Senior Lawyer, human right activist, Politician, Author and Eminent jurist – Syed Muhammad Zafar, popularly known as SM Zafar has passed away at the age of 93. In addition to being a well-known lawyer and human rights advocate in Pakistan, Zafar served as the country’s federal minister of law and justice from 1965 to 1969. …
One of the most famous Political and Legal Activist SM Zafar has passed away Read More »
Irfan Saadat Khan, the acting chief justice of the Sindh High Court, has been proposed by the Pakistani Judicial Commission to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. In this context, Pakistan’s Chief Justice Justice Qazi Faez Isa has called a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council for Friday, October 20. The Supreme Court currently …
Justice Irfan Sadat Acting Chief Justice confirmed for Supreme Court Vacancy Read More »
Karachi Bar Association, a body holding thousands of advocates issues schedule for the KBA Election 2024. The election will take place on 16th December whereas election form submission has already begun. Each year every party submits a nomination of their candidate and continues to compete against each other until the election day. The difference that …
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Pakistan Bar Council issued a notification on Tuesday calling for protest today, 19th October against Israel’s aggression towards innocent Palestinians. condemning the killings of innocent citizens PBC has announced a protest to show solidarity with Palestinians. In their notification, addressing international forums including the United Nations they reinforced the need for peaceful handling, to implement …
Supreme Court allowing petitioner plea directed the SC registrar to provide the information sought by the petitioner seeking details of the apex court’s staff under the Right to Information (RTI) Act within seven days. The judgment passed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, inaddition to the above directed the Registrar’s Office to …
Supreme Court grants Petition to declare SC staff information Public under RTI Read More »
The three-member bench of the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a deputationist/government officer could continue service at any time by the appropriate authority. The Apex Court dismissed a petition against the decision of the Federal Service Tribunal (FST) in a service matter by Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi which reads that, “We may mention here …
On Saturday, 30th September, SBC recommended Mr. Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar as Sindh representative in the Judicial Commission of Pakistan. The commission is responsible for Appointment of judges in High Courts and Supreme Court of Pakistan Sindh Bar Council, a statutory regulatory & apex body of lawyers, has assigned Mr. Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar a renowned politician belonging to …
President House issued notification for resuming of Chief Justice of Sindh High Court seat as the current chief justice, Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh, is scheduled to retire today, by senior puisne judge of the Sindh High Court Justice Irfan Saadat Khan as the high court’s acting chief justice on Saturday until the Judicial Commission …
Justice Irfan Saadat Khan Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan Read More »
On September 30, the Supreme Court of Pakistan published a press release announcing that it had disposed 257 cases (excluding CMAs), whereas 204 new cases had been filed between September 25 and September 30. The Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice of Pakistan, remained dedicated to reducing the backlog and expediting case resolution. According to …
Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa Charged an FBR lawyer of Rs. 2000 on Tuesday for submitting insufficient paperwork in an income tax matter A lawyer who appeared before the court with missing documents and members of the income tax department who were assisting the court in the case were each fined Rs 2,000 by the …
CJP Fined FBR Advocate for Submitting incomplete documents in SC Read More »