SHC orders to form JIT within 15 days on May 5, 2017KARACHI: Even after the passage of almost a month the Sindh police doesn’t seem to have a clue about the whereabouts of the missing aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari as the Sindh High Court directed the home secretary to constitute a joint investigation team (JIT) comprising the representatives of security and intelligence agencies […]
Dr Asim books flight to London sans courts nod on May 4, 2017KARACHI: Dr Asim Hussain, the PPP Karachi chapter president and close aide of former president, Asif Ali Zardari, seemed to be in a tearing rush to fly abroad for medical treatment as he informed the Sindh High Court on Wednesday that he had booked flight to London and hotel accommodation. However, he will have to […]
No good working relationship between CM and IG Khawaja on May 3, 2017KARACHI: After the federal government’s claim about Sindh government having clipped the wings of inspector general of Sindh police AD Khawaja, the provincial government admitted before the Sindh High Court that there was not a good working relationship between the Sindh chief minister and IG Khawaja. Advocate General Zameer Hussain Ghumro pleaded a two- judge […]
Former IG Jamali, others likely to be indicted on May 6 in corruption case on April 30, 2017KARACHI: An accountability court is expected to indict former inspector general of police Ghulam Haider Jamali and other senior police officers in a corruption reference on May 06. The Former IG, then the AIG finance Fida Hussain Shah and training DIG Sahab Mazhar and others are facing charges of misusing their authority and making illegal […]
JITs clueless in missing persons case: SHC on April 29, 2017KARACHI: While expressing grave concern over joint investigation teams (JITs) set up to trace out the whereabouts of missing persons for largely being inconclusive, the Sindh High Court has directed them to carry out investigations with application of mind. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui was hearing the petition fled by Naz […]
SHC seeks CCTV footage of airport in missing person’s case on April 28, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has issued notice to Airport Security Force to produce before it the CCTV cameras data of the period during which a man went missing soon after landing at the Jinnah International Airport. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui also issued notice to the authorities concerned to submit […]
PPP loses interest in plea for transparency in ongoing census on April 27, 2017KARACHI: As the sixth national housing and population census has entered the final phase the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)’s petition against ‘lack of transparency’ in the procedure of the census is bound to continue for unspecified period as the ruling party seems to have lost its interest in the case. A two-judge bench headed by […]
SHC refers bail plea of Dr Asims co-accused to CJ on April 26, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh High Court’s bench has referred the bail plea of Karachi Development Authority’s former director land Syed Athar Hussain, the co-accused in Dr Asim Hussain’s Rs 432.5 billion corruption reference, to the chief justice for the disposal. A division bench, headed by Justice Junaid Ghaffar, observed that the bail pleas of other accused […]
SHC rejects plea for contempt proceedings against governor on April 25, 2017KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) rejected an application seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair and his principal secretary for appointing the pro-vice chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) as its acting vice chancellor in defiance of court orders. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro, […]
SHC issues notices to cellular companies over non-cooperation in missing person’s cases on April 22, 2017KARACHI: While taking exception to the indifference of cellular companies to provide cell phone data in missing persons’ cases, the Sindh High Court has issued notices to cellular companies to submit their explanation. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui directed the mobile companies to send their representatives to the court to appraise […]