Islamabad: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has taken suo motto notice of police torture in public occurred in Chiniot police station and summoned Advocate General Punjab on March 11 in Supreme Court.

The Chief Justice during the suo moto hearing of the case in Peshawar Registry said that the Punjab Government has formed a committee on the case and the committee is reviewing the case from all aspects.
The Chief Justice in his remarks said that the report presented by the Punjab Government should be reviewed and action …

Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani received Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry when he reached Prime Minister House on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Gilani Tuesday invited the Chief Justice for a meeting at PM House.
A meeting between Prime Minister Gilani and Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry started after arrival of the CJP in PM House.
Earlier, in a dinner hosted by chief justice in honour of Justice Ramday, Prime Minister told the media that nation will hear the good news today.
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Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Thursday took strong exception to the current National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Naveed Ahsan continuing to hold his position despite the Supreme Court’s order to have him replaced.

In his remarks during hearing, chief justice warned of action against NAB officials who ignored the Supreme Court’s orders.
During the hearing of Harris Steel Mill case, the CJ remarked that under which law, bargaining has been made with the accused of the Harris Steel Mill scam. The counsel of Bank of Punjab told the court …

KARACHI: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Monday said that the judiciary was duty bound to provide speedy justice to all citizens.

He made these remarks while hearing cases at the Karachi Division of the Supreme Court.
The chief justice is in Karachi on a six-day visit during which he is expected to hear more than 200 cases. Two benches, each comprising three judges of the Supreme Court, were constituted for this purpose.
During the course of Monday’s session, the chief justice heard 21 out of the 25 cases scheduled for the day.
The …

Faislabad: Lahore High Court Chief Justice has taken a suo moto notice of the riots erupted in Faisalabad Jail the other day.

Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif while taking suo moto notice, ordered the Sessions Judge Faisalabad to immediately initiate probe into the matter. He also directed the Superintendent Jail to appear before the court along with all the record on February 2 in this connection.
On the other hand, a prisoner of the said jail claimed that as many as 50 captives got injured in police shelling in firing. According to …

Lahore: Lahore High Court Chief Justice said that the government is not implementing the summary regarding the appointment of new LHC judges.

CJ Khawaja Muhammad Sharif struck down the sentence of one prisoner namely Rana Zafar who was on death row on health grounds and released him on bail. During the hearing, Khawaja Sharif said that there is shortage of judges in Lahore High Court against huge workload, adding that the judges have to deal with many urgent cases till evening. He deplored that the government was not enforcing the summary …