Tag: Salman Akram Raja

  • 190 Million Pound Case, Nab Got Permission To Investigate In Jail

    190 Million Pound Case, Nab Got Permission To Investigate In Jail

     Canada Global(Web News)Accountability Court of Islamabad has allowed NAB to investigate in jail for 10 days on the request of Chairman PTI in the 190 million pound corruption case.

    According to the details, the 190 million pounds corruption case was heard in Adiala Jail by Judge Muhammad Bashir of the Accountability Court and the NAB Prosecutor reserved the decision after the arguments on Imran Khan’s ten-day physical remand were completed.

    NAB Prosecutor Muzaffar Abbasi made a written request for 10-day physical remand and gave arguments. Chairman PTI’s lawyer Salman Safdar opposed the physical remand and requested for judicial remand.

    Judge Muhammad Bashir of the Accountability Court rejected the NAB’s request for a ten-day physical remand of Imran Khan and said that the Chairman PTI will be interrogated by the NAB team in Adiala Jail and he will remain in jail on judicial remand. .

    The court adjourned the request for physical remand of Chairman PTI till November 17 and directed NAB to investigate Chairman PTI in jail and postponed the hearing till November 17.

    Sources say that Chairman PTI will be presented before the judge of the Accountability Court on November 17.

    Sources say that the Accountability Court gave a delayed decision while waiting for a safe decision on the request of PTI Chairman Islamabad High Court. When Judge Muhammad Bashir reached Adiala Jail, the hearing of the cipher case was going on. Judge Muhammad Bashir had to wait till three o’clock for the hearing of the cipher case in the jail.

    The waiting of Latif Khosa and Salman Akram Raja also caused delay in the hearing, the lawyers of NAB and chairman PTI argued for one and a half to two hours.

    It should be noted that a day ago, NAB had arrested and investigated Imran Khan in the 190 million pound case.

    The government approved the trial of Imran Khan in jail, after which the Ministry of Justice and Law issued an official notification.

  • Pakistan. Supreme Court declared the trial of civilians in military courts as illegal

    Pakistan. Supreme Court declared the trial of civilians in military courts as illegal

    Canada Global(Web news)The Supreme Court declared the trial of civilians in military courts as illegal and ordered all the accused of May 9 to be tried in ordinary courts.

    According to Express News, the Supreme Court today heard the petitions of the civilians against the trial in the military courts, in which the court reserved the decision and pronounced it some time ago.

    The verdict was delivered by a five-member larger bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan, which included Justice Mazahir Naqvi, Justice Ayesha Malik, Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Yahya Afridi. The Supreme Court delivered the decision by a four-to-one majority, allowing petitions against the trial of civilians in military courts.

    In its decision, the court declared Section Two-D-One of the Military Act unconstitutional and ordered all the accused to be tried by ordinary courts. The court decided that depending on the nature of the crime of the accused, the cases should be tried in ordinary courts. The court also declared Section 59(4) of the Official Secrets Act unconstitutional.

    The court dismissed 9 miscellaneous petitions on grounds of withdrawal. A 5-member larger bench headed by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan heard the case. Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Mazahir Naqvi and Justice Ayesha Malik were included in the bench.

    Jawad S. Khawaja’s lawyer Ahmed Hussain appeared at the beginning of the hearing. He said that I would like to read the order of the previous hearing.

    The head of the bench, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, said that in the last hearing, the Attorney General was on the rostrum, so let the Attorney General finish his arguments first. Lawyer former Chief Justice Jawad Khawaja said that I want to read the order of August 3 in front of the court, on which Justice Ejazul Hasan said that we have read that order.

    Justice Ejaz-ul-Hassan, talking to the Attorney General, said that Mr. Attorney General, you should give the final arguments, then we will see how to proceed with the court proceedings.

    Lawyer Salman Akram Raja said that military courts have started the trial of civilians despite giving assurances in the court, to which Justice Ejaz-ul-Ahsan said that we are aware of this, we will listen to the Attorney General first

    The Attorney General argued that I will give a summary of the previous hearing and I will explain why constitutional amendment was not necessary for the present trial, I will also discuss Article 175, I will also read the paragraph of Liaquat Hussain case, 21 I will also give arguments in the light of the decision of the 1st Constitutional Amendment and I will also answer the question whether the status of the accused is obtained after the indictment.

    The Attorney General assured the court that the May 9 accused will be tried in military courts in the same manner as civil courts, evidence will be recorded and detailed reasons will also be written in the decision.