03 November 2004	Wednesday	19 Ramazan 1425

KARACHI, Nov 2: A division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Wahid Bux Brohi and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery, on Tuesday issued notice to the state for Nov 12 on a bail plea filed by Dr Akmal Waheed and Dr Arshad Waheed.

Earlier, an anti-terrorism court for Karachi dismissed the bail applications filed by them on the plea that the case was in initial stages and important prosecution witnesses were yet to be examined.

Both the doctor brothers are facing a case registered by the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Police. They were charged with having links with a terrorist organization, arranging training for terrorists, collecting funds, providing medical treatment to alleged terrorist injured during a terrorist activity.

M Ilyas Khan and Shaukat Hayat will represent the accused. The applicants maintained that so far the evidence recorded by the trial court absolve them of all charges they were charge- sheeted for. It was also maintained that no prosecution witness implicated them and there is no material before the trial court sufficient for their conviction and sentence. The bench after hearing the initial arguments by the counsel for the petitioners, issued notice to the AG Sindh for Nov 12.

APNS PETITION: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, comprising Chief Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad and Justice Maqbool Baqer, on Tuesday adjourned hearing of a constitutional petition filed by the All-Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) to a date to be fixed later by the office of the court.

The adjournment came as Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, counsel for the petitioner, was on a general adjournment. The petitioner has challenged the wage award through this petition.

CONTEMPT CASE: A division bench of High Court of Sindh, comprising Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim, on Tuesday appointed Nazir of SHC as commissioner to inspect five allegedly constructed buildings in Delhi Colony and to submit a report by Nov 8.

The bench was hearing a contempt application filed by Ms Fatima Begum against the Director of Military Lands, Rawalpindi, Director General of Military Lands, Karachi region, executive officer, Clifton Cantonment Board, CCB officials and owners of five plots who have allegedly constructed multistory buildings.-APP