Yousaf Katpar

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court directed the provincial home secretary to convene another session of the Joint Investigation Team within 15 days to trace out a missing lawyer’s son. A division bench headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto gave this direction while hearing the petition filed by Advocate Abdul Sattar seeking recovery of his missing son. […]

KARACHI: Expressing extreme displeasure over the failure of police to arrest absconding suspects in the Baldia garment factory inferno case, an anti-terrorism court once again issued non-bailable warrants for their arrest on Monday. The ATC-II judge issued directives to the federal interior ministry to issue red warrants for the arrest of absconders. At the outset, […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed the prison authorities to provide B-Class facilitates to a suspected facilitator of the Safoora Goth buscarnage. A division bench headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi gave this direction while hearing the plea of Muhammad Naeem Sajjid, who had been accused of providing arms to the attackers. His lawyer […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court rejected a petition of the Pakistan Rangers seeking the cancellation of the bail granted to Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s leader Amir Khan in a case related to harboring of terrorists. A division bench headed by Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh dismissed the petition through a short order. Amir Khan was arrested […]

KARACHI: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has declined to hear the bail plea of Lines Area Redevelopment Project (LARP)’s additional director finance jailed for allegedly being involved in china-cutting and the sale of plots at throw-away prices. LARP’s deputy directors, Farid Naseem, Waseem Iqbal and Shahid Umer, additional directors Atta Abbas and […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court asked the litigant on Wednesday to place on record the dairy of the attendance of advisors and special assistants to Sindh chief minister in cabinet meetings. This direction came on a petition filed by a civil rights campaigner who had moved to the court against the appointment of excessive number […]

KARACHI: Former provincial minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sharjeel Inam Memon is likely to face yet another inquiry as the National Accountability Bureau informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday that a complaint against him for unlawfully leasing out forest lands was at the verification stage. A division bench headed by Justice Naimatullah […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has ruled that it is the statutory duty of the Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) to ensure adequate and continuous water supply to all citizens residing within its territorial jurisdiction. The court restrained the CBC from charging water tax from the residents in case of disruption of water supply. Headed by […]

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court directed the federal law officer on Tuesday to place on record the comments of the federal authorities on a petition seeking repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, who was heading a division bench, took up the petition filed by Dr Fouzia Siddiqui through which she sought […]

By Yousaf Katpar   KARACHI: Out of 17 missing persons’ cases referred to the provincial task force by the Sindh High Court and the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance, only two persons have been traced out, stated a report submitted to the Sindh High Court ina number of missing persons cases. The report said […]