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SC dismissed petition against Federal Service Tribunal Judgement on Civil Servant renewal of tenure

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 …

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Sindh Bar Council put forward the name of Mr. Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar to be the member of Judicial Commission of Pakistan

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 …

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Justice Irfan Saadat Khan Appointed as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan

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 …

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Supreme Court disposed off 257 cases in 5 days

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 …

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CJP Fined FBR Advocate for Submitting incomplete documents in SC

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 …

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Cause list to be issued prior to 4 weeks, Chief Justice of Pakistan promised at the meeting

Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa while chairing the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Federal Judicial Academy braced the suggestion of issuing Cause list 4 week before considering it progressive stance. During a meeting, the Chief Justice and other important judges met with elected representatives from the Pakistan Bar Council and Supreme Court Bar Association. The elected representatives asked for a monthly list …

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No easy Withdrawal in Faizabad Case review Petition says Chief Justice

The top judge of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Isa, said that if the court’s decision regarding the 2017 protest by the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) at Faizabad in Islamabad had been followed, it could have prevented future “serious incidents. “ The Chief Justice of Pakistan said that if this decision had been made earlier, then bad things would not have happened later. He said this while listening to a group of requests to review the Supreme Court’s decision. A group of three judges, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, heard the review Petition. During the court session, the defense ministry, the PTI political party, Ijazul Haq (son of former military dictator Ziaul Haq), the Intelligence Bureau, and the Pakistan Electronic …

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Pakistan protests the most recent Qur’an blasphemy in the Netherlands

Pakistan on Monday denounced the most recent “senseless” burning of the Qur’an in front of several Muslim embassies in the Netherlands. Several copies of the Muslim holy book have been burned and damaged in recent months by anti-Islam extremists, causing outrage throughout the Muslim world and calls for the governments of those countries to outlaw …

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Script reading by Care taker Government Prime minister at UN – Begging of $ 13 Billion

A summit in Geneva co-hosted by the UN and Pakistan sought to gather funding for renovation and repair of the flood victims back in October 2022. The United Nations General Assembly arranged an informal meeting in New York to examine the results of the international community’s commitments made to support flood-affected families in Pakistan in …

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No more Addressing the Judge with “My Lordship” or “Your Lordsip”

The Amendment made in Superior Court Order, 1980 (Courts Dress and mode of Address) Substitute the formal code of address from my lordship to sir or Janab-e-wala or Janab-e-Aalia. The Court made such alteration after a lawyer’s petition contesting the use of pronouns like “my lord” or “your lordship” to address judges of superior courts …

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