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Bars back high court in spat over suspension of Punjab property law

Dawn 25 Dec 2025
Term legislation ‘unconstitutional and unlawful’. • SCBA, LHCBA accuse provincial govt of ‘appeasing’ land mafia. • Court refers matter to LHC CJ for full bench. ISLAMABAD/LAHORE ... SCBA ... LHCBA ... ‘Full bench’ ... Published in Dawn, December 25th, 2025 ....
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What Jinnah thought of civil liberties and the right to a fair trial

Dawn 25 Dec 2025
This article was originally published on December 25, 2024. It has been replugged. It’s a fickle thing, the public memory — in what it chooses to remember, and what it wishes to forget ... After all, the act of forgetting is a statement of its own.
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If the Quaid came home

Dawn 25 Dec 2025
This piece was originally published on Aug 14, 2025. It’s a bit of a tired theme. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, briefly returned from the pearly gates, walks around the country he’s created ... Perhaps, nearly 80 years on, freedom means something else ... His own ... ....
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Interim bail of Imran, Bushra extended till Jan 27

Dawn 24 Dec 2025
Court directs ex-PM to appear at next hearing in person or via video link. • Lawyer again barred from meeting PTI founder to sign power of attorney. ISLAMABAD ... Advocate Shamsa Kayani appeared on behalf of the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi.
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Aleema files plea for her acquittal in Nov 26 case

Dawn 23 Dec 2025
RAWALPINDI ... During a five-hour-long hearing, the prosecution recorded statements of eight witnesses in the case registered against 11 suspects, including Ms Khan ... Accepting the request, the court adjourned the hearing till Jan 2.
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Controversial social media posts case: prosecution, defence nearly come to blows after heated courtroom exchange

Dawn 23 Dec 2025
ISLAMABAD ... A detailed cross-examination of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s (NCCIA) witnesses exposed procedural gaps and triggered heated exchanges inside the courtroom ... Police intervened to restore order ... ....
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Social media posts case against Imaan, Hadi: prosecution, defence nearly come to blows after heated ...

Dawn 23 Dec 2025
ISLAMABAD ... A detailed cross-examination of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency’s (NCCIA) witnesses exposed procedural gaps and triggered heated exchanges inside the courtroom ... Police intervened to restore order ... ....
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Partial strike as lawyers divided over IHC judge’s removal

Dawn 20 Dec 2025
ISLAMABAD ... Justice Jahangiri was removed from office thro­ugh a short order passed by an Islamabad High Court (IHC) division bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Mohammad Azam Khan.
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Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi sentenced to 17 years in Toshakhana case

Dawn 20 Dec 2025
A special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday sentenced PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years imprisonment in the Toshakhana-2 case ... ....
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Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi sentenced to 17 years in Toshakhana 2 case

Dawn 20 Dec 2025
ISLAMABAD. A special court on Saturday sentenced PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 17 years imprisonment in the Toshakhana-2 case ... Bushra Bibi was also sentenced to a total of 17 years’ imprisonment under the same provisions ... ....
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Islamabad ATC initiates proclamation proceedings against KP chief minister, others

Dawn 19 Dec 2025
ISLAMABAD ... In compliance with the court’s directions, officials posted summons notices at prominent public locations and within Judicial Complex ... Officials post summon notices at judicial complex, public places in Islamabad.
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IHC judge accuses his boss of ‘bias’, moves FCC, SJC

Dawn 18 Dec 2025
Justice Jahangiri requests Federal Constitutional Court to set aside high court decision to hear case over his law degree. • Formal complaint before SJC says CJ admitted there was ‘tremendous pressure’ on him. ISLAMABAD ... Complaint before SJC.
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IHC CJ Dogar-led bench orders Justice Jahangiri’s removal as judge ‘for having invalid degree at ...

Dawn 18 Dec 2025
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered the removal of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri as a judge on Thursday, ruling that his degree for “invalid” at the time of his appointment ... It also directed the law ministry to denotify him as a judge ... ....
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CJ Dogar-led bench removes Justice Jahangiri as IHC judge for having ‘invalid degree at time ...

Dawn 18 Dec 2025
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruled on Thursday that Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri’s elevation to the superior court was “without lawful authority”, declaring that he “ceased to hold” the office of the IHC judge forthwith ... The hearing ... The case ... ....
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President Zardari approves de-notification of Justice Jahangiri as IHC judge

Dawn 18 Dec 2025
President Asif Ali Zardari, on early Friday morning, approved the de-notification of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri as a judge of the Islamabad High Court on the advice of the prime minister ... The hearing ... The case ... ....
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