KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) apprised the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday that the Sindh government had not provided the requisite data necessary to hold local government elections in the province. ECP law officer Abdullah Hanjrah informed the bench that the ECP had also sent a letter to the Sindh chief secretary … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday ordered the provincial government to make the current two-year graduate degree programme into four years in the next three years. The order came from a two-judge bench headed by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar while hearing a petition regarding education reforms in Sindh. The bench also ordered the formation of … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh’s petition seeking the disqualification of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. Sheikh had approached the court seeking Murad’s disqualification as a member of the Sindh Assembly for hiding his dual nationality. A two-judge bench headed by … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday reserved its order in several identical petitions challenging hike in minimum wages of unskilled workers in Sindh. Employers Federation of Pakistan, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and others have challenged Sindh government’s notification increasing minimum wages of unskilled workers from Rs 17,500 to Rs … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Zohaib Hassan on damages claim filed by Mirza Ishtiaq Baig, widower of Pakistan’s pop music sensation Nazia Hassan. Baig had approached the court to claim damages of Rs1 billion from his brother-in-law Zohaib for making ‘false and defamatory statements against him regarding the death of … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the federal law ministry to explain the delay in notifying the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) rules of inquiry and investigation. The NAB prosecutor had presented a report about framing and approval of rules for inquiry and investigation for the accountability watchdog before a two-judge bench headed … Read more
KARACHI: Barrister Salahuddin Ahmed is a name that can be cited for playing a pivotal role in uniting the lawyers’ community in Sindh on the key issue of elevation of a junior judge of the Sindh High Court to Supreme Court of Pakistan, and the appointment of incumbent Chief Justice of Sindh High Court as … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court observed on Thursday that it appeared that the provincial government had not taken into account the recommendations of Sindh Minimum Wages Board (SMWB) before raising the minimum wages for unskilled workers in Sindh from Rs17,500 to Rs25,000. The observation was made by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar of the two-member bench while … Read more
KARACHI: Mirza Ishtiaq Baig, the widower of Pakistan’s pop music sensation Nazia Hassan, has approached the Sindh High Court to claim damages of Rs1 billion from his brother-in-law Zohaib for making ‘false and defamatory statements against him regarding the death of his wife. Invoking the original jurisdiction of SHC, Baig stated that the defendant has … Read more
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed the provincial government departments to submit replies on a petition claiming that the Bahadurabad Police Station was constructed on an amenity plot. The matter has been pending disposal since 2009 as the government failed to provide land for the police station. In 2009, Haq Nawaz had filed … Read more
KARACHI. The Sindh High Court (SHC) has asked the Sindh advocate general, deputy attorney general and an amicus curiae to assist it in determining the liability of the state towards the dependents of missing persons when it fails in implementing the Constitutional guarantees to its citizens. Wife of a missing person, Mushtaq alias Adil, had … Read more
KARACHI. The Sindh High Court (SHC) has noted that tracing the whereabouts of a missing person “even if one has hidden oneself” is the responsibility of the police and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) which should also continually inform the families of such persons about developments in their investigation. The police should visit such families and … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday by the consent of representatives of Hindu and Sikh communities allowed Sikhs to perform their religious rituals at an allocated premises inside Karachi’s Swaminarayan Temple. While disposing of a five-year old matter a two-member SHC bench headed by senior judge Justice Irfan Sadat, held that both petitioner and … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered the acting chairman of the High Education Commission (HEC) to appear on September 16 to explain how Karachi University (KU) was allowed to launch and run a PhD programme in law without having the relevant faculty. During today’s hearing, a deputy director of the commission had … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the provincial government to submit its comments on a petition challenging the closure of schools in the province. The Human Rights Lawyers Forum has challenged the provincial government’s announcement of the closure of schools for an indefinite period due to the coronavirus in SHC. The petition … Read more
Sindh High Court on Monday expressed satisfaction over the welfare schemes being implemented in 27 districts of Sindh via the social development funds of oil and gas exploration and production companies. The advocate general Sindh submitted the progress reports compiled by the deputy commissioners to a two-judge bench headed by Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha. … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court on Friday directed the administration of National Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases (NIVCD) to provide requisite records to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) enabling it to complete its inquiry pertaining to alleged misappropriation of zakat funds and recruitments made in violation of relevant rules and procedures. The court issued the directions while hearing … Read more
KARACHI: Lawyers in Sindh held a strike on Tuesday against what they called ‘illegal notification’ issued by President Arif Alvi for the appointment of Sindh Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh to Supreme Court as an ad hoc judge. Justice Sheikh did not go to Islamabad to take an oath as an ad hoc judge … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh on Monday refused to take oath as an ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Earlier in the day, a notification bearing No. F. 2(1)/2021 was issued from the office of President of Pakistan appointing Justice Sheikh as an ad hoc judge of … Read more
KARACHI: Holding that the powers of suspension of Broadcast Media Licenses (BMLs) contained in section 30 of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Ordinance 2002 could not be delegated to authority’s chairman or any officials without framing rules, Sindh High Court on Friday struck down all actions taken by the chairman for suspension of BMLs … Read more
KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) had in 2015 cancelled all leases on and along 30 big and small stormwater drains of the city following a resolution of the city council, deputy commissioner of Karachi’s district central maintained in comments filed in a petition moved by citizens for paying compensation to those whose houses along Gujjar … Read more
KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi on Wednesday handed down life imprisonment to Muhammad Sohail on charges of acid attack on a male schoolteacher over a dispute. Muhammad Sohail was found guilty of attacking with acid and subsequently causing severe burns to Ahmer Iqbal for refusing to back out from a marriage proposal he … Read more
KARACHI: The Anti-Terrorism Appellate bench of Sindh High Court on Wednesday accorded permission to alleged hitman of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Ubaidur Rehman alias Ubaid K2 to engage a lawyer to plead his appeal against the sentence of 14 years imprisonment that was awarded by an Anti-Terrorism Court in November 2017 on charges of possessing … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court on Wednesday extended pre-arrest bail earlier granted to speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani and Sindh President of Pakistan Peoples Party Nisar Khoro in two separate NAB inquiries pertaining to charges of illegal appointment and corruption. A deputy prosecutor of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) sought time to finalise inquiries from a … Read more
KARACHI: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings in Karachi on Tuesday to record their protest against the proposed appointment of Chief Justice Sindh Ahmed Ali M Shaikh as an ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Standing at the entrance of Sindh High Court and respective districts’ courts, office bearers of the bar bodies and … Read more
KARACHI: Three lawyer bodies of Sindh have given a call for boycotting court proceedings across the province on Tuesday against proposed appointment of chief justice of Sindh Ahmed Ali M Shaikh as an ad hoc judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Addressing a press conference after joint sitting of Sindh Bar Council (SBC), Sindh High … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court made it clear on Monday that it might take notice, if it considers that the appeal against acquittal of the co-accused in the Baldia factory fire case ought to have been filed and “so-called influential accused are being deliberately and intentionally shielded by the state.” The observations came from a two-judge … Read more
KARACHI: Former Sindh Home Minister and leader of Grand Democratic Alliance Zulfiqar Mirza won acquittal in another case registered against him on charges of attempted murder, rioting, ransacking and causing terror in his home district Badin back in 2015. The Anti-Terrorism Court-I (ATC-I) of Karachi also acquitted 26 comrades of Mirza who were booked for … Read more
