A civil court on Monday fixed October 4 as the date for submitting written replies and arguments of respondents on a suit filed by a woman who claims to be former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer’s widow. Complainant Ayesha Bukhari filed a suit for declaration of legal heirs with a permanent injunction in Civil Judge Rai Naeem Kharal’s court. In previous proceedings, the court had summoned the respondents by September 12 for their arguments. The counsels of both sides requested the court to give them more time to submit replies. According to details, Ayesha Bukhari had filed a declaration suit and contended that she had married Taseer on June 29, 2004 but no child was born out of this wedlock.
She told the court that Taseer was assassinated on January 4 leaving behind the petitioner and the respondents, widow Amna Taseer, sons Shahbaz Taseer, Shan Taseer and Shehryar Taseer, daughter Shehar Bano Taseer, Sara Taseer and Sanam Taseer as his only legal heirs. Legally, she had a share in the moveable and immoveable assets left by Taseer, she added.
Bukhari said that to gain her legal share from the property she contacted Amna and her sons Shehryar and Shahbaz and daughter Shahar Bano but they declined her request. She implored the court to help her get her legal share from Taseer’s property. The Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and the State Bank of Pakistan were also respondents in the case. Separately, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ramzan sentenced six convicts, including two women and one minor, to life imprisonment for possessing narcotics. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 470,060 on the accused. Naeem, Latif, Zulfiqar, Javaid, Anwar Bibi and Nazia Bibi were charged of possessing 180 kilogrammes of hashish and 55 kilogrammes of opium.
