ISLAMABAD: Justice Sardar Tariq Masood is set to assume the role of acting Chief Justice of Pakistan while Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa travels abroad for the winter holidays.
On Saturday, Justice Masood will take the oath as Acting Chief Justice and will fulfill this role for a duration of two weeks.
The Supreme Court’s Registrar’s Office has issued a notification regarding the winter judicial break. From December 18 to 31, the court will observe its winter vacation, resuming normal operations from January 1.
Throughout this period, court offices will remain operational, except on public holidays.
Urgent cases will be addressed by the available bench, as outlined in the notification.
Lahore police busts gang involved in robbing Japanese and Sikhs
he police announced the arrest of a gang involved in robbing Japanese tourists and Sikh pilgrims in Lahore.
During a press conference in Punjab’s capital, Crime Investigation Agency SP Bilal Furqan revealed the capture of key members, including Badshah, Saif Ali Khan, Karamat Ali, and Muhammad Shehzad.
Recently, the agency recovered several mobile phones and a substantial sum of cash from the suspects.
Investigations uncovered their involvement in multiple robberies, where they confessed to using firearms to loot foreign nationals in Pakistan.
Last month, this gang targeted an Indian Sikh family visiting for Baba Guru Nanak Dev’s birth anniversary celebrations in Gulberg. Posing as law enforcement officers, they stopped the family under the guise of security checks and stole cash amounting to Rs400,000 along with their jewelry.
Additionally, two abducted children, 13-year-old Alishan from Jhang and 14-year-old Muhammad Ibrahim from Baghbanpura, were successfully rescued, as reported by the CIA CP.
