October 22, 2026
Seven lawyers face terrorism and attempted murder charges over an alleged attack on a civil judge. The bar has struck, judges have stopped hearing cases, and the bench wants dialogue.
September 18, 2026
Azam Nazeer Tarar told a bar association that the jurisdictions of the constitutional court and the Supreme Court are clearly laid down and there is no need to further complicate the debate.
September 17, 2026
A Supreme Court bench said the constitutional court's order summoning records of Imran Khan cases raises questions of considerable constitutional significance, and sought three weeks of guidance from the attorney general.
September 15, 2026
Federal Constitutional Court judges asked why the Supreme Court bypassed prison rules requiring government hospital treatment when it ordered Imran Khan moved to a private hospital, invoking a power to take over pending cases.
September 12, 2026
Chief Justice Yahya Afridi said district courts are most citizens' first contact with the state, and set out funding that has risen to Rs3.4 billion in a year against Rs900 million over the previous two decades.
September 8, 2026
The Balochistan Bar Council has called a province-wide court boycott over voice messages attributed to the High Court registrar instructing that recruitment results be withheld and candidates' papers submitted for "prior scrutiny".
September 3, 2026
Justice Raheel Kamran Sheikh has resigned from the Lahore High Court under Article 206, saying after "deep and sustained reflection" that his growth as a jurist would be better served by legal scholarship and policy research.
August 15, 2026
Mir Ziaullah Langau's convoy came under fire in the Khad Kocha area while travelling from Kalat to Quetta. The minister was unhurt; casualty counts range from three to seven wounded across outlets, with two reported in serious condition.
August 11, 2026
The president has approved additional judges for five high courts and confirmed several as permanent, a day after the Islamabad High Court issued notices to him and the prime minister over a summary that had been pending more than 18 days.
July 25, 2026
The Islamabad High Court on Saturday dismissed the prosecution's application that the sentence-suspension pleas of lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha had been filed prematurely, ruling the petitions maintainable. Justice Muhammad Azam Khan had reserved the order a day earlier. The pair were convicted in January under the electronic crimes law.
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