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PHC grants protective bail to Bushra Bibi

October 29, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court(PHC) has ordered not to arrest the Bushra Bibi, wife of Pakistan Tehreek Insaf(PTI) founder in the listed cases and sought the details of the cases.

A 2-member bench comprising Justice Shakeel Ahmed and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah of Peshawar High Court heard the petition filed for providing details of cases against Bushra Bibi.

During the hearing, the court asked Bushra Bibi’s lawyer that there will be no case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On this, the lawyer said that there is no case here, so Bushra Bibi has appeared before court hear.

Justice Sahibzada Asadullah said that “If there is no case against Bushra Bibi, can we give security guarantee for other provinces. On this, lawyer Qazi Anwar Advocate said that if there are cases in other provinces, they can take protective bail from here, the leaders of other provinces have already been given bail”.

The court directed the Attorney General’s Office to submit a report related to the cases against the petitioner and to provide the details of the cases to the petitioner while National Accountability Bureau(NAB), Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and other parties to submit the report within 14 days.

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Appellate Tribunal declares Murad Saeed eligible for Senate election

March 25, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: The Appellate Tribunal declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Murad Saeed eligible for the Senate elections.

Appellate Tribunal judge Justice Shakeel Ahmed heard Murad Saeed’s appeal. The tribunal accepted Murad Saeed’s appeal.

Apart from this, the Appellate Tribunal approved the nomination papers of PTI leader Azam Swati to contest the general seat of the Senate.

The tribunal dismissed appeals against the acceptance of the nomination papers of Dilawar Khan, Rubina Khalid, Fida Mohammad, and Azhar Mashwani.

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PHC stops NA reserved seat members from taking oath

March 6, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court(PHC) stopped the Speaker National Assembly from administering oaths from reserved seat members.

Peshawar High Court Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Shakeel Ahmed heard the petition filed against the Election Commission’s decision on the allocation of reserved seats.

The court issued a restraining order till tomorrow, preventing the elected members from taking oath on reserved seats.

The Peshawar High Court ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to submit the answer by tomorrow and asked whether the court can be approached for reserved seats.

The court has issued notices to the Attorney General and Advocate General for judicial assistance and has sent the case to the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court for the formation of a larger bench.

It may be remembered that the Election Commission of Pakistan had issued a decision by 1-4 while rejecting the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council for specific seats, while Member Punjab Babar Hasan Bharwana wrote a dissenting note.

The ECP had rejected the request of the Sunni Ittehad Council for specific seats and declared that the SIC does not deserve the quota of seats reserved for women and minorities.

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PHC dismisses PTI plea to conduct election under judicial supervision

January 25, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court(PHC) rejected the request of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to conduct the general elections under judicial supervision.

Justice Shakeel Ahmed of Peshawar High Court dismissed the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s petition while pronouncing a reserved decision on PTI’s application, the written decision of which will be issued later.

It should be noted that PTI had requested to conduct the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the supervision of the judiciary.

PTI’s lawyer Muazzam Ali Khan pleaded in the court that PTI is not being provided with a level playing field for the election, we do not have faith in the Election Commission of Pakistan, Returning Officers(ROs), District Returning Officers(DROs) and bureaucracy.

PTI’s lawyer said that it is not possible to conduct a transparent election under the current bureaucracy, so we want the elections to be conducted under the supervision of judicial law officers.

After hearing the arguments, the Peshawar High Court had reserved its decision on the petition of PTI.

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Judge Election Tribunal reserves decision on appeal of Atif Khan

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 by Abid Khan

PESHAWAR: Election Tribunal Judge Justice Shakeel Ahmed reserved a decision on the appeal of former minister Atif Khan against the rejection of his nomination papers by the Returning Officer.

During a hearing on the appeal of the former provincial minister, the judge remarked that the people were the best judges in elections and they could elect whomever they wanted.

He said that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court had already made it clear that no one could be “Sadiq” and “Ameen” except Hazrat Muhammad (SWT). He questioned the lawyer of the Election Commission whether the nomination paper of an absconder could be rejected.

The EC lawyer referred to a judgment of the Sindh High Court and another of the Balochistan High Court. The petitioner’s lawyer contended that Atif Khan’s papers were rejected due to an FIR and in the light of a decision of the Balochistan High Court.

He argued that the Balochistan High Court’s decision applied to local body election candidates and not to the candidates of national and provincial assemblies.

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