لاہور ہائی کورٹ نے اتائی کی ضمانت پر رہائی کیلئے درخواست خارج کرتے ہوئے قرار دیا ہے کہ اتائیت کو سنجیدہ جرم قرار دینا چاہیے، جادو ٹونے سے علاج کے دن گزر چکے، لیکن اتائی علاج آج بھی چل رہا ہے۔ جسٹس سردار نعیم نے زاہد محمود کی ضمانت خارج …
Read More »LHC seeks reply on convicts unable to pay compensation | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: High Court (LHC) has sought replies from the authorities on a petition about prisoners languishing in jails because of non-implementation of rules regarding a fund for convicts unable to pay compensation in various cases. The petitioner’s counsel Nadeem Sarwar contended that a number of convicts were languishing in different …
Read More »Marriage without Iddat not unlawful: LHC | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: Union of husband and wife in an irregular marriage, without observing the period of Iddat, may have consequences under Islamic law but it cannot be treated as unlawful, says a ruling of the Lahore High Court. Justice Ali Zia Bajwa issued the ruling in a judgment that upheld an …
Read More »Remarrying without Iddat not unlawful: LHC | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: Union of husband and wife in an irregular marriage, without observing the period of Iddat, may have consequences under Islamic law but it cannot be treated as unlawful, says a ruling of the Lahore High Court. Justice Ali Zia Bajwa issued the ruling in a judgment that upheld an …
Read More »Teachers’ recruitment report irks LHC | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the process of recruitment of teachers who will teach the Holy Quran at schools. The LHC’s division bench headed by Justice Shahid Waheed was hearing a matter wherein the court had been requested to direct the concerned quarters to …
Read More »TTP ‘associate’s’ conviction overturned in terror funding case | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC)’s division bench, headed by Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz, overturned the conviction of a man, said to be associated with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), over charges of raising funds for the organisation. The bench, setting aside the conviction, ordered to acquit Dawar Khan on an …
Read More »LHC moved to disqualify PPP, PML-N candidates | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: A writ petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC), seeking to disqualify both PML-N and PPP’s candidates from contesting by-poll in NA-133 constituency after they were found guilty of greasing the palms of the voters. Petitioner Sohail Shehzad (independent candidate) approached the LHC questioning the conduct …
Read More »LHC dismisses plea against PPP, PML-N candidates | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed a plea as non-maintainable seeking to disqualify PML-N and PPP’s candidates from contesting by-poll in NA-133 constituency after they were found guilty of greasing the palms of the voters. As the proceedings commenced, Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabir remarked that the petitioner …
Read More »LHC turns down plea of its limited territorial jurisdiction | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court turning down the plea of “territorial jurisdiction of the principal seat” handed over minors to their mother after recovering them from their father’s custody who had taken them to Rawalpindi with the belief that the venue is out of the reach of the LHC. The …
Read More »50pc staff in Lahore told to work from home amid high AQI | The Express Tribune
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered the Punjab government to issue an immediate notification directing 50pc of private-sector workers to work from home amid high levels of smog in the provincial capital. Justice Shahid Karim heard a petition seeking the redressal of smog, with the focal person of …
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