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IHC Fines Govt Departments in Audio Leaks Case

The Islamabad High Court imposed fines of Rs500,000 each on three government departments and dismissed their petitions regarding the bench hearing the audio leaks case. The court also suggested that contempt of court proceedings might be initiated against the authorities of these departments, including the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority […]Read More

IHC Suspends Price Reduction on Naan and Roti in Islamabad

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the notification that slashed prices of naan and roti in the federal capital. This decision came after IHC Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri considered the plea of the Naanbai Welfare Association’s president. In the plea, the association argued that the controller general had unilaterally reduced the price of roti […]Read More

PTI Lawyer: Cipher Lost from PM’s Office, Prosecution’s Case Weak

During proceedings at the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Barrister Salman Safdar, counsel for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, asserted that the cipher’s copy had not been lost by Khan but had instead disappeared from the Prime Minister’s Office. The responsibility for safeguarding the cipher’s copy had been entrusted to Azam Khan, who was initially […]Read More

IHC Orders Removal of Shireen Mazari’s Name from ECL

In a significant development, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the removal of former PTI leader and ex-Federal Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL). The decision follows a petition filed by Mazari seeking the removal of her name from the list, with the court citing the National […]Read More

Islamabad High Court (IHC) and Supreme Court Judges Receive Threatening

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) and Supreme Court judges find themselves embroiled in a concerning situation as reports emerge of threatening letters received by judges. What initially seemed to be an isolated incident within the IHC has now extended to include Supreme Court judges as well. During the hearing of appeals against the cipher case […]Read More

IHC CJ to summon interior secretary on X (Twitter) blockade

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Aamer Farooq on Wednesday hinted at summoning the interior secretary in the social media platform X (Twitter) blockade case. The top judge passed the remarks while hearing a plea of Ihtisham Abbasi against the suspension of X services in Pakistan. At the outset of the hearing, the joint […]Read More

SC begins hearing suo motu on IHC judges letter

The Supreme Court Wednesday began the hearing of its suo motu notice taken on the letter written by Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges that cites complaints of interference in judicial affairs by intelligence agencies. The hearing is being conducted by a seven-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising six other […]Read More

Government Mulls Retired Judges for Inquiry into IHC Judges’ Claims

The federal government is actively considering options among retired judges to lead a one-man inquiry commission tasked with investigating claims made by six judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) regarding interference from the country’s intelligence apparatus in judicial affairs. According to a senior government official, former chief justices Nasirul Mulk and Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, […]Read More

Petitioner Seeks SC Probe into IHC Judges’ Letter on Spy

On Wednesday, Mian Dawood Advocate filed a constitutional plea in the Supreme Court, urging an open court investigation into a letter written by six judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) regarding alleged interference by spy agencies in the judiciary. The letter, penned by the IHC judges on Tuesday, called on the Supreme Judicial Council […]Read More