‘Illegal’ removal: Rao Anwar hurdles suspension
Rao Anwar. PHOTO: NNI
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) expelled on Monday notices to a provincial arch secretary, a IG and advocate-general (AG) on a petition filed by former Malir SSP Rao Anwar severe his cessation for impediment Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) personality Khawaja Izharul Hasan.
SSP Anwar pronounced a MQM leader, nominated in dual FIRs underneath supplies of a Pakistan Penal Code, a Telegraph Act and a Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), was compulsory for investigation. He confirmed that to equivocate any unfavourable situation, given a indicted is a personality of a distinguished domestic celebration of Karachi and also a antithesis personality in a provincial assembly, he supervised a raid with a vast military fortuitous though a domestic firestorm was deliberately combined to make a emanate controversial.
The postulant combined that Hasan was arrested between 3pm to 3:30pm on Friday, adding that before they had started their interrogation, he was sensitive that a arch secretary had dangling him on a directives of a arch minister. He argued that no reason for a cessation was assigned, adding that a cessation sequence antiquated Sep 16 even differently is though office and malafide in law.
The judges were sensitive that later, review officer (IO) Muhammad Hussain Chandio pronounced he was educated by comparison supervision and military officials to pass an sequence releasing Hasan underneath Section 497 (2) of a Criminal Procedure Code. The IO filed a news accordingly with a efficient court, that had nonetheless to pass an sequence on it.
“It is impending to discuss that a indicted was expelled merely on directives of a IG and before to a sequence of a endangered IO underneath territory 497 (2),” forked out Barrister Salahuddin Ahmed, adding that “since a matter falls underneath a ATA, a capitulation of a efficient justice is required for such a recover though it is not present.”
The counsel argued that given his client’s cessation sequence is not final, it is hence not germane underneath Section 4 of a Sindh Service Tribunal Act 1973. Therefore, he invoked inherent office of a court, pleading to set aside a cessation orders and curb a arch secretary and IG from holding any serve action, not singular to his stop from service.
Headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, a two-judge dais destined a respondents to record comments on Sep 27.
Hasan gets bail
Meanwhile, another SHC dais postulated protecting bail to Hasan for 7 days in tie with 3 cases purebred underneath charges of aggressive media houses in Karachi final month and facilitating a hatred debate by Altaf Hussain opposite a armed army in Jul final year.
Advocate Anand Kumar argued that all a cases were fake as a applicant was not benefaction in a nation on both occasions. Apprehending arrest, Kumar pleaded to a justice to extend protecting bail to his client, who was prepared to obey before a hearing court.
Headed by Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh, a two-judge dais postulated protecting bail theme to furnishing collateral of Rs50,000 any in 3 cases for one week. A notice was also expelled to a prosecutor ubiquitous to record comments.
Published in The Express Tribune, Sep 20th, 2016.
Article source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1184368/illegal-removal-rao-anwar-challenges-suspension/