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Oct 25, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Abdul Moiz Jaferii
“The measure of a man is what he does with power” — Plato“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” — CJP Qazi Faez IsaIMAGINE if after a career-defining struggle a judge reaches the pinnacle of his profession. And within four months of this peak, his stature is reduced to the extent that the only major difference of opinion amongst lawyers who have witnessed his conduct in court is whether he is an agent or merely a pedant.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Abdul Moiz Jaferii
Six judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) wrote to the Supreme Judicial Council citing interference from the executive in their functioning, and cite examples of coercive attempts by the state to threaten or blackmail. One of the examples cited was the discovery of a hidden video recording device in the bedroom of the official residence of one of the judges.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Abdul Moiz Jaferii
What do you do when you're the established power in a country but you realise that the new circus you brought into town suddenly has a ringmaster that can rival your own? If you are in Pakistan, you start by engineering the downfall of your rival. In this case, you did this through a vote of no confidence against Imran Khan's government in April 2022. What do you do when you've locked yourself into a do-or-die contest with a political party and its chairman?
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Muhammad Toheed |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Abdul Moiz Jaferii |Raza Rumi
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) incarcerated founder, Imran Khan, on Wednesday formally expressed his lack of trust in Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa to adjudicate appeals in a case he had brought against amendments made to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Sabih Ul Hussnain |Abdul Moiz Jaferii |Raza Rumi |Adeel Daniel
The top court on Tuesday cancelled the lease given to, and directed all restaurants operating in the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) to close down. Popular eatery which operates in the park, Monal, assured the court that it will relocate from its iconic location within three months. This order was issued by a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Tuesday as it took up the case regarding illegal encroachments in MHNP.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Sabih Ul Hussnain |Abdul Moiz Jaferii |Raza Rumi |Tahir Imran Mian
Supreme Court's Justice Athar Minallah has observed that the perception that the establishment and complicit courts are responsible for grave abuses of human rights and humiliating representatives of the people does not appear to be unfounded.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Pti .. |Sabih Ul Hussnain |Abdul Moiz Jaferii |Raza Rumi
The Supreme Court has observed that there is a real probability that hearings into the appeals on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law amendment case may be misused for political purposes and point scoring. The top court made these observations in a written order rejecting a request by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to livestream proceedings in the NAB law amendments case.
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May 31, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Sabih Ul Hussnain |Abdul Moiz Jaferii |Raza Rumi |Tahir Imran Mian
The Supreme Court on Friday constituted a full court bench to hear a petition filed by the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) against the Peshawar High Court's (PHC) verdict, wherein it denied allocation of reserved seats to the party. The full-court bench will be headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprise 13 judges of the top court. The Supreme Court has a sanctioned strength of 17 judges. However, posts for three judges are vacant, and Justice Hilali is unavailable due to medical issues.
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May 18, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Sabih Ul Hussnain |Abdul Moiz Jaferii |Raza Rumi |Tahir Imran Mian
The Supreme Court has barred all television channels and broadcasting mediums from airing contemptuous material. It issued show cause notices to Senator Faisal Vawda and MNA Mustafa Kamal for speaking about subjudice cases and the judiciary. A three-page written order issued by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Saturday said that television channels and broadcasting mediums may face contempt proceedings if they run/air contemptuous material; therefore, they should desist from doing so.
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May 15, 2024 | 
thefridaytimes.com | Sabih Ul Hussnain |Abdul Moiz Jaferii |Beelam Ramzan |Shahid Rahim
As many as 66 public sector universities in the country are currently headless, the Supreme Court was informed. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has submitted a document to the top court that there are some 66 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) out of a total of 154 in the public sector, where the post of Vice-Chancellor (VC)/ Rector is either being officiated on acting charge basis while the post in six HEIs is completely vacant.
