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Imran Khan’s Monday statement seems to echo complaint earlier aired by PML-N, PPP

Former IG Zulfiqar Cheema's book ‘Straight Talk’ launched

IHC warns of holding high-ups in contempt

Prisoners brought to city courts continue to flaunt ‘no cellphone use’ policy, often with tacit police consent

Iftikhar Chaudhary's Reko Diq decision draws heavy ICSID penalty

For a judicial system to function optimally, it needs a sufficient number of judges

The common people have been yearning for quick dispensing of justice for years

Complete strike observed to protest references against SC judges

IHC admonishes capital police, asks investigation officers to explain why they should not be tried

Judge in parliament attack case transferred

Gives interior, defence ministries a week’s time to respond to petitions

Judicial workers and judges have been assigned to the newly established courts

Lawyers urge the judges to hear these cases in Peshawar

SP Saddar says investigating how weapons came inside court premises

Senate body briefed on compliance of LHC verdicts regarding various ministries

Lawyers in F-8 Kutchery go on strike following demolition of their illegal chamber in an anti-encroachment operation

Citizens demanded that the open courts be conducted at a tehsil level rather than in offices

Justice Khosa will take charge as the top judge on January 18 and will serve until December 20, 2019

Justice Nisar says never misused authority while safeguarding basic rights of people

Extending the courts to an area which has been neglected for the past 70 years, however, is no easy task

Former Punjab governor urges courts to dispense equal justice

IHC turns down Briton’s request to strike name off ECL

The tragedy of our legal system is the sheer scale of the inefficiency existing in our courts

Ministry of Law and Justice has constituted a committee to draft terms of reference of the proposed authority

The PML-N leader had allegedly incited the masses to oust ‘idles of PCO judges’ from the top court

Sirajul Haq says will change the current unjust system and form a government based on Islamic principles

The lawyer was fined Rs10,000 on his failure to appear in the first hearing in formula milk case

PPP chief states ruling family wants to dictate judicial decisions, warns party will not tolerate attacks on judiciary

He said there must be a questioning and also criticized the courts’ controversial decisions made in the past

Number is a decrease from last year’s number of 181,676

The bench further declared formation of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

Karachi courts recently awarded unusual punishments such as three years of daily congregational prayers

All accused, except for Sharjeel Memon, were presented in the accountability court in handcuffs

The Evening Courts Act 2017 bill had been tabled in the National Assembly (NA) earlier in April

Federal govt extends FIA Act to these villages giving Levies policing powers and political agent judicial powers

Under the plan, judgments would be written in light cream colour

Summons prosecution witnesses on October 7 in Gepco reference

Officials claim suspect wanted to avoid his creditors

The lawyers used abusive language and attempted to beat civil judge Waseem Ahmed in his chamber.

Policemen were not complying with court orders.

Action taken on a note sent by the registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

Observers say lawyers are protecting their own interest and jeopardising safety.

Rawalpindi district administration has increased security of crowded places

SJC couldn’t achieve objective of ‘accountability’, says Hamid Khan 

Zardari also slams withdrawal of subsidy on fertilizers

Much action focused on bench-bar tussle after SC’s September judgement on hiring

Directs CDA to address issues of water supply and sewerage

Courts in Pakistan mostly give ruling in such cases in favour of consumers

The strike was called by the Sindh Bar Council (SBC)

Take a walk through the long and corrupt path inside the lockup at Karachi City Courts