Tue, 21-Oct-2025

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

missing persons

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

IHC rejects Zardari’s pre-arrest bail plea

Zardari taken to hospital

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) heard the pre-arrest bail plea of former president Asif Ali Zardari while an application for his exclusion from attendance of the court hearing was also filed on the basis of medical grounds. Zardari had marched a bail plea after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) opened an investigation into a New … Read more

FIR registered against lawyers who went on rampage in IHC

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More than 30 lawyers have been booked including women law practitioners for going on rampage in the Islamabad High Court after demolition of their chambers. According to the details, the FIR registered at the Ramna police station includes Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act besides mob attack causing a threat to life, vandalism, disrupting peace … Read more

IHC Sealed after lawyers ransacked CJ Athar Minallah’s Courtroom

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Hundreds of lawyers on Monday forcibly entered the courtroom of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Athar Minallah and thoroughly ransacked. According to the details, the lawyers forced judges to leave their courtrooms. They are protesting against removal of their chambers in Kachehri. The protest came after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) conducted an anti-encroachment … 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

Adiala Jail crammed full with 2,300 extra prisoners

Adiala Jail crammed full with 2,300 extra prisoners

The Adiala Jail superintendent told Islamabad High Court (IHC) that there were 2,300 extra prisoners in jail against the actual capacity of 1,500. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah was hearing a plea filed by a prisoner — Khadim Hussain for provision of medical facilities at the prison. The superintendent informed the court that the jail … Read more

Contempt of Court: IHC orders Firdous to submit written explanation

IHC directs Firdous to submit written apology till Nov 11

Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday has directed Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan to submit written reply in contempt of court case within six days. According to the details, Firdous Ashiq had requested the court for a respite. During the proceedings, the special assistant once again … Read more