The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to the parties concerned for May 4 on an application filed by Ghinva Bhutto, who sought share and rights in the property of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) and his spouse Begum Nusrat Bhutto.
The Shariat Appellate Bench of Justice Tariq Parvez, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Dr Fida Muhammad Khan and Justice Dr Muhammad Al-Ghazali heard the application filed through Mazhar Alam. The application prayed the court order that Ghinva, her son Zulfikar Junior and her daughter Fatima Bhutto should also be made trustees of the People’s Foundation Trust, founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Begum Nusrat Bhutto, just like Asif Ali Zardari and his children.
Earlier on May 19 last year, the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court had issued notices to Asif Ali Zardari, Begum Nusrat Bhutto and Gulzar Begum while hearing a case pertaining to the transfer of Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Trust’s assets to Asif Ali Zardari and his children. The bench had also issued notices to Bilawal, Asifa and Bakhtawar, the legal heirs of Benazir Bhutto, through President Asif Ali Zardari.
During Zia era, the People’s Foundation Trust was nationalised and converted into Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Trust. Last year, the Federal Shariat Court had reversed the 1977 orders of General Ziaul Haq to take over control of two trusts founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto and Mir Murtaza Bhutto under the name of the People’s Foundation Trust.
