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Islamabad: (Saturday, August 04, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari here on Friday chaired a high level meeting in which the court’s decision to repel the contempt of court law was discussed. According to the sources, after thorough discussions, the participants of the meeting decided that there would be no compromise on the powers of the […]
Islamabad: (Saturday, August 04, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has stricken down the contempt of court law while declaring it against the fundamental structure of the constitution. A five member bench of the apex court, headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry along with Justice Shakirullah Jan, Justice Khilji Arif […]
Islamabad: (Thursday, July 26, 2012) Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed, the opposition leader in the National Assembly has expressed regrets over the judges’ remarks on the opposition’s role in connection with the passage of the Contempt of Court Bill. Nisar, while addressing the media personnel here today asked as to how 90 lawmakers could stop a bill […]
Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 24, 2012) Arsalan Iftikhar said here today that he is still waiting for the notice from investigation team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). While talking to the journalists, he said that after airing a planted interview, it seemed that his opponents were now getting ready for a planted inquiry. He also lamented […]
Islamabad: (Monday, July 23, 2012) Dr. Arsalan Iftikhar said here today that he has not got any notice from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as yet to appear before its investigation team. Talking to the journalists, Arsalan said that he was waiting for the notice. He also said that he did not have faith in […]
Islamabad: (Friday, July 20, 2012) Supreme Court of Pakistan, while accepting a petition to look over the contempt of court law, has constituted a five-member larger bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan. The bench will review the petition challenging ‘Contempt of Court Amendment Act-2012’ Other honorable judges, who, along with the Chief Justice, […]
Islamabad: (Monday, July 16, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan, while hearing Malik Riaz contempt of court case, adjourned the hearing till July 31st. The case was primarily focused on the real estate tycoon’s press conference on June 12, where he had ridiculed judiciary through baseless allegations. Headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan, a three member […]
Lahore: (Friday, July 13, 2012) Chief Justice of Lahore High Court (LHC), while hearing a petition on contempt of court has issued notices for September 27 to the Punjab home secretary and Inspector General of police here today. According to the details, the high court had for departmental promotion of four inspectors including Musarrat. However, […]
Islamabad: (Thursday, July 12, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari here today signed the contempt of court bill 2012. After his signature, the bill has become a law, said the presidential spokesperson Farhatullah Babar. After both the upper and lower houses of the parliament had approved the bill with majority support, the only hurdle on the […]
Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 10, 2012) Imran Khan, chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf said here today that the contempt of court bill has divided the nation. Talking to the media personnel here, he said that the new contempt law was made only “to protect the money of Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland.” Khan was of the view that […]
Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 10, 2012) Pakistan People’s Party leader and counsel of the former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt of court case, Aitzaz Ahsan has expressed reservations over the contempt of court bill in the parliament. While talking to the journalists outside the parliament house, Ahsan said that he had already conveyed his […]
SC directs Riaz to appear before the court for hearings Islamabad: (Thursday, June 28, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has rejected Malik Riaz’s plea to be exempted from appearing in the court for the hearing process of the contempt of court case. Earlier, Riaz had pleaded the court to exempt him from marking […]
