September 24, 2026
Provincial minister Fazal Shakoor was taken from a motorway interchange in daylight on Monday by armed men in plain clothes who shot out his tyres. The court was told an FIR exists, and asked where he is.
December 26, 2023
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to file a petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision invalidating its internal elections and revoking the ‘bat’ electoral symbol in the Peshawar High Court today (Tuesday). PTI’s legal team will file a petition today (Tuesday) against the Election Commission’s decision. The petition will be filed by Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Barrister Ali Zafar and Shah Faisal Atmankhel. According to sources, Barrister Gohar Ali met the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in jail and after consultation, he has decided to file a petition in the Peshawar High Court. The ECP’s ruling, reached through
April 11, 2023
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday approached the Peshawar High Court seeking contempt of court proceeding over a delay in polling in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The petition was filed by KP Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ghani citing that the KP governor has been accused of violating the Constitution and neglecting his constitutional duties by consistently ignoring and disobeying the Supreme Court’s clear instructions regarding the scheduling of provincial elections. The governor has announced that the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will take place on October 8. However, this decision was illegal and unconstitutional, If the elections cannot be held within 90 days,
April 1, 2023
The Peshawar High Court has got its first woman chief justice in the history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as Justice Mussarat Hilali took the oath of her office on Saturday morning. Upon the retirement of PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan on March 30, the most senior judge of the court, Justice Noorul Amin Khan, was appointed as the acting CJ. But his stint lasted a day only. After Justice Khan’s retirement on March 31, a day after he took over as the acting CJ, Justice Hilali had been appointed as the first woman acting chief justice of the PHC. The
April 1, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday allowed the government to unblock TikTok in Pakistan. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid khan, directed the government to ensure that immoral content is not uploaded to the app. “What action have you taken thus far [to have objectionable content removed from the app]?” the top PHC judge questioned the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) official “The management has hired a focal person who will handle the issues of immoral and illegal content that is uploaded to the app,” a PTA official said. The Peshawar High Court (PHC) previously ordered Pakistani
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