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Bar Councils In Pakistan
The seven Bar Councils in Pakistan came into being as a result of enactment of Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act 1973. These Bar Councils regulate legal professionals across provincial, territorial and national level. All bar associations in the country are affiliated to and work under the control of one of these bar councils. * Pakistan Bar Council * Punjab Bar Council * Sindh Bar Council * Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council * Balochistan Bar Council * Islamabad Bar Council * Azad Jammu & Kashmir Bar Council * Gilgit Baltistan Bar Council See also * Supreme Court of Pakistan * Attorney General of Pakistan * Federal Shariat Court * List of justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan * Ministry of Law & Justice of Pakistan * Minister of Law & Justice Pakistan * The Pakistan Bar Council and the five province-level bar councils: ** Balochistan Bar Council ** Islamabad Bar Council ** Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council ** Punjab Bar Council ** Sindh Bar Council * Supreme Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Bar Council
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) () was established by the National Assembly of Pakistan, Parliament in 1973 under the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. It is the highest elected body of lawyers in Pakistan. It has twenty two members elected from across the country representing each province. The members of the Pakistan Bar Council are elected on the basis of a single transferable vote by the members of the Provincial Bar Councils (i.e., Punjab Bar Council, Sindh Bar Council, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council, Balochistan Bar Council and Islamabad Bar Council). Pakistan Bar Council is a regulating authority for lawyers in Pakistan and is one of the accredited councils by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cases Of The Supreme Court Of Pakistan
This is an index of lists of cases decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. By Former Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry These lists are sorted chronologically by Chief Justice and include all notable cases decided by the court. Articles exist for almost all cases. A Few Major Cases Molvi Tamizuddin Khan Case In Molvi Tamizuddin Khan case, the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Munir backed Governor General Ghulam Mohammad's action to dissolve the first Constitutional Assembly. This judgement of Supreme Court is always strongly criticized by all democratic parties of Pakistan and is referred as a root cause of unstable democracy in Pakistan. This case is reported in PLD 1955 Federal Court 240. The Usif Patel Case The Federal Court (Supreme Court) announced in the main Constitutional Case 'Usif Patel and 2 others versus The Crown', PLD 1955 Federal Court 387 (Appellate Jurisdiction), that the governor general had no capacity to make provisions to the Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindh High Court
The High Court of Sindh () ( Sindhi: سنڌ ھائي ڪورٽ) is the highest judicial institution of the Pakistani province of Sindh. Established in 1906, the Court situated in the provincial capital at Karachi. Apart from being the highest Court of Appeal for Sindh in civil and criminal matters, the Court was the District Court and the Court of Session in Karachi. History On 21 August 1926, the Sindh Courts Act (Bom. VII of 1926) was passed into law-making provision for the establishment of a Chief Court for the Province of Sindh. On the coming into operation of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, on 1 April 1937, Sindh became a separate Province and the Judges of the Court of Judicial Commissioner of Sindh were appointed by Royal Warrant by the British Government. At the time of establishment of the High Court of West Pakistan the number of the Judges of the Karachi Bench was almost the same but subsequently it was increased to 15 and on separation of Sindh & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshawar High Court
The Peshawar High Court (PHC, ) is the provincial and highest judicial institution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan. It is located in the provincial capital Peshawar. The Parliament passed a bill extending the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Peshawar High Court to Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), one of a handful of reforms paving the way for a merger of the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. History During the last days of the 19th century, the viceroy of India Lord Curzon (1899–1905), proposed the creation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province (then NWFP) which was approved by the Secretary of State for India, Lord George F. Hamilton, on 20 December 1900.History The province was formally founded on 9 November 1901, (the King's birthday) had to get one Judicial Commissioner. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahore High Court
The Lahore High Court () is a provincial court house based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over the province of Punjab. The High Court's principal seat is in Lahore, but there are benches in three other cities of the province: Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur. A proposal was sent by lawyers to set up new high court benches in Faisalabad, Sialkot, D.G.Khan and Gujranwala divisions but full court of Lahore High Court turned down this request. History Creation In 1849, the East India Company defeated the Sikh Empire and assumed control of administration within the Punjab. A Board of Administration was constituted and the Punjab was divided into Divisions, Districts and Tehsils. The Divisions were controlled by Commissioners, Districts by Deputy Commissioners and Tehsils by an Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners. The Board of Administration consisted of Sir Henry Lawrence, Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad High Court
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is the senior court of the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, with appellate jurisdiction over the following District courts of Pakistan, district courts: * Islamabad District Court (East) * Islamabad District Court (West) Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar is the current acting Chief Justice, having taken oath on 14 February 2025. History The Court was originally established on 14 August 2007 by Presidential Order of Pervez Musharraf, the military ruler at the time. The Court ceased to exist on 31 July 2009 by a decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan following Constitution Petition No. 09 and 08 of 2009. The Court was re-established by the Islamabad High Court Act, 2010 following the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan#Changes to the Constitution, 18th Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to the first Chief Justice, Hameedur Rahman, Iqbal Hameed ur Rahman on 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balochistan High Court
The Balochistan High Court () is the highest judicial institution of Balochistan, Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# .... The court is formally known as the High Court of Balochistan. It is situated in the provincial capital, Quetta. Mir Ali Dost Bugti was the first judge of the Balochistan High Court. Justice Muhammad Ejaz Swati is the current Chief Justice, having taken charge on 14 February 2025. Bar Council The Balochistan Bar Council is a statutory & deliberative assembly of lawyers in Balochistan for safeguarding the rights, interests, and privileges of practicing lawyers within Balochistan province, Pakistan. The Council also regulates the conduct of lawyers and helps in the administration of justice. It has been constituted by Section 3(ii) o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Courts Of Pakistan
There are five high courts of Pakistan, each based in the capital city of the four provinces, plus one in the federal capital, Islamabad. Articles 192 to 203 of the Constitution of Pakistan outline the constitution of the courts, appointment of the judges, their oath of office, and jurisdiction of the high courts. History At the time of partition in August 1947, the Lahore High Court, the Dhaka High Court, the Chief Court of Sind and the Judicial Commissioner's Court in the North-West Frontier Province were deemed to be the four high courts of Pakistan. In 1955, the Dhaka High Court and the Lahore High Court became the High Court of East Pakistan and the High Court of West Pakistan, respectively. The West Pakistan High Court had benches at Karachi and Peshawar as well as circuit courts at Quetta (replacing the Judicial Commissioner in Balochistan) and Bahawalpur (replacing the High Court of Judicature at Baghdad-ul-Jadid). As the province of West Pakistan was dissolved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahore High Court Bar Association
The Lahore High Court Bar Association () is the largest Bar Association of Pakistan, situated in the premises of Lahore High Court, Lahore. Lahore Bar (presently Lahore High Court Bar) as a collective group took birth somewhere before 1892-93 and its first President (corporate title), President was elected in 1893. In 1910 the Executive committee, Executive Committee recommended that the Bar Association should be registered accordingly. The General House on 9 June 1910, accepted the recommendations and registered it as Bar Association. History The earliest trace of the Lahore High Court Bar as a body to be acknowledged and accepted starts from 1882. In October 1882, the judges of the Chief Court passed a resolution requesting Mr. C. H. Spitta, Barrister-at-Law (then a leading member of the legal fraternity and later to become a temporary judge of the Chief Court) to convene a Special Meeting of the Bar, to devise measures to root out touting. In compliance with this Resolution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Bar Association Of Pakistan
The Supreme Court Bar Association () (SCBAP) is an association established in 1989 comprising the supreme court lawyers in Pakistan. The Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act 1973 provides for the forming, recognition and functioning of Bar Associations for supreme court lawyers working under the control of Pakistan Bar Council. It is an independent Bar association whose aim is to uphold the rule of law and the cause of justice and protect and promote the interest of the legal profession as well as that of the public. The Rules of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, 1989 provide the detailed provisions for elections, meetings, its committees, disciplinary proceedings, powers and functions of the executive committee of the Bar Association etc. The SCBAP has 22 members, who are elected annually to manage the affairs and execute the functions of the SCBAP. The executive committee consisting of the President, Four Vice-Presidents (one from each Province), Secretary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Law And Justice (Pakistan)
The Law Minister of Pakistan heads the Ministry of Law and Justice. They serve in the cabinet of the Prime Minister. List of ministers *Jogendra Nath Mandal (1947–1951) *Pirzada Abdus Sattar Abdur Rahman (1951–1953) * A.K. Brohi (1953–1954) *Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1954–1955) *I. I. Chundrigar (1955–1957) * Muhammad Ibrahim (1958–1962) *Muhammad Munir (1962–1963) * Khurshid Ahmad (1963–1965) *Syed Muhammed Zafar (1965–1969) * Alvin Robert Cornelius (1969–1971) * Mahmud Ali Kasuri (1971–1972) * Abdul Hafeez Pirzada (1972–1974) * Malik Meraj Khalid (1974–1976) * Malik Muhammad Akhtar (1976–197*S.M Masood (1977) *A.K Brohi (1977-1979) * Sharifuddin Pirzada, Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (1979–1984) *Iqbal Ahmad Khan (1985–1986) *Wasim Sajjad (1987–1988) * Aitzaz Ahsan (1988) *Iftikhar Gilani (1988–1990) * Syed Fakhr Imam (1990–1991) *Chaudhry Abdul Gafoor (1991–1993) *Abdul Shakoor-ul Salam (1993–1994) * Iqbar Haider (1994–1995) *N.D. Kh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
