Constitutional bench to proceed sans Justice Ayesha ISLAMABAD: The constitutional bench sans Justice Ayesha A Malik will hear constitutional cases; priority shall be... Updated 13 Nov, 2024 09:13am
Print Civil servants’ kin: ED to repeal contract job policy guidelines ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division has decided to withdraw policy guidelines for contract appointment of... Updated 13 Nov, 2024 09:12am
Pakistan Constitutional Benches: Moot held to work out modalities of rapid functioning ISLAMABAD: A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Justice AminudDin Khan to work out modalities of rapid... Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:38am
Print Mengal, Dawar, others challenge 26th Amendment ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was asked to declare that 26th Constitutional Amendment was passed contrary to the... Updated 09 Nov, 2024 02:21pm
Pakistan Saleem Khan made Register SC for three years ISLAMABAD: Register Supreme Court of Pakistan has been replaced and Saleem Khan has been appointed on key post for... Published 07 Nov, 2024 06:16am
Print CJP says humane, effective prison system a must for fair legal framework LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi stressed that a humane and effective prison system is essential... Updated 03 Nov, 2024 06:30pm
Pakistan Single statement from SC could result in cases prolonging unnecessarily: CJP ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Yahya Afridi has stated that even a single line in a Supreme Court order can sometimes... Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am
Print Sindh govt jobs: SC strikes down 15-year age relief ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court struck down the 15 years’ age relaxation accorded in the upper age limit for all... Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:32am
Opinion Challenges before the new CJP “….the trial of civilian protesting……in .incidents of the 9th and 10th of May 2023 may be proceeded... Updated 01 Nov, 2024 08:45am
Pakistan Increasing number of SC judges: Govt likely to table bill in NA on Friday ISLAMABAD: The federal government is likely to introduce a bill on Friday to increase the number of judges in the... Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:32am
Opinion Beyond the 26th Amendment: A call for true judicial independence The 26th Amendment to the Constitution has sparked a range of reactions, receiving both criticism and acclaim.... Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am
Pakistan Full Court focuses on reducing case backlog ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Full Court meeting focused on measures to reduce case backlog and enhance judicial... Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am
Pakistan NA Speaker Sadiq clarifies comments, says he has ‘huge respect’ for courts PTI files contempt plea against ECP for implementing reserved seats verdict Updated 28 Oct, 2024 11:35pm
Pakistan All eyes on full court; agenda remains unclear ISLAMABAD: All eyes are on the Supreme Court that is set to hold its full court meeting today (Monday), convened by... Updated 28 Oct, 2024 09:30am
Editorials A complicated legacy EDITORIAL: With the retirement of Justice Qazi Faez Isa as Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), a seminal chapter of the... Updated 28 Oct, 2024 08:27am
Editorials Discriminatory policies EDITORIAL: In his famous address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, Father of the Nation Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad... Published 27 Oct, 2024 02:44am
Print Cases and benches: CJP reconstitutes judges’ committee ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi reconstituted the judges committee under the Supreme Court... Updated 27 Oct, 2024 11:15am
Pakistan SC Ordinance not tabled: Senate adjourned due to lack of quorum ISLAMABAD: The federal government, Friday, failed to move in the Senate the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure)... Published 26 Oct, 2024 05:55am
Pakistan Outgoing CJP paid tribute amid absence of several judges ISLAMABAD: The outgoing Chief Justice, Qazi Faez Isa, was praised lavishly at a Full-Court reference, held in his... Published 26 Oct, 2024 05:55am
Pakistan Justice Mansoor explains why he didn’t attend farewell reference ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa ignored external influences and pressures on the judiciary and has opened the... Published 26 Oct, 2024 05:55am
Opinion 26th Amendment, new CJP and reforms The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on... Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am
Print Justice Mansoor refuses special bench role until Full Court review ISLAMABAD: Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah made it clear that he will not participate in special benches formed by the... Updated 25 Oct, 2024 09:27am
Pakistan PTI decides to challenge 26th Amendment ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday decided to challenge the recently passed 26th Constitutional... Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am
Pakistan New CJP to take oath of office on 26th ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has appointed Supreme Court judge Justice Yahya Afridi as the Chief justice of... Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am
Pakistan NAB amendments case verdict: Outgoing CJP accused of failing to keep ‘judicial propriety’ ISLAMABAD: Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi said Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa while expressing his disagreement with the... Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:26am
Pakistan Justice Shah to skip new CJP’s oath-taking ceremony KARACHI: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah will depart for Makkah on Thursday to perform Umrah. He is expected to return... Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:10am
Pakistan SPC picks Justice Afridi as next CJP amid PTI-SIC boycott ISLAMABAD: The 12-member Special Parliamentary Committee, constituted for the first time in the country’s history... Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am
Pakistan 26th Amendment challenged ISLAMABAD: The recently-passed 26th Constitutional Amendment has been challenged in the Supreme Court, urging the... Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am
Pakistan Reserved seats case: CJP says majority judges’ verdict has no legal status ISLAMABAD: Two judges of Supreme Court disagreed with the majority judgment that gave the 41 independent candidates... Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am
Pakistan Parliament empowered to pick CJP ISLAMABAD: Government approved changes to the constitution on Monday, which included empowering parliament to pick... Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am