Rule of law

Across various indices and rankings released this year or over the last one, Pakistan has either slid or stagnated

Lay foundation of judicial complex in federal capital: Imran

Says incumbent upon state to ensure accessible, expeditious justice

The worst performing sectors are order and security, system of civil justice and the state of fundamental rights

Pakistan has always had a difficult relationship with the rule of law

FIA is advised not to play a game which is not in accordance with law and adhere to the law than to the rule of man

Information minister says Saudi Arabia, Iran and US now give weightage to PM Imran's words

Information minster says transparency and rule of law will prevail

Punjab Safe Cities Authority official gives presentation to LCCI members

The country ranked 105 out of 113 globally on World Justice Project Rule of Law Index

Fair, speedy and transparent justice builds trust in legal institutions

What will we be without mobs; police and court will do their job without fear? Who wants to live in a world like that?

Judge Aziz said the activity was meant to raise the moral and intellectual levels of students

Every single person, whoever breaks the law, should be punished no matter if he is president or a poor man

Denmark is the most lawful country in the world, followed by Norway and Finland

Inquiry officer suggests that the officials be prosecuted for killing a man in 2008

The judge had ordered attachment of his salary earlier in the week

Cash worth over Rs3.6 million seized from accused

The court had ordered that an FIR be registered on the petitioner’s complaint

The ATC awarded two years imprisonment to Ishaq and fined him Rs100,000

Nayyer Hussain Bokhari’s guard allegedly slaps policeman

He is accused of not paying legal fees to a lawyer he had hired in 2010

“We believe in our justice system and today it delivered” stated Juma after hearing the verdict

The action was taken over the SHOs’ failure to submit their comments in various cases

Muhammad Kamran submitted that the CEO and the director had deposited 12 cheques for Rs1.5 million each

Petitioner says Sharif has criticised a court order over the project

The petitioner said that the SHO had also demanded an additional Rs 80,000 to release his son

He was gunman of former CCPO deployed to guard his house

The judge had summoned these officials several times but they did not turn up

21 policemen, nine others accused of attacking family

The magistrate granted them bails against surety bonds of Rs30,000 each

Umair Saeed said he had received a phone call from someone directing him to collect a parcel

A case against him of accumulating illegal assets worth Rs35 million is under way

Man said to be son of couple among those convicted

The suspects were caught looting two people at gunpoint near Singer Chowrangi in Korangi Industrial Area on December 4

Special Branch officer was detained by policemen for taking pictures of SHO’s car

The court had ordered the SHO to address the petitioner’s grievances

One of the accused was son-in-law of deceased

IO Nadeem Tahir said that the Koshar police received a call from NPC about the presence of four drunken men

The petitioner said some men were stopping him from pursuing research

The court disposed of the petition telling the petitioner to seek the right forum for relief

Veteran leader says Pakistan won’t come out of crises as long as establishment continues to meddle in government

Backlogged system continues to protect powerful rather than putting laws into action

His father has been accused of detaining a step daughter and sexually assaulting her

Their counsel submitted that they had been implicated in a false case

They had been held for creating disturbance during a wedding

His lawyer said police had implicated him in a false case

The prosecution had been unable to prove them guilty, the lawyer told the court

He said there were more than 30,000 pending cases in Jhang due to a shortage of judges

The judge has acquitted them giving them the benefit of doubt