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Daily Times
March 18, 2018
The honourable Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, Chief Justice (CJ) of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), is the same individual who had been summoned to appear before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) for his conduct. The Justice, very surprisingly and most unusually, sought a hearing in open court, with theÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 14, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay proceedings of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against a sitting judge of the Lahore High Court, but expressed the confidence that the council would not take any decision that might render infructuous the instant petitions seeking open trial.
The Express Tribune
March 14, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has decided to proceed further against Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for passing 'unwarranted remarks' against army officials who acted as facilitators to help end the Faizabad sit-in. The SJC, headed by Chief Justice ofÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 14, 2018
Former prime minister Shaukat Aziz was found linked with Antarctic Trust an offshore company exposed in Paradise papers leak. The trust was set up by him whose beneficiaries include his wife, children and granddaughter. Aziz had set up the trust in Delaware (USA) before becoming finance minister.
Geo News, Pakistan
March 14, 2018
... in overseas bank accounts is a national asset and has to be brought back to Pakistan. In November last year, names of several Pakistanis, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz among them, surfaced in a new database of documents, Paradise Papers, released by the International Consortium of Journalists.
The Nation
March 6, 2018
Surprisingly in January 2006 EI requested for certain modifications to transaction structure which were approved by former PM Shaukat Aziz with consent of Musharraf on April 12, 2006, giving them facility of staggered payments, cost of Voluntary Separation Scheme and 3248 properties with clean andÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 6, 2018
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge has sought stay in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) proceedings against him till the final decision on his constitutional petition, wherein he seeks an open trial. The SJC issued another show-cause notice to IHC Judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui forÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 6, 2018
Dr Aslam Khaki appeared as amicus curiae in the said case before Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqi of IHC. He said that the extremist Hindu organisations in India are demanding a death sentence for converting to any other religion from Hinduism. According to Dr Khaki, if any such a legislation is adopted inÃâà...
DAWN.com
March 6, 2018
IHC judge Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui had directed the National Assembly and Senate Secretariats to submit a report providing details regarding exactly who took the decision to enact the Election Act, 2017 and when the decision was made. Also, details were sought for who prepared the draft, theÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 6, 2018
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the IHC had asked for the draft in connection with an order he had passed in a case pertaining to the circulation of sacrilegious content on social media. The new draft was presented after the court had rejected an earlier draft while pointing out multiple shortcomings in it,Ãâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
March 5, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) summoned on Monday the record of the debate in Senate during the passing of the amendment in the Elections Act 2017 last year. Hearing the case into the changes in the oath that lawmakers take regarding the Finality of Prophethood, IHC Justice Shaukat AzizÃâà...
Arab News
March 3, 2018
March 02: The Express Tribune report by Rizwan Shehzad states that the Islamabad High Court directed on Thursday a deputy attorney general (DAG) to provide details of the 2017 census with a break-up of Muslims, non-Muslims, and Ahmadis. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui also directed the legal counselÃâà...
The Express Tribune
February 27, 2018
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui directed FIA to submit travel details of the 6,001 persons after the NADRA report, submitted before the court earlier, revealed that total 10,205 persons changed their religious status from Muslim to Ahmadi. NADRA apprised the court on Tuesday that over 6,000 people appliedÃâà...
Daily Pakistan
February 24, 2018
ISLAMABAD- Justice Shaukat Aziz of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been issued a show cause notice by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) for making “unwarranted comments about some important constitutional institutions” while passing an interim order in the Faizabad sit-in case. According toÃâà...
Geo News, Pakistan
February 24, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has issued a show cause notice to Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for making “unwarranted comments about some important constitutional institutions” while passing an interim order in the Faizabad sit-in case.
The Nation
February 20, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court ordered the Capital Development Authority to submit action report on March 1st against its employees having been rented out the houses allotted to them by the CDA. Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the case on Tuesday. During the hearing, the CDA submittedÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 19, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) warned the media on Monday that he would ban live telecast of current affairs programmes if anchors continued to present unverified information. During the hearing of a contempt of court case against Matiullah Jan, the host ofÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 19, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday rejected an unconditional apology offered by Matiullah Jan, a journalist working with a private TV channel, in a contempt of court case. A single bench of IHC, presided over by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui took up for hearing the contempt of court caseÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 19, 2018
At the last hearing, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui while hearing the case expressed annoyance over the concerned quarters for not providing the report. Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Arshad Kiyani maintained that the report was not presented before the court as it was yet to be finalised. IHC JusticeÃâà...
Pakistan Today
February 13, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) adjourned hearing on the applications against Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of Islamabad High Court (IHC) till Wednesday. A three-member bench led by Justice Gulzar Ahmed conducted the hearing of the case. Makhdoom Ali Khan, counsel for Justice Shaukat AzizÃâà...
DAWN.com
November 5, 2017
“Shaukat Aziz set up the Antarctic Trust in the name of his wife, three children and granddaughter weeks before he came to Pakistan to lead the finance ministry,” ICIJ representative Umar Cheema told Geo News, adding that these assets were never declared to any Pakistani institution in financialÃâà...
DAWN.com
December 31, 1999
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, who penned the order, emphasised on the outset that the Constitution grants "complete religious freedom, including all the basic rights of the minorities (Non-Muslims)" and that the state was bound to "protect their life, wealth, property, dignity and protect their assets as citizensÃâà...
