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Justice Qazi Faez Isa, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court, said on Monday that he and the country’s top court stood with the Constitution. He made the remarks while addressing a special national constitutional convention at the National Assembly hall to mark the golden jubilee of the Constitution of Pakistan, where he was the only top court judge in …

As April 9-10 marks one year since former prime minister Imran Khan was ousted through a vote of no confidence (VONC) moved by the then-opposition, PTI leaders termed the occasion a “black day”, while figures linked to the government celebrated “topping the one page regime”. On Feb 11, 2022, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — the incumbent coalition government comprising …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial will take up on April 10 the federal government’s request to withdraw the infamous “curative review petition,” which was moved against Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a sitting Supreme Court judge, by the PTI government. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had recently ordered the authorities concerned not to pursue the curative review petition. He had …

Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Sunday claimed to have arrested two suspects belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and involved in an extortion racket and targeted killings in Karachi. A press release said that a joint operation was conducted with Karachi police, which resulted in the arrest of two suspects “belonging to the TTP” who were allegedly involved in extortion …

An Islamabad judicial magistrate on Sunday remanded PTI leader Ali Amin Gandapur into police custody for a day in a terrorism case related to threatening the government and national institutions. Gandapur, a former federal minister and PTI’s central leader, was arrested on Thursday night outside the building of the Peshawar High Court’s Dera Ismail Khan bench — on charges of two criminal …

One person was killed and three found unconscious after a fire erupted at a building near a generator market in Karachi’s New Chali area on Saturday, rescue and police officials said. According to a statement issued by Edhi Rescue, one person died and three were found unconscious after a “residential building near Bolton Market caught fire”. They were shifted to …

The Lahore High Court on Saturday fixed a hearing for Imran Khan’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s move to remove him as the PTI chairman in the Toshakhana case. A five member larger bench headed by Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan will hear the plea on April 12. The petition, filed through Sen­ator Barrister Syed Ali Zafar, pleads that …

KARACHI: Amid a growing standoff with the judiciary, the government has called on Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial to step down because his position has become controversial. The demand, made by Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb after a judicial note from Justice Athar Minallah was made public on Friday, was also echoed by PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif and his …

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday said that everything required from Pakistan to conclude the much-delayed ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “now complete”, and the one final thing needed was a confirmation of a $1bn commitment from a friendly country. The finance minister addressed the nation a day after he …

President Arif Alvi on Saturday returned to parliament a bill aimed at clipping the powers of the chief justice of Pakistan and giving the right to appeal in all suo motu cases with retrospective effect, citing that the proposed legislation is beyond the jurisdiction of the legislative body and is susceptible to challenge as a specious enactment. “The Supreme Court …