ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has granted interim bail to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia corruption reference on the medical basis till Tuesday. A two-member divisional bench, comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallahand Justice and Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, heard a ...

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday ordered to repatriate former judge of Accountability Court-II Arshad Malik to Lahore High Court (LHC) so that a disciplinary action could be initiated against him. The notification, issued by Acting Registrar IHC stated that Arshad Malik in ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has rejected Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz's interim bail extension plea in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case, money laundering and assets beyond means cases on Tuesday. The two-member bench comprising Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice ...

Lahore - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a notification for increasing General Sales Tax (GST) on petroleum products after the approval of the federal cabinet. The GST on petrol has been increased from 2% to 12%. The GST on kerosene oil has been increased from 8% to 17% while that on ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Wednesday set aside the suo moto powers of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to collect sales tax from the business community without registering them under Sale Tax Act 1990 and Sale Tax Rules 2006. A two-member bench, comprising Justice Sajid Mahmood Seithi and ...

LAHORE – Hanif Abbasi of the former ruling party – the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) – has been granted bail by the Lahore High Court in a narcotics smuggling case. A two-member bench, headed by Justice Alia Neelum, suspended a special court’s decision of life-term to the politician handed ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz leader Hamza Shehbaz alleged on Saturday that the National Accountability Bureau treated him like a terrorist despite the failure to prove corruption of a single penny. Hamza addressed the party loyalists outside his Model Town residence after securing ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday approved Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif's bail pleas in Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme and Ramzan Sugar Mills cases, ordering his release. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed heard Shehbaz and Fawad Hasan ...

LAHORE – A petition on Wednesday filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the Punjab government's decision to lift over one decade ban on Basant festival in the country. The petitioner, Safdar Shaheed Pirzada advocate, argued that the much controversial event was banned after several ...

LAHORE – A petition challenging the authority of the National Accountability Bureau to arrest a suspect before concluding investigation against him has been filed in the Lahore High Court. Lawyers Foundation for Justice filed the petition through its counsel A.K.Dogar stating that detaining a ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday stayed the demolition of the boundary walls of the Punjab Governor House. Justice Mamoonur Rashid gave the ruling while hearing petitions filed against orders passed by Prime Minister Imran Khan to tear down the walls of the governor house. "Not even ...

FAISALABAD - Lawyers on Wednesday stormed the sessions court during protests, demanding the establishment of a bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Faisalabad. The violent protester broke into the premises of the court and starting damaging the property. The gates of the court were, earlier, ...

LAHORE - A review petition was filed in the Lahore High Court on Saturday against a decision to reject Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s bail plea. The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly was arrested by NAB on October 5 in connection to the Ashiana ...

LAHORE - Justice Anwaar-ul-Haq took on Tuesday oath as the new chief justice of the Lahore High Court (LHC). The oath was administered by Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar during a ceremony. Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, high court judges, provincial ministers, office bearers of the Pakistan ...

LAHORE - Lahore High Court (LHC) dismissed on Tuesday an appeal of Amin Ansari, the father of six-year-old Zainab Amin,  demanding a public hanging of his daughter's rapist and murderer, Imran Ali. A two-member bench of LHC comprising Justice Sardar Shamim Ahmed and Justice Shehbaz Rizvi heard ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday summoned former prime Nawaz Sharif on October 8 in a high treason case. A full bench of the high court, headed by Justice Mazahar Ali Naqvi, was hearing the treason petition filed by Advocate Azhar Siddiqui seeking treason trial of former prime ...