Lahore: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the judiciary should also summon the creator of NRO.

Talking to members of Lahore Press Club here Prime Minister Gilani said the Minister of Law will appear before the court on May 25 to present the government point of view.
Gilani said that the government doesn’t want clash with judiciary and will move on its policy of reconciliation. He said Babar Awan will definitely appear before the court, but it would have been better if the court also summon Pervez Musharraf …

Islamabad: The Supreme Court will continue hearing of the case regarding the implementation of the court’s verdict on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on Friday and summoned Chairman NAB and Law Secretary Justice (retd.) Aqil Mirza who had submitted his resignation.

The five-member bench led by Justice Nasirul Mulk comprises Justices Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Jawwad S.Khawaja, Rahmat Hussain Jafferi and Tariq Pervez. The bench has asked NAB chief to tell the court about the developments so far regarding the implementation of the apex court’s December 16, 2009 National Reconciliation Ordinance judgement. …

Islamabad: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chuadhry Tuesday said that the judiciary has taken upon itself to uphold rule of law and protect the masses.

Speaking at full court reference for Justice Ejaz Chaudhry on his retirement the Chief Justice of Pakistan said the function of judiciary is to interprete the constitution and ensure its implementation.
Justice Chaudhry said the judiciary has been bound to protect the rights of the citizens and to ensure equality among them.
President Supreme Court Bar Qazi Anwar said that the impression being created that the …

Islamabad: Supreme Court (SC) has issued orders for arresting those involved in violence against a woman case in Faisalabad.

The three-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry heard the suo motu case of violence against manhandling of a woman at the hands of Faisalabad police.
The court expressed grave concern over the attitude of police during the course of hearing.
.Inspector General of the Punjab Police, Tariq Saleem Dogar, CPO Faisalabad Rao Sardar were also present in the hearing.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry …

Islamabad: Supreme Court Wednesday cancelled the LNG contract awarded in last February.

The Supreme Court took suo motto notice of the case after a newspaper claimed that the Ministry of Petroleum ignored the lowest bidder in awarding a contract of 3.5 million tons of LNG import.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry declared the February 9 contract of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) ineffective and ordered renewed bidding of the contract.
The SC directed the government to take action against those involved in these irregularities.
Today, the federal government …

Islamabad: Supreme Court of Pakistan has cancelled the orders made by the prime minister regarding the upgradation of 54 bureaucrat into grade-22 and issued notifications in this regard.

The SC directed the PM to again make appointments on these posts on merit.
On January 29, a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry reserved the judgment of the case, which was filed by a number of affected officers of BPS-21 against the promotion of 54 officers of grade 21 to grade 22 by the prime minister.
On September 4 …