Sindh

Lower court strike: Proceedings suspended, UTPs sent back to jails

Legal proceedings of all the lower courts of Sindh were suspended for the second day on Saturday.

Sohail Khattak February 27, 2011

KARACHI: Legal proceedings of all the lower courts of Sindh were suspended for the second day on Saturday as their staff went on strike to protest for two missing colleagues from the Malir court.

Litigants suffered again, waiting till the afternoon in hope of the protest to end. Prisoners brought for trials were taken back to lockups and the court was deserted.

According to All Sindh Subordinate Judicial Staff Welfare Organisation president Mohammad Chhutan, two of clerk Agha Yasir and bailiff Shafquat Hussain were kidnapped on February 22 when they were on their way home from the Malir court.

The FIR of the kidnapping, No. 42/2011, was registered on behalf Shah Mohammad Brohi, a relative, in Malir City police station on February 24. “We are protesting because the authorities have failed to find them,” said Chhutan. “But we are on duty to process bail and other urgent matters so that no innocent person has to spend time in jail.”

The organisation will announce their plans to the media on Monday. “The secret agencies of the country are involved in the kidnapping because no one could otherwise dare touch court employees,” said Mohammad Naeem of the All Sindh Subordinate Judicial Staff Welfare Organisation.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 27^th, 2011.

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sarfaraz | 13 years ago | Reply Judicial staff threatens to lock up courts Tuesday, 20 July 2010 The All Sindh Sub-ordinate Judicial Welfare Organisation (ASSJWO) has threatened to ‘bolt upî the courts across Sindh on July 22 (Thursday) if their demand for raise in salaries was not fulfilled. The ultimatum given to the government and the judiciary after the ASSJWO delegation led by Essa Memon and Mohammed Yameen held a meeting with the Registrar Sindh High Court (SHC) Farooq Ali Channa on Monday. In this connection the ASSJWO delegation will also meet the Finance Secretary Sindh on Tuesday, Memon said. The registrar SHC, however, assured them that their demands would be met within two days and in this connection he also showed a letter written to Secretary Finance and Chief Secretary Sindh regarding raise in salaries according to the National Judicial Policy. The ASSJWO was formed on Saturday after approval from Chief Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani, who paid a visit to the City Courts and met with the court staff of Sindh that was gathered in the City Courts Library.

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