National
January 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted for regular hearing the petition filed by the Government of Balochistan against the order of the Balochistan High Court declaring the allocation of funds in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2020-21 as illegal. The bench also allowed the provincial government to continue with the ongoing schemes.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar, granted leave to appeal to the Government of Balochistan against the High Court of Balochistan order. A member of the provincial assembly had challenged the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2020-21 in the Balochistan High Court. In September last, a division bench of the Balochistan High Court comprising Chief Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Abdul Hameed Baloch had declared the allocation of funds for construction of Rest Houses and spor
National
January 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted for regular hearing the petition filed by the Government of Balochistan against the order of the Balochistan High Court declaring the allocation of funds in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2020-21 as illegal. The bench also allowed the provincial government to continue with the ongoing schemes.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Muneeb Akhtar, granted leave to appeal to the Government of Balochistan against the High Court of Balochistan order. A member of the provincial assembly had challenged the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for 2020-21 in the Balochistan High Court. In September last, a division bench of the Balochistan High Court comprising Chief Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Abdul Hameed Baloch had declared the allocation of funds for construction of Rest Houses and spor
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The federal cabinet will meet today. A summary on tree cutting in Gilgit-Baltistan will be presented before it. The central executive committee of the PPP will meet today. They are expected to discuss the resignations of the party s MPAs and MNAs as part of the Pakistan Democratic Movement s protest against the government. The PML-N will celebrate its Foundation Day today. PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz will address the ceremony. The Punjab Teachers Union will stage a protest outside CM House today. The Supreme Court Karachi Registry will hear cases on encroachments in Karachi and the circular railway. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed is in Karachi till Friday.Pakistan has extended its b
Court asks centre, Balochistan who is fencing Gwadar
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The Balochistan High Court sought on Monday a reply from the federal and provincial government officials in the Gwadar fencing case.
A two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Jamal Khan
Mandokhel and Justice Abdul Hameed Baloch heard on Monday a petition filed by Balochistan
Bar Council Vice-Chairman Muneer Ahmed Kakar.
The petition says the fencing of the port city would affect lives
of more than 300,000 people living in it.
The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Wednesday declared certain clauses of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Act unconstitutional and null and void. BHC website/File
QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Wednesday declared certain clauses of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Act unconstitutional and null and void.
A BHC bench headed by Chief Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and also comprising Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Justice Hashim Khan Kakar, Justice Abdul Hameed Baloch and Justice Abdullah Baloch announced the verdict after completing the hearing of a constitutional petition filed by lawyer Kashif Kakar challenging the DHA Act, 2015.
The chief justice read out the verdict after listening to the final arguments from both sides and declared Clauses 2-q, 6b 1-14 and 14b of the Quetta DHA Act, 2015, null and void, saying these clauses were in clash with the Constitution of Pakistan.