The chief justice observed that the court would issue directives to the district judiciary not to grant bail to profiteers and hoarders. APP/File
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the federal and provincial food authorities to make a joint strategy to check increasing prices of essential commodities, especially edible ones, and hoarding, and ensure their availability on the market.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Syed M Attique Shah observed that the prices of essential edible items had gone out of the people’s reach in the current month of Ramazan, so the relevant authorities should take immediate steps to check them.
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Aurat March participants holding placards. Photo courtesy of Amnesty International
LAHORE: A sessions court has dismissed a petition seeking an order for police to register a case against social activists Marvi Sirmad, Tooba Syed and over 200 unidentified participants in Aurat March held last month in Islamabad.
A citizen namely Khalid Mehmood, the petitioner, said the Ravi Road police SHO refused to lodge a FIR on his application. He pleaded that the participants in the march committed multiple criminal offences besides displaying objectionable slogans.
In his decision, Additional District & Sessions Judge Hafiz Rizwan Aziz observed that the Aurat March was a peaceful demonstration raising the issue of gender-based oppression and violence, a social issue that deserves attention. He said there had been no reported instance of violence or public disorder exercised by the participants in the march, and in fact the protests took place in broad daylight, in the presence of police pers
The chief justice asks lawyer Khalid Mehmood to leave the courtroom immediately
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ISLAMABAD:
The court of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed witnessed chaotic scenes on Friday when a coronavirus-infected lawyer appeared before the bench for a hearing.
The chief justice asked Khalid Mehmood, the lawyer who tested positive for Covid-19 a few days ago, for the reason of his appearance despite his plea to postpone the hearing. To which, the laywer was quoted as saying: “I have appeared before the court despite testing positive for coronavirus”.
The revelation from the lawyer created panic in the courtroom with CJP Gulzar reprimanding the lawyer for appearing before the court and risking others’ lives. “You should have not appeared before the court in this condition,” he was quoted as saying.