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SUKKUR, Oct 18: Nine people, who were responsible for holding a jirga which declared Ms Nooran as kari, were produced in the double bench of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur on Tuesday.
They are: Ghulam Nabi, Khamiso Khan, Niaz Ali, Mohammad Saleh, Shabbir, Mohammad Ali, Ghulamullah, Sanaullah, Latif Dino and Sorah SHO Hafiz Chachar.
Ms Nooran, 50, in her statement submitted to the court said that the accused declared her kari which was a baseless charge and the people of the area including the jirga members wanted to kill her.
They also tried to kill me two days ago, and I got serious injuries.
The bench comprising Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani and Justice Ameer Hani Muslim asked all the nine persons who arranged the jirga to submit a surety of Rs50,000 each and if any harm was caused to Ms Nooran, their surety would be forfeited and cases would be registered against them.
On the occasion, all the nine people stated before the court that they never held a jirga, rather it was the dispute of a piece of land and Ghulam Nabi Chachar, husband of Nooran, wanted to kill her to usurp the land.
The court ordered SHO Sorah Hafiz Chachar to provide protection to Ms Nooran and her family members and ensure that no harm was caused to her.
Later, the case was adjourned till November 8 with a directive of personal appearance.
The court ordered the additional advocate general to ask the police authorities in the area to provide all possible protection to Nooran.
PROTEST: Hundreds of people staged a protest demonstration and a sit-in at Bunder Road on Tuesday, following the death of a heart patient, in the Civil Hospital, Sukkur “due to negligence of the doctors.”
One Naseeruddin was admitted to the Deewan Mushtaq Coronary Care Unit of the Civil Hospital three days ago for heart treatment.
His relatives claimed that Naseeruddin remained admitted to the hospital for three days but doctors did not pay proper attention to him.
They alleged that last night his conditions worsened and instead of the doctors, a sweeper of the hospital administered an injection to him and soon after that he expired.
Following his death, the enraged relatives of the deceased scuffled with the staff of the hospital as a result two ward boys Ali Hassan and Pervaiz and a nurse Rehana got injured.
In the meantime “C” section police reached on the spot and controlled the situation. But the police withdrew when the protesters introduced themselves as activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
On the other hand, adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister, Nusrat Aziz, rushed to the hospital and assured the protesters of proper action.
Later, the protesters blocked the Bunder Road for about two hours by putting the body of the deceased on the road.
Chanting slogans against the doctors and other staff of the hospital, they alleged they were responsible for the death of Naseeruddin.
They said that the duty doctors never attend the patients rather the task is assigned to the nurses, ward boys and sweepers.
They demanded of the Sindh chief minister and provincial health minister to take action against the responsible doctors.
In the meantime, nurses of the civil hospital, Sukkur, also staged a protest demonstration, after boycotting their duties and demanded arrest of the persons for maltreating the hospital staff.
They further threatened that if the accused were not arrested, a strong protest movement would be launched.
