Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Saad Hussain Rizvi waves to supporters as he is taken away after a court hearing. Twitter/File
LAHORE: As 90-day detention of Hafiz Saad Rizvi, leader of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) was set to end on Saturday, the Punjab government issued a fresh notification of his preventive detention for another 90 days.
Rizvi was detained on April 12, 2021 under Section 3 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960 for 30 days with two extensions of the same days.
This time, the deputy commissioner of Lahore invoked his powers under Section 11 EEE of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and issued the order for detention of Rizvi for 90 days. On the other hand, the Supreme Court (Lahore registry) is set to hear on Monday a petition challenging the detention of Rizvi.
LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned complete record of the proceedings pending before the Lahore High Court against Lahore Saddar Superintendent of Police (operations) Sardar Hafeezur Rehman Bugti for misstating facts in a matter relating to police occupation of a citizen’s property.
A two-judge bench comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah was hearing a petition of Bugti at the Supreme Court’s Lahore registry. The police officer challenged the show cause notice issued by the LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan.
A counsel for the officer told the bench that the petitioner did not make any misstatement before the LHC. He said the LHC had been misled through wrong facts against the police officer.
SC offers relief to mentally ill convicts
Commutes death sentence of two prisoners to life imprisonment
Supreme Court. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
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LAHORE:
In a landmark verdict, the top court has commuted the death sentence of two mentally challenged patients – who have been behind bars for decades – to life imprisonment while also asking the authorities to avoid a limited definition of mental disorders.
A five-judge larger bench presided over by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik issued a 51-page judgment on petitions filed by the families of convicts after hearing the case at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry. Without touching on the mental health condition of the convict Imdad Ali, we have observed that there are sufficient reasons and circumstances available on record that warrant the conversion of the prisoner s death sentence to imprisonment for life, stated the verdict released on Wednesday.