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LHC takes notice of ink, egg attack on Shahbaz Gill
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PML-N workers threw ink, eggs at Shahbaz Gill
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday took notice of the egg and ink attack on Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Political Communication Shahbaz Gill on Monday.
Justice Malik Shahzad expressed concern over the incident and said that every person who is coming to the court is respectable. He ordered officials to take strict action against people responsible for the incident after identifying them through CCTV footage.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers on Monday threw ink and eggs on Shahbaz Gill outside Lahore High Court.
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February 16, 2021
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Monday directed Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar to submit an affidavit to explain whether Advocate General of Punjab Ahmad Awais was under his instructions at the time of giving a statement before the Supreme Court in Dec 2018 regarding formation of a new Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to hold a fresh probe into the 2014 Model Town incident.
As the hearing commenced, Additional Advocate General Malik Akhtar Javed told a seven-judge larger bench that he had been appointed as prosecutor to represent the provincial government in the petitions against the JIT.
The larger bench, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan, on the last hearing, had refused to hear AGP Awais asking him to seek a permission first in writing from the chief minister to represent the government in the case.
The bench directed the petitioners’ counsel to submit a brief history of the case in writing. Wikimedia Commons/File
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought an affidavit from Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar asking if Advocate General of Punjab (AGP) Ahmad Awais was under his instructions while giving a statement before the Supreme Court in 2018 about the constitution of a new joint investigation team (JIT) to hold an investigation into the 2014 Model Town incident afresh.
Earlier, Additional Advocate General Malik Akhtar Javed told a seven-judge larger bench that he had been appointed as prosecutor to represent the provincial government in the petitions against the JIT.