16 Plots Islamabad High Court

Dar challenges accountability court indictment in Islamabad High Court

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday filed two petitions before the Islamabad High Court challenging his indictment by an accountability court in a reference pertaining to his ownership of “assets beyond his known sources of income”...

Last Monday, the court had rejected a request by Dar’s counsel, Amjad Pervez, to grant them seven days to peruse the record, saying that since the Supreme Court had set a six-month deadline, he could...

Supreme Court, Islamabad High Court jurisdiction extended to Fata

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tues­day approved extension of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) as a first step towards implementation of the long overdue reforms in the country’s restive tribal areas...

In the initial draft that had been prepared in the light of suggestions of a six-member special committee that had proposed merger of the...

SAPMs, judges, others allotted plots in Islamabad’s new sectors

ISLAMABAD: Two aides to the prime minister, judges of the superior judiciary and top bureaucrats are among the successful applicants for allocation of residential plots in Islamabad’s F-14 and F-15 sectors, according to a list posted by the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) on its website after ballot on Tuesday...

Both of them had applied for plots before their retirement from government service...

Housing scheme board members allot plots to themselves in Islamabad

• Names not included in list of allottees on FGEHA website • Spokesman says members secure plots as service benefitISLAMABAD: While making public the allotment of plots to judges, bureaucrats and journalists, the executive board of the Federal Government Emplo­yees Housing Autho­rity (FGHEA) had silently decided to secure pricey plots for themselves in posh housing sectors of Islam­abad’s F-14 and 15 sectors against the recommendations of the...

Possession of plots in Islamabad's E-12 still not in sight

ISLAMABAD: The allottees of E-12 are still waiting for taking possession of their plots which they purchased from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in 1989...

The CDA was supposed to hand over developed plots to the allottees within a year of allotment i...

120 plots allotted to people affected by land acquisition in Islamabad's E-12

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Monday allotted 120 more plots to people affected by land acquisition in sector E-12, paving the way for development of stalled sectors, which was launched back in 1989...

Over 4,000 people have been waiting to get possession of developed plots in E-12, but because of a dispute between CDA and villagers, they have been suffering...

Supreme Court judge recuses himself from bench in plots case

ISLAMABAD: A Sup­reme Court judge on Mon­day withdrew himself from the bench that has taken up for hearing a set of petitions moved by the Federal Gov­ernment Employees Hou­sing Authority (FGEHA) as well as its director general against the Aug 20 restraining order of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against allotment of prized plots in the federal capital...

Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, who recused himself from the bench, is one of the...

Islamabad High Court concerned about spy agencies ‘tug of war’

ISLAMABAD: The quest of an Intelligence Bureau (IB) spy to have the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) investigate his seniors for allegedly protecting terrorists may not yield the desired results, after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) noted on Wednesday that both agencies seemed to be involved in a “tug of war”...

Earlier, during the Panama Papers hearings before the Supreme Court, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) had blamed the IB...

Plea for open trial of Islamabad High Court judge referred to chief justice

A Supreme Court bench on Thursday referred to the chief justice a petition filed by a sitting judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking the constitution of a larger bench to hear a reference against him...

The council was established under Article 209 of the Constitution to inquire into allegations leveled against judges of the apex and high courts over misconduct or an inability to perform their duties for reasons of mental or...

Islamabad High Court declares Faizabad sit-in ‘a terrorist act’

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declared the ongoing sit-in at the Faizabad interchange an “anti-state activity” and “an act of terrorism”...

Another show cause notice was issued to the interior minister for not implementing the court’s orders to clear Faizabad, observing that Ahsan Iqbal had “stopped the [Islamabad] administration from acting upon the order passed by this court...

Doctor moves Islamabad High Court against long working hours

ISLAMABAD: A doctor has submitted a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the long working hours medical professionals are made to work, especially resident doctors across the country...

Dr Hiba filed the petition through her counsel Saimul Haq Satti and has cites the minister of state for National Health Services Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC), secretary NHSRC, chief secretaries Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,...

Islamabad High Court to hear bail plea of US terror suspect on Friday

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear the bail plea later this week of an American citizen of Pakistani origin awaiting extradition to the United States for allegedly planning an attack on New York in connivance with the militant Islamic State (IS) group, the suspect's lawyer said on Tuesday...

Ashraf said his client's father Haroon Rashid previously obtained a stay of his son's extradition from the same court...

Islamabad High Court reinstates Pemra chairman

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday reinstated Chaudhry Rashid Ahmed as the chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra)...

Read: President sacks Pemra chairmanAccording to sources in the President House, Ahmed was removed as per the procedures chalked out by the Islamabad High Court (IHC)...

Petition filed in Islamabad High Court for Khawaja Asif’s disqualification

ISLAMABAD: An activist of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Moh­ammad Usman Dar, on Thursday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking disqualification of Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif...

Ahead of the 2018 general elections, the petitioner wants the court to permanently disqualify Mr Asif so that he does not contest elections in future...

Islamabad High Court suggests making blasphemy law tougher to check its misuse

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suggested that parliament make the blasphemy law tougher by fixing the same punishment for any person misusing it or falsely accusing someone of blasphemy...

The court on March 31, 2017, had issued a short order on a petition seeking elimination of blasphemous content from social media...