LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the provincial government on a petition against alleged corruption in the Punjab Youth Festival and entries of ‘fake records’ in the Guinness Book of World Records. PPP parliamentarian Shaukat Basra filed the petition pleading the government claimed that various world records were made during […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has condemned the attack on Geo News anchorperson Hamid Mir, terming it an attack on the freedom of the press. Addressing a press conference, bar president Shafqat Mahmood Chohan, vice president Amir Jalil Siddiqui, secretary Mian Ahmad and finance secretary Mian Iqbal said the Jang group and […]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has said the judiciary is committed to dispensing justice to the affected people. He was addressing a seminar on the topic of ‘Court Reporting and Dispensation of Justice’, organised at the Punjab Judicial Academy by the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) here on Saturday. About the […]
Given the exponential relevance of the internet in the dissemination of information over the past two decades, the need for internet freedom is justifiably being described as a right of freedom to information. Low literacy rates, economic disparities and poor infrastructure are commonly blamed for expansion of the internet in developing countries like Pakistan. However, […]
LAHORE: An appeal against her blasphemy conviction by Aasia Bibi was fixed for hearing on February 14, three years after it was filed, but not taken up by the court, The Express Tribune learnt on Monday. Bibi’s criminal appeal number 2509/10 ‘Mst Aasia Bibi vs The State’ and murder reference 614/10 ‘State Vs Mst Aasia […]
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday summoned the Federal Minister of Information Technology Anushay Rehman at its next hearing to present the government’s stance on public access to YouTube in the country. The LHC noted that the federal government had not yet presented its stance on the issue, which […]
General (retired) Musharraf’s lawyers forwarded an extraordinarily audacious argument recently before the Supreme Court (SC) while seeking a review of the July 31, 2009 judgment. They argued that the 1973 constitution does not exist. Unfortunately, and because the good general suffers on account of bad legal representation, this argument relied on the fact that the […]
LAHORE: Justice Ejaz Ahmed Khan of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday ordered Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to give detailed argument on the next hearing in the case pertaining to cancellation of a private TV channel’s licence. During the proceedings, Pemra’s counsel Muhammad Arshad Advocate requested the bench to give some time for […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Film Censor Board, the commerce secretary and Independent Film Motion, a private exhibition company, on a contempt of court petition over the exhibition of Dedh Ishqiya, an Indian film, in Pakistan. Justice Ijaz Ahmed of the LHC sought replies from the respondents in two […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday observed comments and analysis about cases pending with courts could not be released to media. Lahore High Court Justice Umar Ata Bandial made these observations while disposing of a petition questioning ‘unnecessary’ coverage being given to former president General (retired) Pervez Musharraf in media. He also remarked that […]
LAHORE: A miscellaneous petition has been filed with the Lahore High Court (LHC) by eminent advocate AK Dogar, counsel of Independent Newspapers Corporation (Jang Group), for making 26 CDs of a programme of a private news channel part of the record. The Jang Group has already moved the LHC for the cancellation and suspension of […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday sought reply from a private TV channel’s anchor Mubasher Lucman for broadcasting defamatory programmes against Jang/Geo Group and its owners, and also from the Ministry of Information and Pakistan Electric Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) for not initiating action against the channel. As hearing started on Friday, the counsel […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday restrained the central censor board from issuing exhibition certificates to Indian films and sought reply from the secretary interior, secretary commerce, board of revenue and other respondents within a week. Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan passed the interim order on a petition filed by film directors, producers, distributors and […]
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday stopped National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) from verifying NA 118 voters through thumb impressions. The court suspended the election tribunal’s order which had ordered the NADRA to verify the veracity of voters’ antecedents of the May 11 general elections in that constituency. The bench […]
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