Tag: Lahore High Court

Pak court banish plea against Mohsin Raza Naqvi’s appointment as Punjab’s caretaker CM

The government informed the court during the hearing on Monday that the ECP and the courts had the jurisdiction to stop a caretaker CM from abusing their position.

March 28, 2023

Lahore High Court grants protective bail to Imran Khan in 9 cases

Imran Khan secured bail in the cases filed in Lahore till March 27, whereas, the protective bail in five cases in Islamabad was approved till March 24.

March 18, 2023

High Court stops PTI from holding rally at Minar-e-Pakistan

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday prohibited the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) from holding a rally this Sunday at Iqbal Park (Minar-e-Pakistan). The court asked PTI to let citizens live their routine lives, Geo News reported. The party was planning to hold a “historic” public rally in Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan on March 19 and PTI Chairman...

March 16, 2023

Glimmer of hope

A recent judgment by Lahore High Court which, extensively citing Indian judicial verdicts, has termed the so-called ‘virginity tests’ routinely conducted on survivors of rape or sexual assault a ‘blatant violation of the dignity of a woman’ and held them to be unconstitutional.

January 13, 2021

101-year-old Pakistan convict seeks release

Mehndi Khan was 86 years when the case was registered against him.

July 26, 2020

Lahore High Court grants Shehbaz Sharif pre-arrest bail till June 17

Last year, Shehbaz stepped down as Public Account Committee chief and nominated his party’s MNA from Sheikhupura Rana Tanvir Hussain as his replacement.

June 3, 2020

Pak court exempts Nawaz Sharif from appearing on medical grounds

The former premier was admitted to the hospital for a cardiac procedure.

February 15, 2020

New bench formed to hear Maryam Nawaz’s bail plea

The new bench will hear Maryam's petition on February 10

February 9, 2020

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif asked to submit fresh medical reports

In the letter written to the former premier, the Punjab Home Department directed Sharif to submit updated medical reports to the department within three days.

January 31, 2020

Musharraf conviction: Trial in absence against golden principles of natural justice, says Pakistan court

A special court in Islamabad on December 17 last year handed down the death penalty to the 74-year-old retired general.

January 28, 2020

Pak SC refuses to hear Musharraf’s plea against treason verdict

On Thursday, Musharraf had moved the apex court, seeking to overturn the Islamabad-based special court's December 17, 2019, verdict, which sentenced him to death in the high treason case.

January 18, 2020

Ex-Pak President Musharraf moves SC against high treason case verdict

The appeal came days after the Lahore High Court (LHC) declared the formation of the special court as "unconstitutional".

January 16, 2020

Reprieve for Musharraf

He ruled: “We direct the law enforcement agencies to strive their level best to apprehend the fugitive/convict and to ensure that the punishment is inflicted as per law and if found dead, his corpse be dragged to the D-Chowk, Islamabad, and be hanged for three days.”

January 15, 2020

Pak oppn rejects court order quashing Musharraf’s death sentence in high treason case

Shah said that the special court had been constituted by the Supreme Court of Pakistan and it consisted of judges from three high courts of the country.

January 14, 2020

Former Pak PM Nawaz Sharif to undergo cardiac procedure

Earlier, Khan had said that the PET scan will give a clearer picture of the reasons behind Nawaz Sharif’s low platelet count and that once this is determined, the ailing politician will undergo a cardiac procedure.

January 4, 2020

Lahore High Court returns Pervez Musharraf’s application against conviction

On December 17, Musharraf was sentenced to death by a Pakistan court.

December 28, 2019

Ex-Pak president Pervez Musharraf files petition challenging high treason case verdict

The verdict marked the first time in Pakistan's history that a military chief was declared guilty of high treason and handed a death sentence.

December 27, 2019