Ex-MNA Abidi’s killing in 2018 was not terrorism: Sindh High Court – Pakistan
• Bench acquits four appellants from terrorism charge; commutes life term awarded in 2024 into time served• Court asks IGP to find out what ‘compelled police to conduct a weak investigation in this very high-profile case’ KARACHI: While commuting the life term of four appellants into the period they have already undergone in jail, the […]
Israel court extends detention of two Gaza flotilla activists; lawyers say pair subjected to ‘severe physical abuse’ – World
An Israeli court on Sunday extended for two days the detention of two foreign activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, who were brought to Israel for questioning, a rights group representing them said. The flotilla of more than 50 vessels had set sail from France, Spain and Italy to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and bring […]
Federal Constitutional Court rejects extra perks for former bureaucrats – Pakistan
• Balochistan govt’s plea relates to grant of lifetime facilities for retired officers• Court emphasises all govt actions must be rooted in legal authority ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has rejected a plea by the Balochistan government seeking to grant lifetime facilities to retired chief secretaries and their widows. Justice Aamer Farooq, who headed […]
Islamabad judges’ transfer challenged in Peshawar High Court – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: A lawyer on Saturday moved the Peshawar High Court challenging the recent transfer of three judges of the Islamabad High Court to other provinces, along with the relevant constitutional provisions. Advocate Hastham Khan Khalil filed a petition in the PHC, requesting that the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s (JCP’s) April 28 decision to transfer judges […]
Iran says ball in US court on war or diplomacy – World
WASHINGTON: A man stands atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Saturday to protest the US-Israeli war on Iran. Guido Reichstadter climbed the bridge in Washington on May Day, stayed there overnight, and posted a sunrise photo from one of the bridge’s arches while calling for an end to the war on Iran. Speaking to […]
Karachi court grants bail to SSP’s son arrested following heated exchange with police in DHA – Pakistan
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday granted bail to a serving police officer’s son, who was arrested in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) following a heated argument with officials for having a police number plate on a private luxury vehicle. A video of the man, identified as the son of a senior superintendent of police […]
Lahore court grants interim bail to PM’s daughter, son-in-law in Saaf Pani case – Pakistan
LAHORE: An anti-corruption court on Thursday granted interim pre-arrest bail of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s daughter Rabia Imran and her husband Ali Imran Yousaf in a case of alleged irregularities in the Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC). The couple appeared before the court, where Judge Javed Iqbal Warraich presided over the proceedings. The court allowed […]
IHC rejects request to transfer TikToker Sana Yousuf case to another court – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected a request to transfer the trial of TikToker Sana Yousuf’s murder to another court. The court of Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfaraz Dogar, while issuing a reserved verdict on the petition of accused Umar Hayat, ordered trial court judge Afzal Majuka to continue the trial. Accused Umar […]
No new contract awarded to build Karachi’s Red Line corridor, Sindh High Court told – Pakistan
• Sindh AG says Mosamiyat-Numaish contract to be awarded after completion of ‘notice period’• Claims govt sealed project site of construction firm as it was built on KMC land• Petitioner’s counsel says contract ‘handed over to FWO’• Bench seeks time frame for completion of University Road construction KARACHI: The Sindh High Court was informed on […]
No new contract awarded to build Red Line corridor, Sindh High Court told – Pakistan
• Sindh AG says Mosamiyat-Numaish contract to be awarded after completion of ‘notice period’• Claims govt sealed project site of construction firm as it was built on KMC land• Petitioner’s counsel says contract ‘handed over to FWO’• Bench seeks time frame for completion of University Road construction KARACHI: The Sindh High Court was informed on […]