Govt ordered to bring back murders accused from abroad

The Sindh High Court (SHC) heard a petition, seeking repatriation of two accused who fled abroad after killing a citizen and a policeman, and ordered the secretaries of interior and foreign affairs to implement the court decision and submit a report.

One of the accused Taqi Haider Shah fled to the United Arab Emirates and the other Khurram fled to Sweden after killing a State Life Insurance officer and a police personnel. The government lawyer appealed for the respite which the court granted.

The petitioner's lawyer submitted that respite is being sought from the court again and again. The lawyer said that the court should summon the home secretary in his personal capacity as the application has been pending for a long time.

The court while issuing orders to extradite both the accused - Taqi Haider Shah and Khurram - within two months, adjourned the hearing indefinitely.

Petitioner Maham Amjad's father was killed by his colleague in the State Life Insurance office in 2008, while accused Khurram Shehzad killed a policeman and fled to Sweden.

Jinnah University land case The SHC heard a petition regarding non-transfer of 14 acres of land of Jinnah University for Women (JUfW) and issued notices to the Sindh government.

During the hearing, the government advocate stated, "We'll review the relevant land after seeing the master plan. It will be checked if there are no constructions on the concerned land then it will be returned to the university."

The petitioner's counsel submitted that 14 acres of land of the university is still with the Sindh government. "We had also paid the money for allotment of land to the KDA."

The court asked the petitioner's lawyer to tell the court, how much fee they charge from the students. The petitioner's lawyer stated that only about 3,000 students are charged fee on per semester basis. As many as 7,500 female students are enrolled. The court said in a dialogue with the lawyer of the petitioner that this is a commendable act of yours. The court remarked that other universities charge huge fees, then how do you run a university. The petitioner's counsel submitted that the trust was running the university on 'no profit no loss' basis.

According to the Higher Education Commission (HEC), there must be more land for more students. We have very less space, if this land is given to us, more students will get admission. At least 40 per cent of students get scholarship in the university. The court, issuing a notice to the Sindh government, sought its response.