0
LAHORE, Nov 17: A local lawyer after removing the objection of the Lahore High Court office on Monday re-filed the write petition before the LHC challenging the increase in salaries and allowances of parliamentarians. He asked the court to direct the government to withdraw this increase.
The LHC office, while he raising objection to the application, had directed the petitioner to file the copy of the original notification along with the petition.
Advocate M.D. Tahir, in his fresh application, pleaded that he tried his level best to find out the original notification, but it was not available anywhere. The decision had been taken at a high-level meeting and announced by the prime minister, he said.
He further pleaded that as the Sindh High Court had already entertained an identical petition, the LHC should also admit his petition.
Citing the Supreme Court verdict, he prayed that since the notification had not been made public, courts could entertain such petitions.
PLEA DISMISSED: An accountability bench of the lahore High Court on Monday dismissed the bail application of patwari Muhammad Hanif, a co-accused in the Pak-Arab Refinery Company (PARCO) scam reference.
The bench comprising Justice Tassadaq Husain Jillani and Justice Bashir A Mujahid observed that the court could not entertain such an accused, who committed fraud with public and the state.
The counsel for the NAB, opposing the bail application, contended that the petitioner had withdrawn Rs4.3 million from the Allied Bank, Faisalabad, through fake vouchers.
On the other hand, the petitioner’s counsel said his client was not a patwari and was declared patwari for having resemblance with his namesake while he had no concern with the reference. He said the main accused, Muratab Ali Shah, had withdrawn Rs4.3 million through the petitioner’s identity card so he was also cheated.
BAIL GRANTED: An accountability bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday granted bail to Mirza Mehboob Alam, a contractor of the irrigation department and co-accused in a reference, against XEN Manzar Qayyum and others on medical grounds.
The court, directing the petitioner to deposit bail bonds of Rs500,000 before the trial court, observed that the Supreme Court had granted bails in such cases and the court was bound to obey SC orders in this regard.
The NAB alleged that the accused in connivance with his co-accused had allegedly embezzled Rs22.5 million during the construction of an embankment along the Sutlej in 1995. —PPI
