Court rejects bail for ex-minister

Additional District and Sessions judges reject plea for bail by Syed Qabool Muhammad Shah in murder case.

KARACHI: Additional District and Sessions judge, West, Gulshan Ara Chandio rejected on Thursday the plea for bail by former Sindh minister Syed Qabool Muhammad Shah in the murder case of Fateh Jhakrani, son of a former judge, in Muhammad Bux Shoro village, Baldia, Hyderabad in May 2004. According to the prosecution, Shah opened fire at a vehicle in which the deceased, complainant and another man were riding. Jhakrani was killed and Talmizuddin and Ayub were injured on May 9, 2004. Talmiz lodged the FIR the next day against him. The court had reserved its orders on the bail plea on Tuesday and on Thursday announced that it had rejected the plea. Shah was brought to court in an armoured personnel carrier as according to him, his life was under threat. The case was moved to Karachi on the same grounds.

SHC issues contempt notices to IG Prisons, jailer, deputy jailer

A division bench of the High Court of Sindh (SHC) comprising Justice Gulzar Ahmed and Justice Imam Bux Baloch ordered on Thursday the issuance of contempt of court notices to the inspector general of prisons, Sindh, superintendent of the Malir district jail and the deputy jail superintendent for Nov 29.

The orders came in an application filed by an accused Hasan Brohi lodged in Malir prison as an under-trial prisoner in a number of cases. The applicant maintained that the SHC bench ordered a CT scan on his application but the alleged contemnors ignored the orders resulting in health issues. The bench asked the AAG why the orders were not followed and ordered contempt of court notices to be issued to the alleged contemnors for Nov 29.

Hasan Brohi is stated to be a personal secretary of Hakim Ali Zardari, a former MNA and former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 5^th, 2010.