Overview
- A three‑judge bench led by Justice Shahid Waheed suspended the Peshawar High Court order that extended Pakistan Origin Cards and citizenship to Afghan men married to Pakistani women and issued notices to the parties.
- In the Supreme Court hearing, the Additional Attorney General said at least 117 applications are involved, Justice Musarrat Hilali probed the legal basis, and NADRA counsel noted a valid‑visa requirement.
- The Islamabad High Court directed that a petition challenging Sessions Judge Nasser Javed Rana’s appointment—he sentenced the PTI founder in the £190 million NAB case—be listed in the second week of November, with the petitioner citing a 2004 Supreme Court fitness finding.
- The Sindh High Court’s Larkana bench ordered the SSP and three officers removed over a falsely lodged terrorism case, transferred the investigation to the FIA with a seven‑day deadline, and recorded that the accused had been held illegally since August 11 before granting bail.
- In a separate Islamabad High Court proceeding on missing NCCIA deputy director Osman, police reported a corruption FIR, arrest, remand and a statement saying he hid due to an inquiry, while petitioners alleged a 15‑day abduction; the court heard arguments and reserved its order.