The Supreme Court has extended three more weeks to the federal government to file a progress report in the Army Public School (APS) attack case, sources revealed to The Express Tribune.
It is expected that now the matter will be listed in the court next year after the winter recess ending on January 2.
Earlier, the federal government in its application had urged the top court that additional time should be granted so that a comprehensive report bearing the premier’s signature could be submitted.
It informed the apex court that Prime Minister Imran Khan had formed a committee to meet parents of the APS martyrs in the light of the orders of the Supreme Court.
The body includes Human Right Minister Shireen Mazari, Energy Minister Umar Ayub, Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Fahmida Mirza, Federal Minister for States and Frontier Regions Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan.
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The special invitees are: Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Javed Khan or his nominee, and the defence and interior additional secretaries.
The application stated that it would be appropriate if the outcome of the cabinet committee meeting may be allowed to be incorporated in the report to be submitted before the Supreme Court in compliance with the court’s November 11 order.
The application noted that the anniversary of the Martyrs of APS Peshawar falls on December 16. "In view of the foregoing, it is humbly submitted that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to extend the time for submission of report by three weeks so that a comprehensive report is submitted before this Hon'ble Court in compliance of the said order," says the application.
The government said that it would submit its reply following a meeting between the parents of the APS martyrs and the committee.
In the order the Supreme Court had mentioned the names taken by some of the despondent mothers of the children pointing fingers at former army chief retd Gen Raheel Sharif, former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ahmed, then interior secretary Akhtar Shah, former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak, former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Zaheerul Islam Abbasi and former corps commander of Peshawar retd Gen Hidayatur Rehman.
Earlier, the SC had ordered that a report with the prime minister’s signature be submitted within four weeks. The court’s deadline for submission of the report is Dec 10.
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