Case Title: Muhammad Muazzam Butt Versus President of Pakistan and Others
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Continue readingPESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court on Thursday declared as not maintainable and rejected plea of a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader, challenging the last month Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notifications of appointing executive officers as district returning officers and returning officers. A bench consisting of PHC Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad referred to an order of Supreme Court of December 15 and ruled: “In view of the above, we are of the view that Hon’ble Supreme Court has already taken cognisance of the matter, in which final judgment is yet to be passed, therefore, we lay our hands off...
Continue readingPESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Friday stopped the federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa law-enforcement agencies, including police, from arresting former woman lawmaker of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insafand independent election candidate Shandana Gulzar Khan in any of the cases registered against her until further orders. Also, Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Wiqar Ahmad directed the federal and provincial governments to produce details of the cases registered against Ms Shandana by the police, Federal Investigation Agency, anti-corruption establishment and other law-enforcement agencies. It ordered the fixing of the case for hearing next week. Ms Shandana, who was an MNA on reserved seats for women...
Continue readingپاکستان تحریک انصاف کے مرکزی ترجمان ایڈووکیٹ معظم بٹ نے خیبر پختونخوا حکومت کی جانب سے پاکستان پینل کوڈ اور کریمنل پروسیجر کوڈ میں کی گئی ترامیم پر تنقید کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے ’ایسے لوگ حکومت میں بیٹھے ہیں جو آئین اور قانون کی خلاف ورزی کر رہے ہیں۔‘انہوں نے اردو نیوز سے بات کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ کہ ’نگراں حکومت کی اپنی آئینی حیثیت ناقص ہے۔ ان کے خلاف عدالتوں میں ہمارے کیسز چل رہے ہیں ابھی ان کا فیصلہ ہونا باقی ہے۔‘ معظم بٹ کا کہنا ہے کہ ’متنازع حکومت ایسے فیصلے کر کے عوام کو ڈرا رہی ہے اور صاف شفاف انتخابات...
Continue readingThe PTI on Monday said it would challenge the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to declare its intra-party polls as unconstitutional and revoke the iconic ‘bat’ symbol in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) tomorrow (Tuesday). The development comes after the electoral watchdog last week voided, for the second time in less than a month, PTI’s internal elections in which Barrister Gohar Ali Khan was easily elected as the party’s new chairman. The verdict came following a first-of-its-kind microscopic examination of the inner workings of a political party and declared the party ineligible to obtain an election symbol to contest the upcoming general elections. “It is held that...
Continue readingPESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday reserved its verdict about the maintainability of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s petition for holding the Feb 8 polls in the province through judicial officials under the supervision of the judiciary. During the hearing, a bench comprising Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and Justice Shakeel Ahmad questioned if it could continue hearing the case after a Supreme Court bench suspended the Dec 13 Lahore High Court’s stay order against the appointment of district returning officers, returning officers and assistant returning officers from the executive. The high court’s CJ said as the apex court had issued a verdict on...
Continue reading"We are bound by SC verdict, can't go against it," says PHC Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Appointment of ROs, DROs within ECP's mandate: laywer. PTI raises concerns over the transparency of Feb 8 polls. "We are bound by SC verdict, can't go against it," says PHC. PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) Monday reserved its verdict on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) plea seeking the holding of the upcoming general elections under the judiciary’s supervision. Two-member PHC bench led by Chief Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan and comprising Justice Shakeel Ahmed presided over the hearing. The development comes after the PTI's Advocate Muazzam Butt had moved the PHC...
Continue readingAfter LHC, PTI submits plea challenging ECP's notification of ROs, DROs appointment in Peshawar High Court PTI's Advocate Muazzam Butt submits supplementary plea in PHC. PHC CJ Mohammad Ibrahim Khan-led bench to hear petition. Judge questions possibility of free and fair elections amid unrest PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) is set to hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) petition for holding the sought-after general elections under the judiciary's supervision, as the party continues to voice concerns regarding free and fair polls. Former prime minister Imran Khan's party, via Advocate Muazzam Butt, submitted an amended petition to the high court after the court directed the petitioner to challenge...
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