Daily Times

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday reserved judgment on a contempt case of a Station House Officer (SHO) of Shabqadar Police Station who pointed his pistol at Sessions Judge Charsadda in his court room.

The decision is likely to be announced on September 26. When the hearing commenced in a suo-moto notice, a division bench led by Chief Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel was told that the SHO during a proceeding pointed his pistol at the judge.

Additional Advocate General Umer Farooq Adam argued that though he was suspended and demoted but that was not enough and he should have been dismissed and sent jail so that no one could dare to take such step in future.

The bench after hearing the arguments reserved the judgment.

The police officer was summoned by a judge at a District and Sessions Court in Charsadda for failing to implement orders. The SHO was allegedly guilty of not registering an FIR in a robbery case and that was the reason he was told to appear. When the policeman turned up at court, he and the judge exchanged some harsh words. Unable to contain himself, the SHO took out his pistol and pointed it at the judge.

PHC order posting, transfer of judicial officers: The Chief Justice and Judges of Peshawar High Court (PHC) have ordered the postings/transfers of the following Judicial Officers in the public interest, with immediate effect.

Muhammad Asif-II, District & Sessions Judge/Addl. Registrar Abbottabad Bench has been transferred and posted as District & Sessions Judge Mardan against the vacant post, Haq Nawaz Khan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Balakot (Mansehra) has been transferred and posted as Additional Registrar, Abbottabad Bench in his own pay and scale, Ziaul Haq, Additional District & Sessions Judge Mansehra has been transferred and posted as Additional District & Sessions Judge Balakot. Ghulam Abbas, Additional District & Sessions Judge on return from Ex-Pakistan leave has been posted as Additional District & Sessions Judge Mansehra, Syed Hamid Qasim, Senior Civil Judge Swabi has been transferred and posted as Senior Civil Judge/A’ala Illaqa Qazi Chitral against the vacant post, Rahsid Rauf, Senior Civil Judge Karak has been transferred and posted as Senior Civil Judge Swabi, Hussan Bano, Senior Civil judge/Incharge, Mediation Centre Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy has been transferred and posted as Senior Civil Judge Karak, Shaukat Ali, Civil Judge/Illaqa Qazi Booni (Chitral) has been transferred and posted as Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate Charsadda against the vacant post and Sher Aziz, Civil Judge-cum-Judicial Magistrate D.I Khan has been transferred and posted as Civil Judge/Illaqa Qazi Dir Lower against the vacant post.