A division bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday directed Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to take strict action against lazy police officers, to put the legal system back track. The CJ believed that Punjab police’s performance is next to nothing as things stood. The CJP also sought a report within next seven days from the Punjab Chief Minister about the plans, if any, that the government was working on for the purpose of enhancing jail capacity or construction of new jails as prisoners were over crammed in the prisons and treated like sardines in a dirty truck, he believed. He also ordered them to conduct medical examination of all prisoners.
Reproaching the Punjab Home Secretary Shahid Khan and Punjab IG Police Haji Habibur Rahman on delay in submitting case challan of accused holed in jails without trial or bail relief, CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry remarked “You, home secretary Punjab and the Punjab IG Police, just roam about wearing neckties and suits heroically and have no idea what damaging the police is causing to the legal and judicial system in the biggest province of Paksitan!”
LHC CJ CONDOLES JOURNALIST’S DEATH: Chief justice Lahore High Court Sh Azmat Saeed on Thursday expressed heart felt grief and condolence on death of senior journalist Muhammad Araf, father of daily Dawn’s court reporter Wajih Ahmed Sheikh. The deceased, Muhammad Araf, who had died late on Wednesday was laid to rest at a local graveyard on Thursday. He was 75.
In his journalistic career the deceased served at various newspapers including daily Masawat, daily Hurriat, and the English daily Dawn. A large number of senior journalists, reporters, friends and relatives participated in his funeral prayers offered at Janaz Gaah, Lyyton road Lahore.
