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	Lahore
		The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable...
		The Lahore Grammar School was established in January 1979 at this campus.
		High Court is the oldest superior Court in Pakistan and its predecessors Court have been providing justice since 1866.
	www.pakservice.com /Lahore/lahore.htm (790 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lahore
		Lahore is largely thought of as the cultural centre of Pakistan ever since its accession by the Mughal Empire since the 16th century CE.
		Lahore city is bounded on the north and west by the Sheikhupura district, on the east by India and on the south Kasur district.
		When Pakistan won independence in 1947, Lahore became the capital of its West Punjab; from 1955 to 1970 it was the capital of the entire province of West Pakistan, composed of all provinces in the western wing; and upon the province's dissolution it became the capital of Punjab prov.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lahore (1136 words)

	Lahore High Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lahore High Court is based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
		Lahore High Court was established on March 21, 1919.
		The Lahore High Court has such jurisdiction as is conferred on them by the Constitution or by law (Art.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lahore_High_Court (94 words)

	Lahore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lahore came under Muslim rule in 713 CE when Umayyad Muslim Arab army led by Muhammad bin Qasim conquered Punjab, and the present Pakistan from Kashmir to the Arabian Sea.
		During Akbar's rule, Lahore was the capital of the empire from 1584 to 1598.
		Lahore played host to perhaps the most important session of the Muslim League political party in 1940, where the Lahore Resolution was passed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lahore (3049 words)

	LAHORE: Afridi's death sentence commuted to life term -DAWN - Local; 04 June, 2004
		The ANF record, presented in the court during the hearing, showed that the two were unaware of the presence of drug in the truck and the prosecution itself said they were not guilty of the offence.
		Mr Afridi was sentenced to death by a Lahore anti-narcotics court on June 27, 2001, and the appeal against the decision filed with the Lahore High Court on June 30.
		The high court held a preliminary hearing and it was after a period of two years and three months that the appeal was taken up in Oct 2003.
	www.dawn.com /2004/06/04/local17.htm (502 words)

	Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		May 4, 2004: LHC sought suggestions from the District and Sessions Judges for expeditious disposal of cases while observing that the disposal of cases by judicial magistrates is unsatisfactory and the civil judges generally are not adhering to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure and High Court Rules and Orders.
		The court directs the investigating officer of the Ghalib Market Police to record the statements of a couple who married without their parent's consent and were consequently being harassed by police officials at the behest of the girl's father, and dislodge any criminal case registered against them and report to the court.
		The court states that union councils, police stations and magistrates of the district courts are bound to uphold love marriages as valid and legitimate when an adult girl certifies her husband at either of these places.
	www.hrcp-web.org /judiciary.cfm (4912 words)

	MASROOR AHMED SYED otherwise named as SYED MASROOR AHMED v. SAMRANA AHMED, 31 March 2004, Lord Menzies
		Moreover, the whole tenor of the decision of the Lahore High Court vindicated the pursuer's position and clearly showed that that Court considered that the pursuer was effectively divorced from the defender on 3 August 1989.
		She accepted that no argument was made before the Lahore High Court that the required notice was not sent to the chairman of Union Council Ward 75 on about 2 May 1989, and also that the Lahore High Court had all the paperwork in the proceedings before both Wards 75 and 72.
		The Court repelled the defender's objection to the jurisdiction of the Chairman of Union Council Ward 75.
	www.scotcourts.gov.uk /opinions/A3001.html (14305 words)

	World Affairs Board - Lahore High Court validates 12-year-old’s marriage ( Now Pregnant )
		Looks like the Lahore High Court has decided that it is a tribal jirga after all, certainly against the backdrop of a series of antediluvian interpretations of the law over the past fortnight.
		First we had the Lahore High Court mulling over ruling that accepting video evidence in the absence of 4 Male Muslim witnesses in cases of adultery is “Un Islamic”.
		LAHORE: Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi of the Lahore High Court on Monday validated the marriage of a 12-and-a-half years old girl who had secretly married a man without the consent of her parents.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /showthread.php?t=5820 (730 words)

	News - January 25,1999 - Lahore High Court accepts the plea of SECP for winding up of Capital Bank Limited
		The case was heard by the Court on November 15, 1998 but no one appeared on behalf of the petitioners.
		The court, therefore, dismissed the petition for non-prosecution.
		The CLA also moved an application in the High Court on November 11, 1998 praying therein for the appointment of Provisional Manager to manage affairs of the bank.
	www.secp.gov.pk /news/jan_25_99.htm (858 words)

	news @ accountancy.com.pk > LHC orders to freeze four illegal foreign exchange brokers' accounts
		The action of SECP to move against those companies in court is based on availability of no record of accounts and after repeated notices to them could not come with any information.
		The initial decision of the court is based on protecting the public interest, which have invested huge money in these activities.
		As the Lahore High Court is closed due to summer vacations but due to urgency in the matter, the court allowed petitions to be filed against these companies.
	www.accountancy.com.pk /pr_pg_newsgen.asp?newsid=921 (1011 words)

	Judgment of Supreme Court of Pakistan
		The High Court by an exhaustive judgment dismissed this Petition.
		Historically this has been shown in the Lahore High Court case to be a tenet or a practice of Ahmadis or Quadianis not of recent origin or device and adopted not with a view to annoy or outrage the feelings and sentiments of non-Ahmadis and non-Quadianais.
		Consequently, the court held that the doctrine expressed by Jehovah's Witnesses as to the non-cooperation with the Commonwealth in terms of military obligation was prejudicial to the defense of the community and Section 116 did not give immunity to it.
	www.irshad.org /exposed/legal/pkcort93.php (16208 words)

	Urgent Action In Focus: September 2005 - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		While the court recorded his age at the time of his trial as being 17 or 18, during his appeal his age was confused with that of the victim of the killing, and the Lahore High Court rejected his appeal, believing him to be aged 30.
		The two boys were sentenced to death for murder by an anti-terrorism court in Balochistan province in 2003, despite court documents clearly recording that the boys were aged 13 and 16 respectively at the time of their arrest.
		The court was responding to a petition filed by Farooq Naqvi, whose son was sexually assaulted and burned alive by a group of young men.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/ENGACT600192005 (2502 words)

	Effects of Pakistan's Legal Framework Order on the judiciary
		When the matter came to the Supreme Court, it again gave the military the green light, by stating that the effect of martial law was to overrule the constitution and existing legal order.
		Although he died in the interim, when the Lahore High Court examined the matter it held that the dissolution order was illegal; a decision upheld by the Supreme Court.
		However, the court again refused to take on the military ruler, by deciding that the relevant provisions of the constitution were still being held in abeyance.
	www.article2.org /mainfile.php/0305/165 (1939 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A court order said that the Lahore High Court was not empowered to hear appeal in the case.
		Lahore High Court Multan bench in a detailed judgment had acquitted five of the six accused of the Mukhtar Mai case, while death sentence of the sixth accused was converted in life term.
		Mukhtar Mai had announced to challenge the LHC Multan bench judgment in the Supreme Court saying her life was under threat from the accused.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Mar05/11/05.HTM (134 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Lahore High Court stays proceedings against Minister Faisal
		The court made this order while taking up the transfer application filed by the Minister under NAB Ordinance 1999, praying the transfer of the trial of his reference to another accountability court.
		Meanwhile, a full bench of the Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against former Speaker National Assembly, Yousaf Raza Gillani for the cancellation of his bail in a NAB reference and declared it infructuous.
		The bench of the apex Court comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Justice Javed Iqbal and Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar dismissed the appeal against the decision of the Lahore High Court terming it infructuous.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/03/19/top6.htm (427 words)

	Lahore University of Management Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bilal Hasan Minto is an advocate of the High Courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan and has fifteen years of practice experience in a variety of legal areas.
		In 1989 Bilal started his career as a lawyer by appearing before courts of first instance and was enrolled as an advocate of the Lahore High Court in 1991.
		Bilal was admitted to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2004.
	web.lums.edu.pk /minto.htm (168 words)

	Persecution in Courts - A General View
		The advocate had prayed that the lower court be told not to proceed with the case until a decision on appeal for 'Quashment'.
		Application for the bail for the accused was expected to be heard by the High Court on 10 September.
		The court accepted the plea and ordered that the matter be presented again on 27 October 1997.
	www.thepersecution.org /archive/pl_courts.html (870 words)

	'Musharraf can be president and army chief'
		The Lahore high court on Wednesday ruled that Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's election though a referendum was valid under law and he was legally entitled to hold the offices of the president as well as chief of army.
		The court order followed an agitation by the influential lawyers community against attempts by the government to 'subvert' the judiciary with inducements, such as the three-year extension of service to all higher court judges.
		Since the court issued the order, Musharraf, whose confidants earlier held hectic negotiations with the opposition specially with that of the Islamist alliance, Muthahida Majlis-e-Amal, struck a hardline stance against opposition during the past few weeks and said he would continue in uniform.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/jun/11pak.htm (427 words)

	Suspended Pak Chief Justice Chaudhry reaches Lahore HC, given unprecedented welcome
		Lahore, May 6 : Suspended Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry's caravan reached the Lahore High Court and was given a rousing welcome on Sunday.
		The President of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, Ahsan Bhawan, was quoted by The News as saying that 20 retired and 17 serving judges were present to receive Chaudhry.
		Lawyers' community, political workers, activists and leaders, besides representatives of the traders' community and ordinary citizens gave an unprecedented welcome to the suspended Chief Justice, who is widely considered as the symbol of resistance against the Musharraf regime.
	www.karachinews.net /story/246769 (505 words)

	Courts and cases Pakistan (Lexadin)
		The principal seat of the High Court of Sindh is at Karachi with a Bench at Hyderabad and Sukkur.
		The principal seat of High Court of Balochistan is at Quetta with a Bench at Sibi.
		The court is appellate court for the lower courts and hears appeals from the decison of criminal courts under any law relating to enforcement of Hudood Law i.e.
	www.lexadin.nl /wlg/courts/nofr/oeur/lxctpak.htm (371 words)

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		Justice Fakhrunissa was entitled to the Chief Justiceship of the Lahore High Court.
		It was 2002 that Justice Fakhrunissa became the senior-most judge in the Lahore High Court.
		The regime refused to fill vacancies in the Supreme Court of Pakistan fearing that the filling of the vacancy would mean that Justice Fakhrunissa would either be accommodated as Chief Justice Lahore High Court or elevated as member of the Supreme Court.
	www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /archives/04_0629_BBhutto_opinion.htm (679 words)

	Pakistani gang-rape case reopened - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Asia - News
		The court's decision overturned a judgment by the Lahore High Court, issued in March, that threw out the convictions of five of the men accused of involvement in the rape and commuted the death sentence of a sixth.
		The high court's decision, following two days of hearings, was a victory for Mai, 32, whose case has prompted an outpouring of international sympathy and also become a focal point for concern about violence against women in Pakistan.
		In March, a lower court overturned the convictions of five of the six men charged in connection with the rape on the basis of insufficient evidence.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/06/29/pakistani_gang_rape_case_reopened?mode=PF (848 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		Sethi to be produced in court and for his defence to be informed of the grounds for his continued detention.
		The Supreme Court of Pakistan commenced the hearing of appeal on 31 May 1999 to determine whether the ISI was legally empowered to arrest Mr.
		The Lahore High Court dismissed all three petitions on the grounds that Najam Sethi was under investigation for anti-State activities by military intelligence, over which the High Court had no jurisdiction.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/wgad/13-2000.html (1041 words)

	rediff.com: Court rejects petition against Musharraf
		The Lahore high court on Friday rejected a petition challenging the assumption of President's office by Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, saying that existing rules do not allow a law suit against the President.
		The petition, filed by the Lawyer's Forum in Lahore, had been returned on Friday by the court registrar on the grounds that it had been filed before the principle seat of the Lahore high court, which was not the proper bench to deal with the matter.
		Not deterred by the Court's decision, Mian Hanif Tahir of the Lawyer's Forum has now filed another petition asking it to be referred to the chief justice of the Lahore high court.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/jun/23pak.htm (219 words)

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		LAHORE, April 21, 2003: The Lahore High Court on Monday released a woman convicted of murder whose appeal was pending before the Supreme Court.
		However, her counsel Ashgar Rokhari sought the suspension of the commuted sentence from the LHC on the grounds that it had the jurisdiction under Section 426 (2-B) of CrPC since the appeal against the award of sentence had already been admitted for hearing by the SC.
		Additional Advocate General Hanif Khatana admitted that the relevant law cited by the petitioner's counsel did give the authority to the court for suspending her sentence, yet the court should not grant such relief as the matter was subjudice before the SC.
	www31.brinkster.com /induspak/law18.htm (361 words)

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		The court in its short order stated that the detailed reasons to be recorded later, the impugned judgment of the Lahore High Court, was set aside.
		The Supreme Court was also informed that Ayub in his statement under Section 342 of CrPC had stated that he could not think of committing the blasphemy as he had studied in an ordinary school till Matric, where he also studied Islamiat.
		The court, however, asked him to concede on certain points which he refused and asked the court to decide as everything was before it.
	www31.brinkster.com /induspak/law34.htm (747 words)

	Open Doors USA - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The case had been posted on the court's appeal docket four times since last June, but each time it was postponed -- usually when time ran out on the high court's overloaded case schedule.
		However, the Lahore High Court finally considered the case two days ago, ordering lawyers of the defendants and their accuser to present their final arguments before Lahore High Court Justice Rustam Ali Malik on January 24.
		Additional Sessions Court Judge Rana Mohammed Yousaf also tacked on another 10 years each for "insulting Islam" under Section 295-A. Since the law stipulates this accusation can only be tried in the country's Anti-Terrorist Courts, Judge Yousaf did not have any legal jurisdiction to rule on this statute.
	www.opendoorsusa.org /ArchiveDisplay.asp?ID=35711E02-8E07-4C12-8743-2C74C51B3553&Category=News (842 words)

	Pakistani Supreme Court hears appeal in gang rape case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Victim Mukhtaran Mai is appealing a March decision by Lahore High Court which quashed the convictions of six men accused of involvement in her gang rape.
		Breaking with tradition in male-dominated Pakistan and in the process becoming a human rights icon, Mai testified against her attackers and six suspects were sentenced to death for gang rape.
		However the Lahore High Court ruling overturned five of the convictions and commuted the sixth's death sentence to life imprisonment, prompting countrywide outrage and a joint appeal to the Supreme Court by Mai and the government.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /southasia/printer_1023706.php (317 words)

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