KARACHI, Nov 1: The Sindh High Court disposed of on Wednesday a petition moved by a family trust for restoration of its assets seized in a NAB reference against a former superintendent of police and directed the petitioner to approach the trial accountability court for claiming the ownership of the property.

Ex-SP Chudhry Nazar Mohammad is facing charges of misuse of powers and accumulating wealth and assets beyond his known sources of income. He had established a family trust and it moved the court for restoration of attached properties worth millions of rupees.

Claiming ownership of the seized properties, he requested the court to exclude properties from the National Accountability Bureau’s reference.

NAB deputy prosecutor-general Shafaat Nabi Sherwani told the court that the petitioner was misleading it as the seized properties actually belonged to the accused, who transferred his assets to his family trust in 1989. The trial court had declared the accused as absconder and ordered attachment of properties.

An SHC division bench, comprising Justices Rehmat Husain Jafri and Mrs Yasmeen Abbasey, observed after hearing arguments that the properties in question were attached by the trial court as they initially belonged to the accused and were gifted to the trust by him.

Disposing of petition, the bench directed the petitioner to approach the trial court for determination of the actual ownership of the seized properties.

Indian Movies: The exhibition of Indian movies was banned in Pakistan after the 1965 war under Section 7 of the Censorship of Films Act, 1963, (since repealed), the Central Board of Film Censors told the Sindh High Court on Wednesday.

The court was hearing petitions moved by Pakistan Film Exhibitors Association against ban on screening of Indian films in Pakistani cinemas and a production company that seeks permission for exhibition of its film Anmol Ghar’, produced before 1947.

Censor Board Vice Chairman Zakiul Haq Asghar submitted in his comments that a martial law order (No 81) promulgated on June 4, 1984, also declared films produced in India as uncertified in whole of Pakistan. A notification under the order was issued by the federal government.

The comments said it was a fact that smuggled CDs, DVDs and video cassettes are available in open market and the same are also being telecast on certain TV channels which are controlled by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority.