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2026-08-24 · Dawn

'Imran would not have spent 3 years in jail if he wanted to make a deal,' says PTI's Gohar

🔮 PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Monday brushed aside speculation regarding a deal with the government, saying party founder Imran Khan would not have spent three years in jail if he wanted to make a deal. assertive

2026-08-25 · Dawn

Imran's hospital transfer: PTI resubmits contempt plea after SC raises objections

🔮 On Monday, Gohar had met the SC registrar and was assured that a bench would be constituted soon to proceed with the contempt of court petition. assertive

2026-08-27 · Dawn

Imran's hospital visit: Ex-PM's sister again moves SC for early hearing of contempt plea against govt

🔮 On Aug 24, the SC had fixed the contempt plea for Sept 16, when a three-judge bench — comprising Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim — will resume hearing the case. mixed

2026-09-05 · Dawn

Eight Pakistan Bar Council members reject proposed changes to council rules

🔮 Under the proposed rule, all acts, proceedings, deliberations and business of the PBC, its committees, tribunals, sub-committees and other bodies constituted under its authority would be treated as confidential and classified. mixed

2026-09-08 · Dawn

3 Adiala jail inmates move FCC after IHC denies them Imran-like facilities

🔮 Advocate Cheema said that Rule 197 prescribed that inmates could be shifted to a civil hospital, arguing that the distinction being drawn by the government that the term only referred to a public hospital was wrong. assertive

2026-09-14 · Dawn

FCC says jail manual 'clear' on transfer of prisoners to hospital

🔮 However, its powers will be limited to issuing declaratory judgments rather than enforcing decisions directly. assertive

2026-09-14 · Dawn

SC stresses need for gender-sensitive investigations, court proceedings in domestic violence cases

🔮 In domestic homicide, the tragedy is not only that a woman may be killed behind closed doors, it is that the doors may close upon the truth as well, Justice Kakar bemoaned, adding it was the job of the legal system to extract truth behind them. mixed

2026-09-15 · Dawn

FCC summons Supreme Court's case records on Imran's hospital transfer

🔮 The bench also said it would frame constitutional questions for final determination in its order, which would be issued later. assertive

2026-09-17 · Dawn

SC suspends Imaan, Hadi's sentences in controversial social media posts case, orders their release

🔮 Siddiqui argued that the SC had issued its first order on May 12 in which the IHC was asked to decide the applicants’ petition for suspension of sentence as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two weeks. assertive

2026-09-17 · Dawn

Al-Qadir Trust case: Bushra Bibi moves FCC for early hearing of sentence suspension plea

🔮 But the high court dismissed her request in May 2026, observing that her appeals against her conviction had already been fixed for hearing. assertive

2026-09-17 · Dawn

Pakistan Bar Council urges govt to contain fuel price inflation, provide relief to citizens

🔮 “Such measures, if imposed, would further burden ordinary citizens, daily-wage earners and businesses.” assertive

2026-09-18 · Dawn

Supreme Court admonishes Sindh police over delays in filing FIRs

🔮 The Supreme Court on Friday expressed strong displeasure over delays in the registration of first information reports (FIRs) in Sindh, cautioning police officials that they could face contempt proceedings over any future delays. assertive

2026-09-22 · Dawn

Lawful benefits can’t be denied due to ‘administrative delays’

🔮 Dr Malik applied for the allowance, but his application was declined by the then PACP project director on April 19, 2021, primarily on the grounds that the allowance could not be granted retrospectively. assertive

2026-09-22 · Dawn

Dower not a ‘price’ for wife but her mandatory legal right, SC rules

🔮 “I will pay you if you behave; I will pay you if you do not ask for divorce. assertive

2026-10-03 · Dawn

Doctors cannot run drug stores without licence: FCC

🔮 The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday ruled that a registered medical practitioner (doctor) may prescribe and dispense medicine to his own patient within the scope of Section 31(4)(a) of the Pharmacy Act 1967, but cannot maintain a medical store or retail drug outlet without a licence under the Drugs Act 1976. assertive

2026-10-06 · Dawn

Al-Qadir Trust case: PTI lawyers approach FCC for early hearing of Bushra Bibi’s appeal

🔮 But the high court dismissed their requests in May 2026, observing that their appeals against their convictions had already been fixed for hearing. assertive

2026-10-07 · Dawn

Marriage can be dissolved on a woman's initiative on grounds of shiqaq even if cruelty is not proven: SC

🔮 The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a marriage could be dissolved on grounds of shiqaq (marital discord) under a residuary provision of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 even when cruelty was not proven. mixed

2026-10-08 · Dawn

As largest public employer, govt must set an example: SC

🔮 The petitioner had challenged the March 12, 2025 decision of the Punjab Service Tribunal, which rejected his plea against the withdrawal of his promotion order dated May 24, 2023. mixed

2026-10-09 · Dawn

Bilawal, Rana Sana made members of Judicial Commission of Pakistan

🔮 Both Bilawal and Rana will represent Parliament as members of the treasury benches in the respective Houses – the National Assembly and the Senate. assertive

2026-10-10 · Dawn

Trial courts can reject time-barred suits on their own initiative: SC

🔮 If a plain reading of the plaint showed that it was palpably vexatious or meritless, the trial court could invoke Order VII, Rule 11 of the CPC to terminate sham litigation at the earliest stage. assertive

2026-10-13 · Dawn

Violence in response to a woman's refusal to marry 'profound shame' on society's conscience: Supreme Court

🔮 Dismissing his review plea, the court ruled that a condemned prisoner could not claim, as a matter of right, that him having served 14 or 15 years of his sentence placed him in the same position as a person sentenced to life imprisonment. assertive

2026-10-14 · Dawn

FCC rejects Bushra Bibi's petition seeking suspension of 7-year Al-Qadir Trust sentence

🔮 The detailed order for dismissal will be issued by the FCC later. assertive

2026-10-17 · Dawn

SC questions ‘lofty expectations’ in criminal cases

🔮 Expecting mathematical precision from eyewitnesses exposed to traumatic events is ‘unnatural and impractical’, Justice Ibrahim holds “In criminal jurisprudence, human behaviour should not be subjected to a fixed formula, nor should every witness be expected to react to, observe or retain events in an identical manner,” the judgement said. assertive

2026-10-21 · Dawn

State of deceased’s eyes not proof of ‘unwitnessed’ death: SC

🔮 The petitioners had challenged their convictions in a 2011 double-murder case, upheld by the Lahore High Court (LHC) on May 18, 2022. mixed

2026-10-30 · Dawn

FCC says not implementing SC's verdicts amounts to 'challenging the very framework of the legal system'

🔮 “And compliance with the judicial decision is not a matter of courtesy but a constitutional requirement, the non-compliance of which not only disturbs the delicate equilibrium between the prestige of the court and the enforcement of rights but also sets a dangerous precedent that could lead to an executive overreach,” Justice Najafi emphasised. assertive

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