The Lahore High Court Monday disposed of a petition against the incorrect intermediate results with a direction to the chairmen and the controllers of various boards to inquire into the matter and submit a report on the outcome within 30 days.
The petition was filed by one Sohail Anjum contending that the boards had misplaced the answer sheets following which wrong results were announced which put future of thousands of students at stake. The board representative said the mistakes were being corrected.
FOREIGNERS IN PUNJAB JAILS CASE: The LHC on Monday also called for the details of foreigners imprisoned in the Punjab jails. On the petition filed by Advocate Owais Sheikh, the court asked the Punjab home secretary and prisons inspector general to file details of the foreigners imprisoned in jails by November 2. The petitioner had contended that two Indians were imprisoned in the Kot Lakhpat Jail even though they had served their period. The court also called for a reply to the petition from Kot Lakhpat Jail Superintendent by the said date. The court also sought a report on all the locals still imprisoned in the jails even after having served their sentence.
Punjab govt’s reply sought in fake police encounter case: LHC Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry sought reply from the Punjab government over violation of court orders in a case against police officers involved in killing 15 citizens in a fake encounter. Chaudhry directed the Punjab additional advocate general (AAG) to seek instructions from the respondents and argue the case in the next hearing. He passed this order on a contempt petition filed by Ashiq Ali and Naziran Bibi which named the Punjab chief minister’s Principle Secretary Tauqeer Shah, former Punjab Police inspector general Tariq Saleem Dogar and others as respondents.
