CJP constitutes five benches for this week.

ISLAMABAD -- Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed has constituted one bench at the principal seat Islamabad and two benches each at SC Lahore and Karachi Registries to hear a number of important cases during the next week, starting from Monday.

The first bench is comprised of Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Yahya Afridi. A two-member bench, comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, would hear cases at the SC Lahore Registry

A three-member bench headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik and comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan would also hear cases at Lahore Registry.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar would hear case at SC Karachi Registry.

A two-member bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed would also hear cases at Karachi Registry.

The benches would hear many important cases including service and pension matters of government employees, educational institutions matters, labour cases, appeals against death sentences and life imprisonment, appeals against acquittal of accused in murder and corruption cases, and bail appeals in NAB cases. The others cases included election petitions of different politicians, Pervaiz Iqbal Warraich vs NAB in a case regarding allegation against the petitioners was that they allegedly collected huge amount from the public at large for investment in...