July 29, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The lack of implementation of directions contained in a landmark judgment on illegal construction and unregulated urban sprawl in the E-11 sector and Banigala is a major factor behind the disaster that struck Islamabad on Tuesday.
Due to massive rainfall and flash floods, the residents of the E-11 sector faced a nightmare, causing the loss of human lives and a huge financial cost as several homes were damaged and vehicles swept away by the raging waters.
The verdict handed down by a full bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah and comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani in 2018, was later upheld by the Supreme Court. Lawyer Kashif Malik had represented the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in the case.
Ordinances justified only in emergencies: IHC
Says money spent on electronic voting machines to go wasted if ordinance can’t turn into law
Islamabad High Court. PHOTO: IHC WEBSITE
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has noted that the PTI government still has 2 years to rule and its decision to introduce the electronic voting machines (EVMs) or to bring about changes in the High Education Commission (HEC) should be routed through the parliament rather than through ordinances.
“An ordinance can be passed only in an emergency situation when a law is needed to be imposed immediately and the parliament is not in session,” IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah said on Wednesday as head of a division bench hearing a slew of petitions filed against PTI government’s ordinances.
This file photo shows former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday decided to hear the appeals of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking to set aside acquittal of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Flagship reference and enhance his sentence in Al-Azizia reference.
Accountability judge Arshad Malik had acquitted Mr Sharif in the Flagship reference on Dec 24, 2018, and sentenced him to seven-year imprisonment in Al-Azizia reference.
The Supreme Court on July 28, 2017, had disqualified Mr Sharif from holding a public office and directed NAB to file three references against the Sharif family in accountability court.
This file photo shows the Islamabad High Court. IHC website/File
ISLAMABAD: Under public criticism over opting for temporary legislation, the government on Wednesday assured the Islamabad High Court that the practice of frequent promulgation of presidential ordinances was about to come to an end.
During the hearing of a petition filed by a number of eminent academicians, rights activists and scholars against the promulgation of HEC Ordinance that reduced the term of chairman from four to two years and ‘curbed’ its autonomy, Attorney General (AG) Khalid Jawed Khan informed an IHC bench that the prime minister is determined to govern the country through parliamentary democracy.
July 29, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The lack of implementation of directions contained in a landmark judgment on illegal construction and unregulated urban sprawl in the E-11 sector and Banigala is a major factor behind the disaster that struck Islamabad on Tuesday.
Due to massive rainfall and flash floods, the residents of the E-11 sector faced a nightmare, causing the loss of human lives and a huge financial cost as several homes were damaged and vehicles swept away by the raging waters.
The verdict handed down by a full bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah and comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani in 2018, was later upheld by the Supreme Court. Lawyer Kashif Malik had represented the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in the case.