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CNews ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday signed notification, reinstating five regular and three additional judges of Sindh High Court.The summary is being forwarded to Attorney General’s office after the signature, sources said.A summary is also being reviewed for restatement of some of deposed judges of Lahore High Court, sources added.The signature of the notification by the President confirms reports that some of the deposed judges had already accepted the offer of their restoration.

CNews KARACHI: The High Court of Sindh on Monday adjourned the hearing of May 12 case till November 5. Advocate General Raja Qureshi while giving arguments in today’s hearing said that the evidences of the incident of May 12 should be recorded. No arrest was made on May 12 and cases were registered on May 13.Raja Qureshi said that city government gave the permission of rally and provincial government had no concerned with that.In his remarks, Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani said that that why Sindh government is putting his weight on city government and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).Advocate general said that there is contradictions about May 12 incidents. It was stated that arms were not given to police whereas according to our information, 3,000 tear gas shells fired and 700 SMG provided to selected police officials that were used in aerial firing. Raja Qureshi said that statements of May 12 victims should be recorded. Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani said that this is not a tribunal of inqu...

ISLAMABAD: Known jurist Justice ® Fakhruddin G Ibrahim and other lawyers, in a letter addressed to the Supreme Court’s chief justice and other judges, made a plea that the country was presently passing through a critical phase, as the cases under hearing in the court would determine a new direction and therefore, full court of the Supreme Court be constituted for the hearing these cases, which may also include the chief justices of the High Courts.Reminding the judges their duty to uphold the law and the constitution, the letter further said that if it were not done so, then its results would be disastrous. The letter said that the Supreme Court was presently hearing the most important case of the Pakistan history, whose petitioner had been the chief justice of Sindh High Court, this case would determine the future of the country and therefore, for such a high-profile case, full court be constituted. The law of necessity would have to be buried once for all, the letter said. Islamabad,...

KARACHI: Secretary Karachi Bar Association Naeem Qureshi Monday arrested outside the Sindh High Court premises during lawyers protest in Karachi. Police have made stringent security measures on the protest day. The lawyers boycotted case proceedings at Sindh High Court, Supreme Court Registry and five district courts of Karachi. A general body meeting of Karachi Bar at the City Courts condemned violence against lawyers and journalists in Islamabad and Karachi. Karachi Bar Secretary Naeem Qureshi was arrested when he reached Sindh High Court after general body meeting of lawyers. Police detained Qureshi at the back gate of the SHC premises. “Naeem Qureshi was wanted in Saturday’s attack on police outside the City Court and other cases,” DIG Police Javed Bukhari told Geo News. Heavy contingents of police have been deployed at Sindh High Court, City Court, Malir Court and other courts in the metropolis on the lawyers’ protest day.