Tue, 21-Oct-2025

SC annuls death sentence for Wah Cantt suicide attack suspect

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has annulled the death sentence Hameedullah convicted in the 2008 Wah Cantt suicide attack case.

A three-judge bench, headed by Justice Athar Minallah, accepted Hameedullah’s appeal, declaring the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench verdict null and void.

Hamidullah’s lawyer said that Hameedullah was falsely accused in Wah Cantt incident, Hameedullah was arrested from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formally known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA) while the FIR was registered after 20 minutes, how is it possible that Wah Cantt incident took place and the accused was arrested from FATA in 20 minutes.

The court accepted the appeal against the death sentence of the suspect Hameedullah and annulled the decision of the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench.

The Supreme Court, while announcing the release of the suspect Hameedullah on the basis of flawed investigation, said that the detailed decision of the case would be issued later.

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SC declares PTI eligible for reserved seats

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday while nullifying the verdict of Peshawar High Court (PHC) declared the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) as eligible for the reserved seats.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah announced the 8-5 majority verdict which was reserved previously. The court annulled the decision of Peshawar High Court (PHC) that upheld the order of Election Commission of Pakistan for denying the reserved seats to PTI-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).

Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Syed Hassan Rizvi, and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan also favored the judgment.

In its ruling, the court said that denial of election symbol doesn’t affect the constitution or the legal right of a political party to participate in an election and to to field candidates.

The commission is under a constitutional duty to apply all statutory provisions accordingly.

The top court remarked that PTI, as a political party, has a legal and constitutional right to reserved seats.

Rejecting the appeals filed by the SIC, the apex court said that the party cannot take reserved seats as per the Constitution.

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CJP Isa, three other SC judges receive threatening letters 

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ISLAMABAD:  Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Qazi Faez Isa and three other judges of the Supreme Court have also received a threatening letter. Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, and Justice Aminuddin Khan received threatening letters. Sources said the four letters were received in the Supreme Court on April 1 powder was found in … Read more

IHC reserved decision on case against Sharif brothers

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  • Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah heard the case against the Sharif brothers for contempt of court with the objections of the Registrar’s Office
  • The federal cabinet removed the names of the Sharif brothers from the Exit Control List (ECL), not the courts, CJ said
  • He questioned Barrister Zafar Ali, ” Does this court have the authority to take action on the matter under hearing in any other High Court?”

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah heard the case against the Sharif brothers for contempt of court with the objections of the Registrar’s Office, BOL News reported on Monday. 

According to the details, the Islamabad High Court finalized its decision on the hearing of the contempt of court petition against the Sharif brothers.

“The federal cabinet removed the names of the Sharif brothers from the Exit Control List (ECL), not the courts,” CJ Athar Minallah stated. The federal cabinet did not seek permission from the court to remove the names from the ECL. ”

He questioned Barrister Zafar Ali, ” Does this court have the authority to take action on the matter under hearing in any other High Court? We will not hear the matter before another High Court. You are a senior lawyer. Will you still press this application?”

Barrister Syed Zafar Ali Shah responded, “If you want to reject the request, then I may withdraw it. I can withdraw the application to go to the Lahore High Court.”

It is pertinent to know that Barrister Zafar in his petition mentioned that Nawaz Sharif showed his health documents in Lahore High Court and asked for permission to go abroad for treatment. Moreover, Shahbaz Sharif submitted an affidavit to send Nawaz Sharif abroad.

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IHC summoned cases of harassment with journalists

Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Athar Minallah

Athar Minallah on Friday summoned a case about the harassment faced by journalists Afzal Butt told IHC that we are monitoring if a journalist is using hashtags of any political party Athar Minallah ordered PFUJ to work with the government for suggestions related to harassment of journalists   —————————————————————————————————————————————-   ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Islamabad High … Read more

Chief Justice Athar Minallah (IHC) takes revolutionary step for live- streaming proceedings

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Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah has taken revolutionary steps by deciding to live stream the courtroom’s proceedings. General public will be likely to watch live coverage of courtroom’s activities on its website by the next month. The required system has been installed for the live stream and a test run has already been … Read more

Contempt of court laws do not protect ex-CJP from criticism: IHC

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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Athar Minallah on Friday said that making statements against retired officials including former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) did not constitute contempt of court. He made these remarks during the hearing of the petition seeking contempt proceedings against PML-N President Maryam Nawaz and former premier Shahid … Read more

Gilani’s Plea Against Sanjrani’s Victory As Senate Chairman Rejected

Gilani's Petition Against Chairman Senate Election Accepted For Hearing

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a reserved judgment on whether the PPP’s petition against the election of the Senate chairman was admissible or not. On Wednesday, the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court, Athar Minallah, in his 13-page judgment, said, “the petition against the election of the Chairman Senate is … Read more

Premier can appoint anyone as an aide: Islamabad High Court

Shahzad Akbar Files Case Against Nazir Chauhan Over Controversial Statement

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah, while hearing a case related to the appointment of Mirza Shehzad Akbar, Assistant to the Prime Minister, remarked that the Premier can appoint anyone as an advisor as per the constitution. Yesterday, the High Court was hearing a petition filed by Chief Justice Advocate Pervez Zahoor challenging the … Read more

Petition filed to bring Amazon, PayPal in Pakistan

Petition filed to bring Amazon, PayPal in Pakistan

An application has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking annulment of the non-provision of online business facilities and e-commerce policy in Pakistan. The court has sought a reply from the federal government on the petition filed against the e-commerce policy and also directed the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Information … Read more