Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq on Monday adjourned till today (Tuesday) a petition praying to set aside orders by additional district and session judge (AD&SJ) to Race Course Police Station House Officer (SHO) to register an FIR on former chief minister Dost Khosa’s application against Misal Khan, father of film-star Zeba Khan alias Sapna Khan, for allegedly keeping his ex-wife in illegal custody.
The petition was filed by Misal Khan through his counsel Azhar Siddique challenging the order of AD&SJ Nazir Ahmed dated December 24 to Race Course SHO to register FIR against him on Dost Khosa’s application.
Khosa had filed applications in the session court and Race Course Police station alleging that his ex-wife, Sapna, was in Misal’s illegal custody, and he was harassing him (Dost) with allegations of kidnap and murder therefore his ex-wife may be recovered from her father’s custody and FIR be registered against him for keeping her in illegal custody and blackmailing him.
LHC PREPARES NOTICE AGAINST PU VC’S TERM EXTENSION: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday prepared to send notices to Punjab Higher Education Commission (HEC) Secretary and other respondents on a petition requesting the court to pass orders to restrain Punjab University Vice Chancellor (VC) Mujahid Kamran from holding the VC office after the expiry of his tenure on January 2.
Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq was hearing a petition filed by Dr Mughees-ud-Din, a candidate for the Vice Chancellorship, through his counsel Asad Manzoor Butt.
The court heard initial arguments by the petitioner counsel and issued pre-admission notices to the respondents, including Mujahid Kamran to decide the petition’s maintainability. The judge also sought reply from the Punjab Education Commission and others on the matter.
The petitioner submitted that Kamran’s contract expired on January 2, 2012, but the government was trying to give him an extension which he deemed was unconstitutional, as a Supreme Court judgment had declared extension after retirement from service illegal and unlawful.
He prayed the court issue directions to bar the VC’s contract extension or work as a stopgap arrangement so that new candidates might get an opportunity to serve the university.
LHC SUMMONS AC MODEL TOWN,
OTHERS: LHC Monday summoned Model Town assistant commissioner and the Market Committee secretary for January 3 in a contempt petition on non-compliance of court orders for opening the entry and exit points of the Kot Lakhpat Fruit and Vegetable Market and allowing traders to run their lawful business in the market.
The court also appointed a local commission on the matter and sought report by today (Tuesday) on whether the walls blocking the entry and exit points of the said market had been removed by the city government authorities as per LHC orders of December 27, 2011. Justice Mansoor Ali Shah passed the orders on a contempt petition filed by Abdul Rasheed and others naming Model Town Assistant Commissioner Irfan Memon, Gulberg TMO M Tahir and Market Committee Secretary Mian Waheed against reluctance of authorities to comply with court order to demolish the walls erected at the entry and exit points of the market.
