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The Punjab government told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday that Umar Dar, the brother of former PTI leader Usman Dar, was currently in the custody of Sialkot police. The development came as the court took up a petition filed by Usman against the alleged illegal detention of his brother by law enforcement agencies. On Dec 30, the PTI had claimed that Umar …

Advocate Haider Majeed, a PTI lawyer, has been handed over to the military for trial over his alleged involvement in May 9 vandalism at Lahore’s Jinnah House, the Lahore High Court (LHC) was told on Monday. The development comes days after Barrister Hassaan Niazi, the nephew of PTI chief Imran Khan, was handed over to the military for trial on the same …

PTI leader Hassaan Khan Niazi, party chairman Imran Khan’s nephew, has been handed over to the military for trial over his alleged involvement in the May 9 vandalism at Lahore’s Jinnah House, the Lahore High Court (LHC) was told on Friday. Earlier this week, it was reported in the media that Niazi, who had been in hiding since the protests of May …

LAHORE: The caretaker Punjab government has placed before the Lahore High Court documents showing that a ministerial committee that met last year to modify the terms and conditions for corporate farming under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), had not recorded its formal minutes. The provincial government submitted the record in the case challenging its decision to hand over 45,267 acres …

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that the party had “100 per cent confirmed information” of an assassination attempt on PTI chief Imran Khan at the F-8 Katcheri in Islamabad where he skipped his hearing in the Toshakhana case. Chaudhry made the revelation regarding the alleged security threat while the court took up his petition seeking …

LAHORE: The police on Monday told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that PTI chairman Imran Khan was being provided with adequate security as per the law. A report filed on behalf of the capital city police officer (CCPO) revealed that 123 policemen were currently deployed at the Zaman Park residence of the former prime minister. A law officer also filed …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) was told on Thursday that Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman had retracted orders to de-notify Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as the provincial chief executive after he managed to secure the confidence of 186 members in the Punjab Assembly (PA). The revelation was made as a five-member bench took up a petition filed by the CM challenging Rehman’s …

ISLAMABAD: The government has restored the pension of the former director general of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) retired Lt Gen Asad Durrani, he told the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday. However, Mr Durrani also asked the court to seek an explanation from the government as to why his pension was suspended. Justice Shahid Jamil …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday posed questions regarding the legality of the treason case filed against former dictator Pervez Musharraf and the formation of the special court that conducted the trial and handed death sentence to the retired general after finding him guilty. A three-member bench, comprising Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Mohammad Ameer Bhatti and Justice Chaudhry …

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday told the Lahore High Court that it did not intend to allow kite flying or Basant festival during the coming spring season, however, it will take a balanced decision to permit the activity in future. During hearing of petitions against the government’s plan to allow the activity, a provincial law officer submitted a report …