Faryal Talpur’s security: Court takes up plea for personal security
Fearing for her life, the federal legislator has gone to the court asking for ‘special’ measures.
KARACHI:
A Sindh High Court division bench took up Faryal Talpur’s plea for her personal security on Tuesday. The bench, headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, issued notices to the respondents to file their comments by November 28.
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) women’s wing president MNA Faryal Talpur, who is also the president’s sister, approached the Sindh High Court to allow her to hire personal security guards with licenced arms and travel in a vehicle with tinted windows. Her lawyer Akhtar Hussain, said that the federal and provincial authorities are not allowing this.
On November 10, Talpur filed a petition against the federal and provincial governments and law enforcement agencies for not providing her special security cover despite threats to her life and her family. She cited the secretaries of the federal interior ministry, Sindh home department and the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) director general as respondents.
Talpur submitted that she has to travel all over the country to manage the party’s organisational setup or hold public meetings as she is a National Assembly member and PPP’s women wing president.
The lawyer told the bench that on September 3, 2009, the National Crises Management Cell director general sent letters to all provincial home secretaries, police officers, the Rangers’ director general, chief commissioners, the Islamabad IGP, the Rawalpindi RPO and the Islamabad Security DIG, requesting them to make all possible arrangements for Talpur’s security during her visits to all provinces. A 24-hour special security cover was also recommended in the letter.
Hussain also said that Talpur and many other political leaders have been receiving threats from extremists. He appealed to the court to direct the respondents to provide 24-hour special security cover to the petitioner and allow the MNA to use a vehicle with factory-fitted tinted glasses.
After hearing the preliminary arguments, the bench told the deputy attorney general and the Sindh advocate general to also file their replies.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2012.
A Sindh High Court division bench took up Faryal Talpur’s plea for her personal security on Tuesday. The bench, headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, issued notices to the respondents to file their comments by November 28.
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) women’s wing president MNA Faryal Talpur, who is also the president’s sister, approached the Sindh High Court to allow her to hire personal security guards with licenced arms and travel in a vehicle with tinted windows. Her lawyer Akhtar Hussain, said that the federal and provincial authorities are not allowing this.
On November 10, Talpur filed a petition against the federal and provincial governments and law enforcement agencies for not providing her special security cover despite threats to her life and her family. She cited the secretaries of the federal interior ministry, Sindh home department and the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) director general as respondents.
Talpur submitted that she has to travel all over the country to manage the party’s organisational setup or hold public meetings as she is a National Assembly member and PPP’s women wing president.
The lawyer told the bench that on September 3, 2009, the National Crises Management Cell director general sent letters to all provincial home secretaries, police officers, the Rangers’ director general, chief commissioners, the Islamabad IGP, the Rawalpindi RPO and the Islamabad Security DIG, requesting them to make all possible arrangements for Talpur’s security during her visits to all provinces. A 24-hour special security cover was also recommended in the letter.
Hussain also said that Talpur and many other political leaders have been receiving threats from extremists. He appealed to the court to direct the respondents to provide 24-hour special security cover to the petitioner and allow the MNA to use a vehicle with factory-fitted tinted glasses.
After hearing the preliminary arguments, the bench told the deputy attorney general and the Sindh advocate general to also file their replies.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2012.