Page 4 - Pakistan Supreme Court

Enforced disappearances endemic to Pak, wave of 'missing persons': Report

Enforced disappearances endemic to Pakistan as there are reports of a fresh wave of "missing persons" in the country.

Pak SC warns of summoning Imran Khan if detainee not produced

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed has warned that the Supreme Court will not hesitate to summon Prime Minister Imran Khan

Prosecution failed to prove guilt of Sheikh in Daniel Pearl case: Pak SC

Pakistan's Supreme Court has criticised the prosecution for its failure to prove the guilt of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Pak Supreme Court orders immediate rebuilding of Hindu temple

The court has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government to start the immediate rebuilding of a Hindu temple which was set on fire by a mob

36 US lawmakers ask Pak to review acquittal in Daniel Pearl's murder case

This comes after Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted in 2002 of orchestrating the abduction and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl

Daniel Pearl murder case: Pakistan SC orders release of main accused

The review panel, headed by Justice Omar Ata Bandyal, stood by the decision to acquit, and recommended that Sheikh should be moved to a "rest house" before being fully released

Pak SC orders Pearl murder accused to be freed from death cell

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Pak govt to join review proceedings of SC acquittals in Pearl murder case

The Sindh government on Friday filed a review petition in the apex court against the acquittal of Sheikh and his three accomplices

Pakistan Supreme Court to hear plea against Daniel Pearl murder accused

This relates to a recent order to release all the accused persons in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl

Pakistan's Supreme Court orders reconstruction of vandalised Hindu temple

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered reconstruction of a century-old Hindu temple that was vandalised and set on fire by a mob

Pakistan's anti-corruption body approves fresh case against Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan's anti-corruption body has approved a new case against deposed premier Nawaz Sharif, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan urged the authorities to dispose of major graft cases quickly.

Pakistan SC to take up plea for urgent hearing of Daniel Pearl case

Pakistan SC will take up the Sindh govts request for an urgent hearing of its appeal against overturning the conviction of the main accused in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl

Pak SC to hear appeal against acquittal of accused in Daniel Pearl's murder

Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating Al-Qaeda-ISI link in 2002

India lodges protest with Islamabad over Pak SC's order on Gilgit-Baltistan

The Ministry of External Affairs said a demarche was issued to a senior Pakistani diplomat lodging a strong protest over the court ruling

Pakistan court revokes Pervez Musharraf's death sentence, guilty verdict

The court also ruled that the treason case against Musharraf was not prepared in accordance with the law

News snapshots, Jan 4-10: Developments that made headlines across the world

Thousands of Iraqis chanting 'Death to America' on Saturday mourned Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani killing

Pervez Musharraf challenges death sentence in high treason case: Reports

The 86 page-long petition, filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday on Musharraf's behalf, named the federal government and others as respondents, Dawn News reported

Pak govt files review plea against court verdict in Bajwa extension case

The government also requested the court to keep the proceedings in-camera

Malicious campaign against me post-Musharraf verdict: Pak Chief Justice

A three-member special court bench sentenced 76-year-old Musharraf to death in absentia on Tuesday for high treason following a six-year legal case

Pakistan's activist Supreme Court endangers a fragile democracy

Because Sharif was not "honest," Chief Justice of Pakistan additionally ruled, all "orders passed, directions given and documents issued" under his leadership were officially declared null