A Lahore High Court larger bench on Tuesday decided to hear the point of view of the president of Pakistan and governor of Punjab in appeals of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) against the decisions of two different single benches regarding oath taking of Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shehbaz. Read more: North Nazimabad cricket ground case: SHC … Read more
The Lahore High Court on Friday accepted the unconditional apology of chief secretary (CS) Kamran Ali Afzal and deputy commissioner Umar Sher Chattah and disposed of a petition seeking action against them under contempt of court charges for not releasing the arrested works of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Read more: President of Pakistan cannot be … Read more
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday reserved its verdict challenging the powers of the Punjab Safe City Authority (PSCA) to issue e-challans to the motorists on violation of traffic rules. Read more: PPP MNA Jam Karim granted protective bail Earlier, Additional Advocate General Akhtar Javed argued before the court that the PSCA did not issue … Read more
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday imposed a fine of Rs one million on a lawyer for leveling frivolous allegations against LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti in a petition challenging a decision of a special court of anti-corruption. Read more: LHC seeks details of country’s internal, external debts from federal govt Advocate Ajmal Mahmood, … Read more
Justice Muzammil Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court on Monday overruled Registrar’s office objection to the petition of PML-N senator Ishaq Dar, who has been living in self-exile abroad, seeking directions to the senate chairman to allow him to take oath through a video link. Read more: PML-N offers Punjab chief ministership to Aleem Khan: … Read more
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the provincial government to implement “The Punjab Empowerment of Persons with Different Abilities Act, 2021”, once enacted and notified by the assembly, in letter and spirit in order to protect the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs). Justice Jawad Hassan issued the direction in a judgment issued … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has held the trained animals used to take revenge from rivals are the “weapon of offence” and the culprits cannot get away from the clutches of law by camouflaging the “intentional crime” as an accident. Muhammad Azeem approached the LHC seeking pre-arrest bail in a case of prompting his … Read more
LAHORE: Members of the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) on Tuesday locked down all the city courts and went on a complete boycott to record their protest against a newly introduced mechanism by the Lahore High Court (LHC) regarding case allocation on the basis of tehsil and sub-division. The enraged lawyers locked down all the courtrooms, … Read more
After the Lahore High Court (LHC) acquits the brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch after serving less than six years in prison, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that “we as a nation should be ashamed of such a system.” Read more: Prime suspect in Model Qandeel Baloch murder case acquitted … Read more
The Lahore High Court on Friday sought a report from the Punjab government on a petition filed by a condemned prisoner for his kidney transplant. Read more: LHC scraps billion dollars Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project As Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh took up the petition of prisoner Mubarak Ali, IG Prisons Shahid Saleem Baig appeared in … Read more
LAHORE: The Punjab Police Inspector General (IG) Rao Sardar and home special secretary on Thursday denied issuance of a list of top-10 goons and regular attendance of the enlisted in the relevant police stations. As the hearing commenced, IG and the special secretary appeared before the court. To a court’s query, both officials denied compiling … Read more
The Lahore High Court has ruled that the presidential system of government is against the basic structure of the constitution regarding democracy which can’t be altered. Dismissing the constitutional petition seeking direction to the federal government to hold a public referendum to determine the will of the people of Pakistan for a presidential system, Justice … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Monday rejected the petition for readmission filed by a ninth-class student of a private school who was expelled for misconduct. Rayan Ahmed was ousted by a private school over the use of foul language with fellow pupils and teachers. A three-member bench of the top court headed … Read more
LAHORE: Due to the non-appearance of the petitioner’ lawyer, the Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the online game PUBG in Pakistan in wake of incidents of violence and killings committed by young players of the game. As Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza took the case, no one turned up … Read more
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted post-arrest bail to the former director general of oil and three other officials of the Oil and Gas regulatory Authority (Ogra) in fuel prices scam being investigated by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid allowed the bail petitions of former DG Oil Dr Shafiur Rehman, … Read more
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday restrained the selection board of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) from finalising the process for the appointment of executive director (ED). Justice Rasaal Hassan Syed issued the order on a petition challenging the appointment process and the re-composition of the selection board. Vice Chancellor, Quaid-i-Azam University Prof Dr Muhammad … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Monday remarked that the situation in Murreewould worsen in the next five years if the construction of illegal buildings does not stop. The LHC resumed hearing of the case on Murree disaster which took the lives of 22 tourists recently. Read more: Tourists stranded in Murree … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday declared Ravi Riverfront Urban (RRUDP) as legal after suspending the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) January 25 order. The apex court bench headed by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan conducted the hearing. During the hearing the apex court allowed the Punjab government to resume construction work on the project and issued … Read more
LAHORE: A writ petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday seeking a permanent ban on the online game, Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). A citizen named Tanveer Ahmed filed the petition through advocate Nadeem Sarwar, saying many deaths have been reported due to the negative effects of the game. He mentioned … Read more
LAHORE: A woman, who left her husband as he prohibited her from improper use of mobile phone, on Wednesday approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking recovery of her children from their father. The woman, Sidra Bibi, stated before Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh that she did not want to live with her husband and wanted … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday stopped the cutting of trees and razing of hills in and around the famous tourist spot, Murree. The high court directed relevant authorities to explain what steps have been taken to halt such illegal activities and whether any efforts are being made to introduce mountain-specific legislation. “Since … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday scrapped government’s billion dollars Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RRUDP), ruling that the agricultural land can’t be acquired for the project. The RRUDP is an urban development megaproject in Lahore that runs along the Ravi River. It includes construction of a 40,000-hectare (100,000-acre) planned city and rehabilitation … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday declined the petition of the Punjab Marriage Halls Association (PMHA) challenging the new restrictions on indoor functions after the sharp surge in the cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19. The high court observed that the issue raised in the petition is related to the policy of the … Read more
Hearing a petition against the construction of skyscrapers on the main highways of the Lahore city, the Lahore High Court on Friday sought reply from the Punjab government, Director General Lahore Development Authority, environment department and the Chief Traffic Officer. Read more: LHC seeks PBR report on PCB’s report on traffic management Petitioner Syed Moazzam Ali … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday granted a huge relief to singer Meesha Shafi and annulled the stay order issued by a sessions court in Rs2 billion defamation suit filed by her against fellow singer Ali Zafar. A single-member bench of LHC comprising Justice Asim Hafeez delivered the verdict on Shafi’s petition and … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought an explanation from the Punjab Police for lodging a first information report (FIR) on the complaint of a woman who passed away 16 years ago. A citizen named Muhammad Akbar filed a petition in LHC, challenging the registration of a case against him on the complaint … Read more
Hearing of a case against increase of provincial quota of Pakistan Administrative Service (formerly known as DMG group) on Tuesday, the Lahore High Court sought replies from federal and provincial governments. At the outset, Justice Shahid Karim showed annoyance over non-submission of a reply by Establishment Division and remarked that the court had an idea … Read more
The premises of the Lahore High Court (LHC) turned into a battlefield on Tuesday after the parents of a girl who married on her free will refused to return with them. Earlier, Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmad Khan took up Yaseen’s petition seeking the recovery of his wife. During the hearing, the police produced Saman Ghaffar … Read more
