Lieutenant General Munir Afsar's appointment as the chairman of Nadra was challenged in court, saying it was in violation of the rules. The court's decision was seen as a setback for the all-powerful Army that wants its men in important positions in civil organisations.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) had directed the suspension of the appointment of bureaucrats as Returning Officers, leading to uncertainty over Pakistan's upcoming elections. The petition was filed by imprisoned former PM Imran Khan's PTI and create a furore among other political players.
Imran Khan was disqualified from holding office by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on August 8 following his conviction and imprisonment in the Toshakhana corruption case. His sentence was suspended on August 29, but he was re-arrested in the cipher case.
Rashid's lawyer claimed in September that he was arrested from his residence in Rawalpindi by authorities dressed in "plain clothes". No case was registered against him in Punjab province, the counsel further said.
The Lahore High Court has granted protective bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi till May 23 in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
Pakistan: Court grants protective bail to Bushra Bibi in Al-Qadir Trust case
The special court of Islamabad on December 17 last handed down the death penalty to 74-year-old Musharraf after six years of hearing the high-profile treason case against him.
In its notification, the Ministry on Monday reproduced the undertakings provided by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif to the Lahore High Court in which the terms of their travel and return have been laid out, reports Dawn news.
The new constitution, which came into existence on August 19, decreased the number of participating teams in domestic cricket from 16 to six.
Earlier in July this year, the Trump Administration had expressed doubts over Pakistan's intentions in arresting terrorist Hafiz Muhammed Saeed, the mastermind of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and the 2008 Mumbai attack.
The Lahore High Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan for not being "honest and righteous" and concealing the alleged parentage of a daughter with a former partner in his nomination papers for the 2018 election.
Former Pakistan premiers Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, along with prominent journalist for Dawn newspaper Cyril Almeida, appeared before the full bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday.
Sharif, for the first time in May, publicly acknowledged in an interview to Dawn that militant organisations are active in Pakistan and questioned the policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people in Mumbai.
Islamabad: Pakistan's Lahore High Court (LHC) has rejected a petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan from Parliament, media reported Tuesday.The petitioner told the court Monday that Article 62 of the constitution
Islamabad: Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a key planner of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is still detained at a Pakistani jail despite being granted bail by an anti-terrorism court, a media report said today.Lakhvi who was granted
Islamabad: A judge has dismissed a petition challenging the exhibition of an Indian film in Pakistani cinemas, media reported on Thursday.Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday held that if the
Islamabad: Pakistan yesterday suspended a television channel for 15 days and imposed a fine of Rs 10 million for airing a derogatory programme against the judiciary.The Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) suspended ARY News'
Lahore: A court here yesterday sought a reply from Pakistan's foreign ministry on a petition seeking custody of a five-year-old Pakistani girl who is currently hospitalised in India.Shabnam Barkat, a resident of Lahore, had visited
Lahore: Three Pakistani Federal Ministers on Friday challenged a sessions court's decision to register a murder case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz and 19 others for their alleged role
Islamabad/Lahore: Thousands of anti-government protesters, ecouraged by a last-minute court verdict allowing peaceful demonstrations, began their march today from Lahore to Islamabad as the fear of violence gripped Pakistan's capital which has been turned into
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