KARACHI, Oct 14: The Sindh High Court issued on Monday notice to Safe Air International and its chief executive, Captain Tariq Mahmood Khan, for Oct 24 in a suit for the recovery of Rs13 million.
The suit was filed by the Civil Aviation Authority.
The plaintiff maintains that the defendant was given an airline licence and an air operator certificate (AOC) in June 1999. Three rooms and another room on level II and I of Jinnah Terminal besides open and covered space was provided to the defendant for its air operation, maintains the plaintiff.
The plaintiffs maintained that the defendant paid dues from Dec 1999 up to June 2000 and then defaulted. They made no payment till the cessation of operation in March 2001.
As their airline operation became a matter of serious concern as regards safety and operational concern, on June 13 an AOC inspection was made and subsequently the operation of Safe Air was suspended on 6-12-2000. The defendant failed
in honouring its pledges/undertaking for making payment of dues.
The court was prayed to issue a decree against the defendants in the sum of Rs13.048m.
HARASSMENT PLEA: Justice Ghulam Rabbani of the Sindh High Court disposed of a constitutional petition alleging harassment by the Model Colony police.
Captain Bagh Ali (retd) moved the court against alleged harassment by persons belonging to land mafia, including the area councillor and policemen of Model Colony police station.
As counsel for the state assured the court that no harassment would be caused to the petitioner, the court disposed of the petition.
Hearing put off: A division bench of the Sindh High Court adjourned on Monday the hearing of an anti-terrorism appeal filed by the state against the acquittal of three accused of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan.
The bench comprised Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffrey.
Earlier, the accused, Dildar Husain alias Dilawar Husain, Shehzad Masood and Mohammed Rashid, were produced in the court amid tight security.
The accused sought time to engage a counsel for their defence at which the court put off the hearing. The court also gave seven days to the state to file the address of the absconder, Mohammed Asif Ramzi.
The accused were acquitted by an Anti-terrorism Court of Judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon on 26-6-2002 in the murder case of Imtiaz Ali and Mohammed Abbas.
The bench disbelieved the evidence, including the alleged testimony of the eyewitness, and acquitted the accused of double-murder charge against which the appeal was filed.
According to the prosecution, the accused shot dead Imtiaz and Abbas on 9-2-2001.—APP
