Lahore High Court has ordered IG Punjab Police to appear before it while adjourning the hearing of the case about suspension of DSP Imran Babar Jamil.

High Court’s justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry heard the case. Lawyer of DSP Liaquat Ali Qureshi appealed the court that judicial inquiry instead of departmental inquiry should be held of the case because his client was not satisfied with the inquiry as he was also threatened in the meantime. Rejecting the appeal of judicial inquiry, the court ordered IG Punjab Police to present in the court at 2pm today. Talking to media after the hearing, DSP Imran Barar Jamil said that higher officials were repeatedly committing mistakes but truth will win at last and fight will be continued till restoration. He said that he is committed to command the Punjab police in future.

Spain beat India 5-2 in Hockey world cup 2010. India played Spain in the last game of the Day 5 of 2010 Men’s Hockey world Cup.Australia beat South Africa 12 – 0 in the pool B group match.England beat Pakistan5 – 2 in the pool B group match

In the past India have played Spain four times in World Cup competition with winning two and losing two games. India defeated Spain 3-0 in the last World Cup Match in 2002.

NEW DELHI: India Vs Spain Hockey Match, Pau Quemada’s two penalty corner goals led Olympic silver medalist Spain to a 5-2 victory against India in the field hockey World Cup on Thursday.

Field goals by Albert Sala and captain Pol Amat gave Spain a 2-0 lead at halftime before Quemada converted two penalty corners and David Alegre capitalized on a penalty corner rebound to give Spain its second win in three matches.

Sandeep Singh and Gurwinder Chandi reduced the margin for host India.

Earlier, Australia achieved the biggest win in World Cup history by hammering South Africa 12-0, while European champion England defeated Pakistan 5-2.

Brittney Griner, TEXAS- Baylor’s Brittney Griner, who has recently been the talk of the tinsel town after the Brittney Griner Punch video went on doing rounds on the internet, might face disciplinary action after she allegedly punched Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle right on the face during a match on Wednesday. Although the Baylor’s sealed victory against the Techs, but the win was marred by the seemingly unprofessional attitude of Brittney Griner. The officials had to withdraw the player from the court after she allegedly punched her opponent.

Soon after the incident, the Brittney Griner Punch Video was put up on YouTube, which in one sense earned the player some sort of unwelcomed publicity. Baylor’s coach Kim Mulkey expressed disappointment over Brittney Griner’s irresponsible and eccentric behavior during Wednesday’s game against the Techs. Kim Mulkey reportedly described Brittney Griner’s incident as “ugly for women’s basketball.” The altercation took place when Jordan Barncastle fouled Brittney Griner. As the Texas Tech player began to move away from Brittney Griner, the latter turned and landed a punch right on Jordan Barncastle’s face. Following the incident, the officials pulled out Brittney Griner from the court with only 9:01 minutes left to play. Sources revealed that the Texas Tech player was did suffer minor injuries although it is yet to be known how severe her injury is.

Brittney Griner’s Punch thrown at her rival teammate has come as a shock for the basketball aficionados. But still the player has been successful to earn a fair bit of negative publicity from the disgraceful incident. It is yet to be known what disciplinary actions will be taken against her.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry expressed annoyance over disregard of the court orders and gave a deadline till 1:00pm to SSP (Investigation) to recover the child who went missing from Mansehra today.
During the case hearing in Supreme Court Peshawar Registry, the CJ upbraided SSP, saying that he was enjoying while disregarding the sufferings of the missing child’s parents. Mazhar r/o Mansehra was abducted from Oogi on October 18, 2009.
His brother notified six accused in the FIR, however, of them police arrested only two. Mazhar’s father told the court that he moved court as he got much disappointed over police’s efficiency. Meanwhile, the CJ also ordered to decuff an elderly man in the court, and said that police did not arrest the real culprits.

Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh of Lahore High Court has refused to hear the case challenging dual offices of President Zardari.

Earlier, a five-judge bench has been formed comprising Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh, Justice Iftikahr Hussain, Justice Iqbal Hameed, Justice Umar Ata Bandial to hear the said case. Justice Azmat gave the plea that he used to be President Zardari’s counsel. However, after the refusal of Justice Azmat, the case has been sent to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

During the hearing, the Deputy Attorney General asked the court to adjourn the case, saying that the Attorney General could not make to the court due to his preoccupations. The court put off hearing till March 15.

Pakistan News: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry rebuked Chairman NAB Naveed Ahsan on not reopening of Swiss cases.
During the bankers’ city case hearing, the CJ ordered that no NAB official would be allowed to appear before the court unless the court orders were implemented, adding that the condition would be applied in the whole country. The angry CJ told Naveed that he would be held accountable for delay in the process of subjudice cases, adding that to get the court orders implemented is his duty.
He questioned him angrily that why the prosecutor general and additional prosecutor general are still working despite the orders given by the SC to replace them both in its November 16 verdict. The CJ warned the NAB Chairman that his salary would be withheld if he did not comply with the court orders.

India’s apex court and the High Courts can order Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into criminal cases to protect the fundamental rights of citizens, without consent of the state governments.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the constitutional validity of courts’ powers to order CBI investigation without the prior permission of state governments with a provision that this should be used carefully and cautiously.
A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan in a unanimous judgment said such powers have to be exercised cautiously by the apex court and the High Courts.
India’s federal ruling Congress party welcomed the decision saying that it would be beneficial in the public interest. “It is a judgment which in the public interest, in the national interest holds that there would be situation where the state concerned or the person concerned at the state level would so arrange matters that a consent to have the CBI enquiry will not be given. In such cases, the consent cannot act as a veto, or the requirement of consent cannot act as a veto. And therefore the court has held that wherever larger public interest remains the court is not powerless to direct the CBI whether it is high court or Supreme Court. I think it’s largely consistent with the government stand and that stand has been upheld. I think it is judgment to be welcomed in the public interest,” Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters outside Supreme Court.
Justices R V Raveendran, D K Jain, P Sathasivam and J M Panchal, who were also a part of the Constitutional Bench, said that such powers have to be used sparingly in exceptional and extraordinary circumstances in cases having national and international ramifications.
The CBI will otherwise be flooded with such directions in routine cases, said the Constitutional Bench, adding that such powers are vested with the apex court and High courts to ensure protection of fundamental rights of citizens under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The judgment was announced on a bunch of petitions filed by the eastern West Bengal state government, who argued that the CBI could carry out a probe only with the prior consent of the concerned government under the provisions of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan News: The lawyer’s stayed away from the court proceedings on Monday on the strike call of the Lawyers Coordination Committee, while Pakistan Bar Council termed the boycott call unnecessary and turned it down indicating differences between the lawyers ranks.

A general body meeting of the lawyers that was scheduled to be held at Constitution Avenue of the federal capital was transferred to the Supreme Court building here due to rainfall.

Qazi Anwar, President Supreme Court Bar, addressing the meeting said the ambush on judiciary will not be tolerated at any cost amid pro-judiciary and anti-government slogans.

The members of Lawyers Rabita Council boycotted the court proceedings in Lahore.

A meeting of Lahore High Court judges chaired by Chief Justice Khwaja Mohammed Sharif today decided to avoid court proceedings and will hear important cases in their chambers.

In Lahore Bar Association meeting the lawyers divided in two groups as a group was chanting pro-Chief Justice slogans and  another group was raising slogans in favor of the President. The meeting disrupted due to the rumpus.

In Karachi lawyers stayed away from Sindh High Court, Malir district court and the city court proceedings but the People’s Lawyers Forum chanted slogans in favor of President Asif Ali Zardari and organized a rally.

Sindh High Court Bar passed a resolution against appointment of the judges by the President.

NEW DELHI: Relations with Pakistan, which have been frozen following the Mumbai attacks in 2008, will improve only if Islamabad cracks down on terrorism, Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told a Gulf paper in an interview.

“The first step they [Pakistan] should take is to show a greater degree of seriousness in prosecuting and punishing all those who were responsible for the November 26 attacks in Mumbai,” he said.

He said India is willing to allow militants to return to their homes in Kashmir if they renounce extremism.

“It would help rehabilitate these youth who were misled. It would unite children with their parents and families,” Chidambaram said.

He said relations with Pakistan, which have been frozen following the Mumbai attacks in 2008, will improve only if Islamabad cracks down on terrorism.