Notice issued to Dost Khosa in Sapna’s recovery case

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Monday issued notice to former Punjab chief minister Dost Mohammad Khosa on an application of Missal Khan, father of film actress Sapna Khan, for becoming party in the case for her recovery.
The court adjourned hearing till 2nd Week of December for further proceedings. Missal Khan, father of Sapna Khan through his counsel Azhar Siddique submitted that a petition was pending in court LHC for recovery of his daughter from illegal custody of Dost Khosa. He rejected the claims that Khosa had divorced her after one year of marriage. He said he apprehended that his daughter had been murdered by Khosa as she was missing since the time she married him. He prayed to the court to allow him to be a party in the petition for recovery of Sapna which was earlier filed on humanitarian basis by judicial activism penal (JAP) Chairman Advocate Azhar Siddique.
In a reply submitted in LHC on petition for her recovery, Dost admitted that he married his daughter on June 2, 2010 and on February 28, 2011 a daughter namely Mah Gul was born from wedlock. However, Dost claimed that on October 11,2011 he had divorced Sapna and did not know about her present whereabouts. The petitioner stated that there were reports that his daughter was thrashed and taken away by the friends of Khosa from the GOR on June 22.
REPORT ON TAKING SCHOOL GIRLS TO PML-N’S RALLY: The LHC on Monday sought report on a writ petition seeking action against officials of Punjab Education Department for taking girl students of a school in Lahore to PML-N’s rally in Faisalabad. Advocate Mohammad Asim Cheema filed the petition and submitted that Lahore Executive District Officer Pevaiz Akhtar, deputed teachers and some staff members of the said school of Model Town, Lahore under supervision of DEO Sajid Hussain, AEO Abdul Majid and head mistress of Government Model Girls High School, Model Town, Mrs Munawar Tabassum, to take a bus full of girl students to sing national and political songs in procession arranged at Dhobi Ghat, Faisalabad on November 20. The petitioner stated that transport and other expenses were arranged by the school.
The petitioner pleaded that driving the girl students like a herd of goats forcing them for political performance from early morning till late night was not only polluting the minds of girls but was also objectionable to the public and frustrating for the parents, adding that the children of these officials were studying abroad and they did not realize how serious this matter was.
The petitioner requested the court to declare the act of the respondents as illegal and unlawful and initiate judicial inquiry to fix the responsibility of the act. He further prayed for suspension of Pervaiz Akhtar and action under PEEDA Act 2006 against all officials of the department.Justice Umar Ata Bandial, after arguments, issued notices to officials of school education department and sought reply within two weeks.
FREE EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS: An application has been moved in the LHC seeking directions to the government for provision of free education to students from age 5 to 16 years in private and public schools.
REPLY SOUGHT OVER TRIPS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN UNDER 10: Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan sought reply from federal and provincial government within three weeks on a petition for restrain schools from taking school children under 10 years age out of city trips due to probability of accidents like incident of Kallar Kahar . The petitioner, Muhammad Azhar Siddique advocate submitted that the incident at Kallar Kahar had caused deaths of more than 37 citizens majority of them were children.