LAHORE
Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court has referred a petition seeking inquiry tribunal’s report on June 17 incident of Model Town as public, to the chief justice to constitute a larger bench for its hearing.
Zubair Khan Niazi of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf had filed the petition and made government of Pakistan through secretary and Ministry of Interior, government of through ministry of law, provincial law minister, provincial information secretary, Inspector General Police, Punjab, Lahore District Co-ordination Officer, Lahore Senior Superintendent Police, CCPO, DIG (Operations), Provincial Home Secretary, federal information secretary as party in his petition.
The petitioner said that inquiry tribunal that probed June 17 Model Town incident had given its findings/report regarding the killing of innocent civilians at the hands of police officials through a premeditated and planned operation to spread a reign of terror.
He said access to information is the fundamental right of every citizen under Article 19 A of Constitution.
He said the respondents in connivance with a political party at the helm of the affairs are not allowing this report to be released to general public and denying them right to access which is a violation of fundamental right and right of the Information Act 2013.
PLEA REJECTED: A single bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by five- lawyer seeking direction for Punjab Public Service Commission to let them sit in written test for posts of prosecutors for fifth time.
Advocate Tariq Mahmood and others had filed a petition challenging Punjab Public Service Commission’s policy according to which they were not allowed to sit in exams for the vacant posts of public prosecutors in the province for fourth time.
The petitioners told the judge that the commission did not announce any such condition to stop anyone from appearing in the test for the said job. They pleaded the court to direct the commission to let them appear in the test, so they could get jobs.
However, a law officer opposed their arguments saying that no candidate could be allowed to sit in exams for a certain post for fifth time as rules of the commission. He said that the government did not deprive them of any fundamental right, so their petition should be rejected.
After hearing the both sides, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah rejected the petition.
BAIL APPLICATION DISMISSED: The Lahore High Court dismissed bail application of a factory owner accused of electricity theft worth Rs 30. 4million.
Mian Ijaz, the owner of an electric factory in Thokar Niaz Baig area, had filed pre-arrest bail application and submitted that he had nothing to do with the allegations leveled against him; he was respectable citizen and not involved in any illegal act. He told the judge FIA, without investigation, took him in their custody and registered a case, they could not produce any witness for.
However, Omar Sharif while representing Lesco, opposed his arguments. He said Supreme Court had already dismissed his bail application and FIA found him guilty in its investigation. He pleaded the court to reject his application. After hearing both sides, Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi dismissed the petition.
Meanwhile, a division bench comprising Justice James Joseph and Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan directed the Punjab home secretary to address the grievances of people who had challenged the detention of PTI and PAT workers across Punjab.
The DB heard eleven different petitions against the illegal detention of workers. The petitioners said that the detention of workers was unlawful and unconstitutional while the court had already stopped the police from taking them into illegal detention.
They said illegal detention was continued. However, a law officer submitted a report and said that since Sept 15, 2540 detained persons had been released from different jails in Punjab. He said, however, the government took people into detention in order to maintain law and order situation in the province. He further said that the litigants must file their applications before the home secretary before they come to court to challenge the detention.