NAB put on notice over Sharjeel Memon’s plea for permission to travel aboard
July 24, 2021
The Sindh High Court has issued notices to the special prosecutor of the National Accountability Bureau and a federal law officer on a petition filed by Pakistan Peoples Party MPA and former information minister Sharjeel Memon seeking permission to travel abroad.
Sharjeel, who has been facing two NAB references pertaining to charges of Rs5.78 billion advertisement corruption and accumulation of Rs2.43 billion assets beyond known sources of income but is on bail in these cases, approached court for permission to travel aboard from time to time.
SHC sets aside single bench observation regarding continuation of notification
July 17, 2021
The Sindh High Court’s appellate bench on Friday set aside the SHC’s single bench observation with regard to the continuation of a notification about appointment of the Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) vice chancellor and ordered that the notification shall remain suspended till the hearing of the pending applications.
The order came on a high court appeal filed by Prof Dr Lubna Ansari seeking an injunction against the issuance of a notification for the appointment of Prof Dr. Amjad Siraj Memon as the JSMU VC despite interim restraining orders of the high court.
SHC suspends notification of JSMU VC’s appointment
July 8, 2021
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday suspended the notification with regard to the appointment of the Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU) vice chancellor (VC) till further orders.
The interim order came on a high court appeal filed by Prof Dr Lubna Ansari seeking an injunction against the issuance of a notification for the appointment of JSMU VC Prof Dr Amjad Siraj Memon despite interim restraining orders of the court.
The plaintiff’s counsel submitted that a lawsuit had been filed against the formation of a statutory search committee for the appointment of the JSMU VC and a single bench of the SHC had only permitted the committee to conduct interviews of the shortlisted candidates and restrained it from finalising the list of the selected candidates. He submitted that the search committee forwarded a summary for the finalisation of candidates and violated the interim orders of the court whereby the commi