The Islamabad High Court has summoned Deputy Commissioner Muhammed Hamza Shafqaat in the DHA land acquisition case and asked him to submit a written reply in the case. The case has been filed by two widows claiming that DHA has acquired their 188-kanal land in Sihala. Chief Justice Athar Minallah remarked that the DC should explain under what law has the land been acquired. Deputy Attorney General Syed Muhammad Tayyab Shah appeared in court on the behalf of the federal government. The hearing has been adjourned till September 6. In July, the court extended the stay on the acquisition process. The petitioners claimed that land can be acquired in public interest only aft.
IHC asks if India serious in pursuing Jadhav case
Directs federal govt to ask India if it wants to follow up on Kulbhushan case; adjourns hearing till February 3
Kulbhushan Jadhav. SCREEN GRAB
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) directed the federal government on Thursday to ask the Indian government whether it wanted to follow/plead the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav.
A larger bench headed by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the Ministry of Law s plea regarding provision of counsel to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav for the implementation of the International Court of Justice s (ICJ) decision.