Daily Times
May 27, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to stop Barrister Ali Zafar from investigating Jahangir Tareen matter and declared the case non maintainable.
The chief justice remarked on what type of petitions people used to file to waste courts’ time when the IHC had already thousands of pending cases.
Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case filed by a citizen Fahad Shahid regarding the above matter.
At the outset of hearing, the chief justice instructed the Deputy Attorney General Tayyab Shah to assist the bench pertaining to the case after studying it.
IHC dismisses non-maintainable plea seeking to stop Barrister Ali Zafar s investigation
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Barrister Ali Zafar. APP/File
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah declares plea non-maintainable after deputy attorney general says petitioner not affected and so petition is strange and irrelevant .
Justice Minallah expresses displeasure at court s time being wasted.
Barrister Ali Zafar has been tasked to probe whether Tareen s concerns, that he and his supporters have been targeted, are genuine.
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking to stop Barrister Ali Zafar from investigating Jahangir Tareen, declaring it non-maintainable.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah expressed annoyance over petitions being filed which waste the court s time when the IHC has thousands of cases pending.