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on January 04, 2019 0
Pay Rs1bn to OLMT construction companies, SC orders LDA & stops NAB from interfering in Orange Line Metro Project Lahore
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to pay a sum of Rs1 billion to construction companies of the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project, Express News reported.
The bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar remarked that payment of bills is crucial for the construction companies, failing which the court shall impose a penalty on the development authority.

During the hearing, LDA’s counsel argued that it was essential to measure the progress of the project before any payment was made. The counsel representing the construction companies apprised the bench that the payment had already undergone a 22-month delay. The counsel added that 97 per cent of the project has been completed.
Justice Nisar commented that the apex court shall oversee the matter and also direct the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to not probe the matter unless the SC issues directives.
The court ordered LDA to pay off the construction companies by the next hearing and further directed construction companies to grant LDA Rs1 billion worth of bank guarantee


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on January 02, 2019 0


SC lifted Ban on the Construction of High-Rise Buildings in Karachi

The Supreme Court has taken back its decision of imposing a ban on the construction of high-rise buildings having more than 6 floors in Karachi. The apex court gave affirmation to the builders for completing their halted projects, which were stopped owing to the ban
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on December 28, 2018 0
 
Pakistan’s Next CJP Has Decided a Record 11,000 Criminal Cases in Four Year

Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who is going to be the next Chief Justice of Pakistan, is regarded as the top constitutional mind and one of the most competent and intellectual judges of the superior judiciary of the country.

The senior most judge of the Supreme Court is also described as an expert on criminal laws.

He demonstrated his command over the criminal laws by disposing off all the criminal cases pending before the apex court.

Khosa, who is set to become chief justice of Pakistan on January 18, 2019, after the retirement of CJ Saqib Nisar, has decided a record over 11, 000 cases during the past four years.

Before this, he handled thousands of cases of constitutional, criminal, civil service and revenue at Lahore High Court.

Asif Saeed Khan Khosa was elevated to Supreme Court from Lahore High Court on February 18, 2010. He is the senior most judge of the apex court since December 31, 2016.

Before becoming a judge, he was an advocate of the Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore High Court Bar Association.

Interestingly, both Saqib Nisar and Asif Saeed Khosa were appointed as judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) at the same time in May 1998. Similarly, they were elevated to the Supreme Court on the same day, February 18, 2010.

In such eventuality, the seniority is calculated on the basis of the age of the judges, meaning whoever is senior in age becomes senior to the other.

So Justice Saqib Nisar was regarded as senior to him and became chief justice of Pakistan


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