Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Additional registrar Nazar Abbas challenges contempt notice in SC

Additional registrar

ISLAMABAD:  Supreme Court’s Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas has challenged the contempt of court show-cause notice issued against him.

Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas has also field for a stay order against ongoing contempt of court proceedings.

The Supreme Court has constituted a six -member bench on the intra -court appeal of Additional Registrar Judicial Nazar Abbas.

The Supreme Court has constituted a six-member larger bench to hear his intra-court appeal. Headed by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, the bench includes Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed, and Justice Musarrat Hilali.

The case is scheduled for hearing on Monday, January 27.

Earlier, Supreme Court removed the Additional Registrar Judicial Nazr Abbas from the post, declaring him guilty of a serious mistake.

In the Supreme Court’s declaration, the Registrar Supreme Court was directed to look into the matter of the Additional Registrar Judicial.

The controversy arose when Justice Mansoor Ali Shah’s constitutional bench issued a contempt of court notice against him for allegedly listing constitutional bench cases before a regular bench.

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PHC seeks federal Govt response on constitutional amendment

PHC

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court(PHC) has issued a notice to the federal government regarding a petition filed against the Constitutional Amendment, seeking a response.

The Peshawar High Court, issuing a three-page written order, said that a larger bench would hear the petitions filed against the constitutional amendments.

The case was heard by a two-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Waqar Ahmad.

The court in its order said that there are constitutional questions in the petitions, constitutional interpretation is required, notices are issued to the federal government, attorney general and advocate general.

Peshawar High Court stated that according to the petitioner, the federal government is going to amend the constitution and the people are the main stakeholders in the proposed constitutional amendments, but not including public opinion in the constitutional amendment is a violation of the constitution.

The order further stated that according to the petitioner, the draft in the 18th Amendment was made public.

Later, the court adjourned the next hearing of the case till October 15.

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IHC formed larger bench in Imran Khan disqualification case

Imran Khan parliamentary board
  • Chief Justice IHC Aamir Farooq heard the case.
  • Lawyer of Imran Khan was not present in the courtroom.
  • Court adjourned the hearing for February 9

ISLAMABAD: A single-member bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) constituted a larger bench for hearing a petition seeking the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for not mentioning his daughter Tyrian Jade White in his nomination papers.

Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Aamir Farooq heard the case filed by Sajid Mehmood claiming that Imran Khan did not disclose his daughter in nomination papers and affidavits filed by him for contesting elections.

As the IHC chief justice resumed the hearing, the counsel for Imran Khan Salman Akram Raja was not present in the courtroom.

His associate lawyer Salman Butt informed the court that Salman Akram Raja skipped today’s proceedings as he has to appear in Supreme Court (SC) in another case.

He told court that Imran Khan had submitted his reply in Tyrian White case through his counsel Salman Akram Raja.

IHC chief justice said that Imran Khan in his reply had contended that he is no more a parliamentarian.

Imran’s counsel urged the court to adjourn the hearing of the case till March.

Court adjourned the hearing for February 9 and decided to form larger bench in the case.

In his reply submitted through lawyer Salman Akram Raja, the PTI chief contended that the IHC while exercising constitutional jurisdiction could not examine any affidavit issued by him as he has already resigned as a member of the National Assembly.

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