ISLAMABAD - The family of Ahmad Hassan Rana Advocate son of former chief judge of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Muhammad Shamim Rana Monday moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against some PTI ministers and leaders.
The petitioners including Anum Ahmed Rana w/o Ahmed Hasan Rana, Muhammad Hamza Rana S/o Ahmed Hasan Rana and others filed the petition, seeking disqualification of PTI leaders and ministers and contempt of court proceedings against them and other respondents.
In the petition, they cited federation of Pakistan through Ministry of Law, Pakistan Electronic Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) chairman, Senator Faisal Vawda, Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhary, PTI leader Sadaqat Ali Abbasi, Federal Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Farrukh Habib, former attorney general of Pakistan Anwar Mansoor Khan and others as respondents.
The petition said that a misconception and a distorted image of Rana Muhammad Shamim and his son has been presented by a prominent TV channel to promote the narrative designed by astute politicians such as Faisal Vawda and Fawad Ch for their ulterior motive to intentionally malign Rana Shamim.
He prayed to the court to declare that respondents including Vawda, Fawad Ch, Farrukh Habib and Abbassi are liable to disqualified under article 63 1 (a) AND 62 1 (f) of the Constitution of Pakistan,1973 and declare that they are not sagacious, righteous and non-profligate and honest and ameen. He also requested the court to declare them liable to be disqualified under Article 62 (1) (f) of the constitution of Pakistan, 1973 and for violating Rule 3 (i) (j) (k) and (l) of the PEMRA Code of Conduct, 2015.