Judicial commission to discuss judges appointment on Nov 6

Meeting of judicial commission will be held on November 6 for the appointment of judges in higher courts.
According to PR department of the Supreme Court, the issue of current and future judges appointment in higher courts will come under discussion in the meeting. It was said in the SC verdict issued on October 21 that judges in higher courts would be appointed under Article 175 after which judicial commission formation got started. Justice Ali Hassan and Justice Allah Nawaz have been appointed as members of the commission.

Balckcoats observe token strike

The lawyers have been observing a token strike across Punjab against police highhandedness and arrest of their colleagues, Dunya News reported on Wednesday.
The strike call has been given Punjab Bar Council till October 8. However, a majority of lawyers are appearing before the courts, while judges are also seen conducting their duties.
Security has been beefed up in and around the session courts.

Nawaz urges Govt to respect SC verdicts

PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has said that the Government should respect Supreme Courts verdicts.
Talking to media in Kot Mithan on Monday, Nawaz cautioned against any anti-democracy flooding, saying that In that case the washed away democracy would take everything along with it. He maintained the current deadlock would not have emerged, had the government revered the courts rulings.

Nawaz urges Govt to respect SC verdicts

PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has said that the Government should respect Supreme Courts verdicts.
Talking to media in Kot Mithan on Monday, Nawaz cautioned against any anti-democracy flooding, saying that In that case the washed away democracy would take everything along with it. He maintained the current deadlock would not have emerged, had the government revered the courts rulings.

SC orders arrest of Adnan Khwaja, Brig. (retd.) Imtiaz

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of Adnan Khwaja, chairman of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and Brigadier (retd.) Imtiaz in a court contempt case.

According to court, both the accused have violated the Supreme Court’s verdict on the NRO case.

The court has ordered to submit bail bounds within three days.

“The post of secretary law will not be given honour if the courts are not respected,” said Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.

The Supreme Court has also taken notice of the delay in the transfer of the NRO record to the NAB Prosecutor General. It has also directed authorities to present the implementation record of the NRO verdict. SAMAA

Babar for doubling of judges in courts

Federal Law Minister Babar Awan on Monday suggested doubling the number of judges in all the courts across country to ensure speedy justice.
To provide speedy justice to people, the number of court judges would be doubled, Babar said while talking to media in Islamabad after laying the foundation stone of Federal Court Complex.
Referring to rumours about change in the present political set-up, Babar said the constitution does not allow any middle path. Apprising the media of the new structure, Babar said the Complex would cost Rs39.75million and assured swift work on it. He said that Islamabad High Court Act has been approved and added that judges would also be taken from Islamabad in this regard.

CJ seeks high security for judges of High Courts

An important meeting was held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to improve the security of judges of higher judiciary. It is decided in the meeting to improve the security of judges and their families.
The Chief Justice called the meeting in the Supreme Court after report of alleged assassination plan of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif came to surface. Chief Justices of Federal Shariah Court and all four High Courts, Federal Secretary Interior, Punjab Chief Secretary, Home Secretary and Inspector General of Police took part in the meeting. Security of judges of High Courts came under discussion in the meeting.

Kashyap considers ANTARDWAND a gem

MUMBIA: Anurag Kashyap’s UDAAN got a stupendous response.

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Ravi Baswani: End of an era of clean comedy

MUMBAI: It was not the time for him to go, as he had started making his presence felt once again through his various roles in television serials, but the process of thoughts are mere statement of the facts, as god’s wishes and desires are supreme and Ravi Baswani has moves to his courts to regale him with his understated comedy timing.

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Nawaz urges govt to accept courts’ rulings

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif said it was a public support that contributed to the restoration of the judiciary, Geo News reported Thursday.

Talking to media before leaving for London along with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, he said the government measures are posing hazards to democracy, urging the government to accept the verdicts of the higher judiciary.

The government should not try to behave as court, he stressed.

Reacting to the present stand-off between judiciary and the government, Nawaz said the institutions are being ridiculed and the entire country is witnessing it.

Deploring the letter written by the official of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to judiciary as highly condemnable, Nawaz said the effort is afoot at present to make the courts controversial, adding his party cannot attest to this maligning drive, which is aimed to keep under wraps government failures.

On this occasion, the PML-N chief said he wont play a silent spectator on grave misconduct of the government, adding, ‘We should support the courts.’

Voicing his mistrust and disapproval of the Nab, as being the contrivance of a specific mindset and a tool created by former General (rtd) Pervez Musharraf for translating his nefarious designs, he said the Bureau has been established to persecute and torment innocent people like Javed Hashmi.

Rs50 billion involves the scam of Bank of Punjab (BoP), which amounts to half of the Kerry-Lugar Bill, Sharif informed adding this is such a huge amount that the PML-N cannot let the issue go unattended.

He continued, ‘The government should show out the suicide bombers present among government ranks, who would ultimately ruin the government to the core.’

Speaking on the occasion while responding a question, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said the Punjab government never commented on any sabotage activity in any part of the country; instead, ‘we prayed to Almighty Allah with our raised hands to accord the country a life in peace.’

‘We had a disastrous bombing at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad; but, we did not react by saying the federal government failed on tackling the terror issue.’

Nawaz added that Punjab government always responded positively on such occasions when terror befell any part of the country.

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