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Pioneering Efforts of the Lahore High Court Take Root: New Law Establishes Special Courts for Overseas Pakistanis
Ch. Imran Hassan Ali, ASC In a significant legal development, Pakistan’s parliament has recently passed the Special Court (Overseas Pakistanis Property) Act, 2024, marking a major step in safeguarding the interests of overseas Pakistanis. This new law establishes Special Courts within the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) to address property disputes
Supreme Court orders closure of three stone crushing plants in KPK; Wants NEQS updated within three months
Ch. Imran Hassan Ali is representing the Petitioners in a Constitution Petition challenging the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Power Crusher Rules, 2020. Through these rules, the Government of KPK has reduced the safe distance for power crushers from places of human habitation from 1000 metres to 500 metres in urban areas and
Employees of Constitutional Bodies held entitled to allotment of plots in FGEHF schemes
Ch. Imran Hassan Ali, Advocate, represented the successful appellants in an Intra-Court Appeal before a Division Bench of the Honourable Islamabad High Court. Two Appellants were Deputy Secretaries and one was Joint Secretary in the National Assembly Secretariat. They applied for allotment of plots in schemes developed by the Federal
Supreme Court strikes down multiple Ordinances and Acts in a landmark judgment
Ch. Afrasiab Khan, ASC, represented the successful Petitioners and Appellants (all high ranking bureaucrats) in two Constitution Petitions and a Civil Appeal challenging, inter alia, the following pieces of legislation: The Honourable Supreme Court declared that all these legislations are in violation of the Constitution. The Court also declared illegal
Supreme Court strikes down Contempt of Court Act, 2012
The Honourable Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared the Contempt of Court Act, 2012, as ultra vires of the Constitution. Ch. Afrasiab Khan, ASC, represented one of the Petitioners who had challenged the law. The judgment is reported as “Baz Muhammad Kakar and others vs. Federation of Pakistan etc.” (PLD