10 Apr, 2023 06:47pm
Print Parliament will try to prove it’s part of solution? Joint session likely to adopt SC bill today Updated 10 Apr, 2023 08:35am
Print Govt decides to table SC bill in joint session ISLAMABAD: After President Dr Arif Alvi returned the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 – which aims... Updated 09 Apr, 2023 10:57am
Print PM assails President ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Saturday blasted President Dr Arif Alvi for returning the Supreme Court... Updated 09 Apr, 2023 11:00am
Print 6-judge order of Apr 4 was not permissible under Constitution or law: Justice Isa ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, said the order of six judges of the... Updated 09 Apr, 2023 11:00am
Print Election delay controversy: SC had dismissed suo motu, pleas with 4-3 majority: claims Minallah Minallah releases detailed order on pleas Updated 08 Apr, 2023 01:44pm
Pakistan Bilawal asks CJP Bandial to ‘get his court in order’ or step down Foreign Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday asked Chief Justice of... Published 07 Apr, 2023 11:25pm
Pakistan Elections suo motu: Justice Athar Minallah says case was dismissed 4-3 Justice Athar Minallah of the Supreme Court has released his detailed note on the suo motu notice proceedings... Published 07 Apr, 2023 05:34pm
Print No ‘single judge’ can be bigger than SC itself: cabinet ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet members have said that no single judge, be it the Chief Justice, can be bigger than... Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:44am
Print Punjab election delay: Govt expresses ‘no trust’ in SC’s 3-member bench LAHORE: Expressing no confidence in the three-member Supreme Court bench hearing the case pertaining to the... Updated 02 Apr, 2023 10:22am
Pakistan Suo motu jurisdiction: PBC hails govt for passing bill ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) appreciated the federal government for passing the bill by the National... Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am
Pakistan PTI’s Leghari objects to legislation ISLAMABAD: The newly-elected member National Assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Mohsin Leghari on Wednesday... Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am
Pakistan Unrequired suo motu taken in political matters: PBC ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) said it always demanded that the superior courts should never indulge in... Published 29 Mar, 2023 06:27am
Print Pakistan’s ‘friends’: IMF wants commitments fulfilled: PM Says he is hopeful that commitments from friendly countries will also be done Updated 29 Mar, 2023 09:14am
Print Govt tables bill in NA to dilute powers of CJP ISLAMABAD: A day after two apex court judges called for limiting Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP)’s suo motu ... Updated 29 Mar, 2023 09:09am
Print Two SC judges for revisiting CJP’s power ISLAMABAD: A joint judgment of Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail said their verdict... Updated 28 Mar, 2023 08:50am
Pakistan 20 extra marks for Hafiz-e-Quran: SC to hear suo motu case on 15th ISLAMABAD: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, will hear on March 15 a suo... Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Pakistan Election date: SC judgment contains different opinions of bench on petitions: minister ISLAMABAD: The federal government will completely accept the Supreme Court’s verdict on suo motu with regard to... Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:24am