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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Jamil Nagri |Umer Mehtab |Amin Ahmed |Imtiaz Ali
Annexation would reveal the pious incantations of Western politicians for what they are — impotent drivel at best, and cynical cant at worst.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Jamil Nagri |Syed Irfan Raza |Amin Ahmed |Umer Mehtab
Tahir Naseer IHC seeks AGP’s assistance on journalists’ plea against Peca law changes Justice Minhas says "problem of fake news does exist"; petitioner's counsel asserts law compelling reporters to reveal sources. Published 11 Feb, 2025 03:13pm Justice Sattar calls on IHC CJ to ‘correct errors of judgement’ that led to new seniority list Says recent seniority list, notifications were “issued in breach of the Constitution and the law”.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab |Umair Javed
DAWN.COM E-Paper | February 03, 2025 Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi on Monday welcomed the transfer of judges to the Islamabad High Court amid opposition from the legal fraternity, terming the move a “fair chance” for judges from different provinces.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab |Rafia Zakaria
President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday approved the transfer of a Lahore High Court (LHC) judge, along with two others, to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) a day after a letter by five judges of the federal capital’s court expressed concern about such a move.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab |Jawed Naqvi
Two Supreme Court judges on Tuesday questioned why a case regarding the jurisdiction of regular benches was transferred to the constitutional bench, as the court took up contempt proceedings against its additional registrar over the same issue. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and with the other member being Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi, took up the matter today.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab
Advocate Khawaja Haris on Sunday told the Supreme Court Constitutional Bench hearing the case of military trial of civilians that “masterminds” who hatched the May 9 conspiracy would also be tried under the Army Act in military courts. The case pertains to the military trials — and recent sentencing — of civilians for their role in attacks on army installations during the riots that followed ex-premier Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, 2023.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab |Aqdas Afzal
Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan on Friday remarked that trials in a military court were “similar” to those in a civilian court, as a Supreme Court constitutional bench heard a case on military trials of civilians over last year’s May 9 riots. The case pertains to the military trials — and recent sentencing — of civilians for their role in attacks on army installations during the riots that followed ex-premier Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, 2023.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab
A Supreme Court constitutional bench on Thursday questioned why the civilians involved in the riots on May 9 were “specifically” tried under the military courts contrary to precedent. On December 13, the SC’s constitutional bench conditionally allowed military courts to pronounce reserved verdicts of 85 who were still in custody for their alleged involvement in the May 9 riots in 2023.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab
Supreme Court’s Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail termed the existing law allowing phone tapping “ambiguous” as the court’s constitutional bench heard a case related to the issue on Wednesday. In July, the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication authorised the country’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to intercept and trace calls in the “interest of national security”.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Umer Mehtab
The Supreme Court’s (SC) constitutional bench on Tuesday dismissed the objections of the registrar’s office to a petition filed by incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan seeking a judicial commission for the events of May 9 last year. Nationwide violent protests erupted last year after the arrest of former premier Imran in a corruption case, with his supporters vandalising and torching military installations and government buildings.
