SHC dismisses PTI’s street crime plea
A file photo of the Sindh High Court building.
The Sindh High Court dismissed a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf against street crimes after PTI lawyers did not appear in court.
The court dismissed the application for non-compliance and remarked that Khurram Sher Zaman and his lawyer did not appear after filing the petition. The court had called for arguments regarding the admissibility of the application.
The petition had stated that the Sindh government had failed to curb street crimes. It contended that bandits were terrorising people across the province. It said kidnapping for ransom had become routine.
There has been an increase in kidnapping, murder, street crime and other criminal activities in Karachi, it had contended.
It stated that provincial government's attention had been drawn to the issue a number of times in the Sindh Assembly but the government had failed to take any action.
It also stated that a PPP MPA, Jam Awais, was involved in a murder.
PTI social media head missing
A petition has been filed in the SHC for the recovery of Mohammad Arshad Siddiqi, who heads Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) social media in Karachi
Hasnain Chauhan Advocate filed the petition on behalf of Siddiqi's brother Mohammad Ahsan. It stated that Siddiqi left home for some work on the morning on Sunday, March 26, but did not return.
It stated that the incident was reported to the police helpline 15 but they did not help in recovery efforts. The police were also refusing to register the case, it stated.
The petitioner said that he feared his brother might be moved out of Karachi and killed. The petitioner requested the court to order the recovery and release of his brother.
Inflation
A petition has been filed in the Sindh High Court against increasing inflation and for price control. The petitioner Muzammil Mumtaz Advocate said in his petition that there was no check on prices and no procedure had been adopted to control inflation in the city.
It contended that the ruling elite were living lavishly while the poor were on the verge of hunger. It contended that profiteers were making money at the expense of consumers
He requested that the buying and selling of essential commodities should be on government-issued prices.
The Sindh government, the Bureau of Supply and Prices, the Karachi commissioner and others have been made parties in this petition.
Passport released
The Sindh High Court has approved a plea seeking the return of the passport of Gulzar Ali, a co-accused involved in the alleged corruption reference in the Sindh Information Ministry.
A two-member bench led by Judge Naimtuallah Phulpoto heard the plea.
The petitioner's lawyer, Shaukat Hayat, stated that his client wanted to perform Umrah but his travel documents were in court custody. The public prosecutor said that since the defendant's name was on the exit control list (ECL), returning of his passport would be useless.
The court after hearing the arguments granted the plea and issued orders to release the passport of the accused, Gulzar Ali.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 28th, 2023.