SC seeks progress report in Perween Rahman’s murder case

Karachi
The Supreme Court directed police on Tuesday to submit a report on the progress police had made in tracing the people who had murdered the Orangi Pilot Project director and social activist Perween Rahman in 2013.
A three-member apex court bench headed by Justice Amir Hani Muslim was hearing the petition seeking the formation of a judicial commission to probe Rehman’s murder.
Rahman, who was working for safeguarding the rights of the poor people living on outskirts of the city, was killed on March 13, 2013 in Peerabad.
DIG West Feroz Shah submitted that police had found clues and sought time to file the progress report as the investigation officer of the case, SSP Pir Mohammad Shah, was on leave.
Granting time, the court directed the DIG to submit the progress report on the next date of hearing.

Fishermen Cooperative Society
The Sindh High Court issued notices to the fisheries and livestock secretary, the chairman and vice chairman of the Fishermen Cooperative Society and others on a petition filed by 15 employees against the termination of their service.
The petitioners, Waheed and 14 other suspended employees, submitted that they were removed from their service without any legal notice by the former chairman Dr Nisar Ahmed Morai and other officials of the top management.
They said the management was facing charges of corruption and illegal practice and had fled the country. They prayed to the court to restrain the society to declare their termination letters illegal and restrain the authority concerned from materialising them.

Detention cases
The high court directed the SSP Thatta and others to file comments on a petition against the harassment and detention of two villagers by police.
The petitioner, Sher Ali Marri, submitted that he and his family were residing in the Kohistan area near Jhimpir for several decades.
He submitted that some influential people of the area wanted to dispossess his family of their land in connivance with police.
He alleged that the Jhimpir police had taken away Shakar Khan Mari and Gul Mohammad Mari from the village and harassing his family on directives of the respondents. An SHC division bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar issued notices to the Sindh advocate general, the SSP Thatta and others and directed them to file comments on the petition.
The court also directed the federal and provincial law officers, the IGP and the Rangers DG to file comments on a petition against the illegal detention of the citizens including government employees allegedly by the law enforcement agencies.
The petitioners, Rehana and Zareen Bano, submitted that police and other law enforcement agencies had whisked away Abdul Waqar and Abdul Qadir from Bazarta Lines and Baldia Town respectively and their whereabouts were unknown.
They said the two men were government employees and had nothing to do with any criminal activities.
The court was prayed to declare the arrest and detention of the two men illegal and direct the respondents to release them if they were not required in any cases.