CJP takes notice of mysterious death of child maid

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar Wednesday took notice of death of child maid employed by brother of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa (KPK) minister and sought a report from Inspector General Police in three days.

According to a press release, the CJP took notice on news reports aired by section of media that a young maid employed by Shoaib Ghani, brother of KP’s Minister for Higher Education Mustaq Ghani, had died mysteriously at hospital in Abbottabad on January 25.

Notice of threats to NGO

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) has also taken notice of allegations and threats to Ocean Welfare Organisation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) running a makeshift school for around 2,000 street children under a flyover in Clifton near the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine in Karachi.

According to an SC press release, the CJP took notice on reports that the Sindh government had asked the NGO to either hand over the school with children to the Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) or shut it down. Allegedly, there were also threats to use police force if the NGO did not hand over the school.

 The chief justice called a report from the Sindh chief secretary within five days.

 

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