15 November

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Lawyer says laws bended to benefit a convict

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PESHAWAR: Senior lawyer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Qazi Muhammad Anwar on Wednesday said that the country’s laws and constitution were bended last week to provide relief to a convicted criminal. Speaking at a press conference along with another lawyer Muazzam Butt and other lawyers, he said that a convicted criminal, who should have been punished for his deeds, was being cleared to pave way for bringing him to power. He said that being a lawyer he was disheartened by the distortion of the current situation. The senior lawyer said that on the one hand, a convict was provided maximum relief while...

16 August

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MLF Launches First Official Monthly NEWSLETTER

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25 July

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Presentation on International law Presenter: Yaseen Malik Advocate Venue: Peshawar High Court on 27 July at 11 AM. The event is being organized by MLF

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06 July

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PHC puts govt on notice over ‘harassment’ of PTI activists

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the provincial police chief and home secretary seeking their response to a petition about the alleged harassment of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf activists. A bench consisting of Justice Abdul Shakoor and Justice Syed Arshad Ali issued the order after holding a preliminary hearing into a petition jointly filed by Nadeem Khan and 230 other PTI activists, who accused the police of illegally raiding their houses and harassing them and their families. The petitioners requested the court to stop police from carrying out those “illegal” activities. Lawyer Mohammad Muazzam Butt appeared for the petitioners and...

25 June

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Presentation on Sale Tax Act by Bassam Ahmad Siddiqi Advocate High Court in Peshawar High Court,on 26 June at 11 AM. The Event is being organized by MLF

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24 June

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Topic: Review of KP Revenue Authority Act (KPRA) Presentation by: Miss Maryam Orakzai Advocate Venus: Peshawar High Court Date:23/06/2023 Organized by: MLF

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12 June

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PHC rejects Edwardes College principal’s review plea

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PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Thursday rejected review petition filed by the principal of historical Edwardes College Peshawar, challenging last month’s judgment of the court of declaring the college a nationalised educational institution governed by a government constituted Board of Governors (BoG). The bench of Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Mohammad Nasir Mahfooz pronounced the order after preliminary hearing of the petition of Principal retired Brigadier Nayyar Firdous, who claimed that he was necessary party to the case and was not heard by the court while pronouncing the judgment on October 1. The high court had on October 1...

11 June

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Peshawar high court strikes down law on retirement age increase

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government act of increasing retirement age of government servants from 60 to 63 years by amending the civil servants law. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar accepted 10 petitions filed by lawyer Shabina Noor and people from other walks of life against the KP Civil Servants (Amendment) Act, 2019, through which the relevant provision of law was amended to increase the retirement age. The bench pronounced a short order after the completion of arguments by lawyers for the petitioners and provincial advocate...

11 June

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Wiping the slate: PTI MPA challenges legitimacy of May 30 polls

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PESHAWAR:Not only have re-elections at 365 polling stations been challenged through a petition at the Peshawar High Court, but the legitimacy of the entire process has been brought into question. Filed by PK-24 (Mardan) MPA Zahid Durrani through his counsel Muhammad Muazzam Butt, the petition claims both the elections and the re-elections are against the law. Durrani is a prominent leader of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The petition names the secretary of the provincial chief election commissioner as one of the respondents. Other respondents include Mardan’s district returning officer, DIG and DPO, and secretary Election Commission of Pakistan. “The DRO, who is also the Mardan...

11 June

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High court suspends detention of 150 Tehreek-i-Insaf members under MPO

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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday suspended the orders of authorities to detain around 150 leaders and workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in the province under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance. A bench consisting of Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah declared that the petitioners, who had been kept in different prisons, should be freed if they’re not required in any other cases and that each of them should produce two surety bonds each of Rs200,000 for their release. Most petitioners belong to Peshawar, Swabi, Kohat, Mardan and Nowshera districts. The bench fixed May 30 for hearing into around 150...

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