the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Rauf Siddiqui, and two others, including FSCL director Raza Ali Abidi and a Shaaique, for threatening his life.
Amirul Ebad had claimed that the three men were blackmailing him and threatening of dire consequences. He said when he had approached the police station concerned to register a case against the three men but the officials declined.
He claimed the three ‘blackmailers’ had begun threatening him after he was awarded the solar energy contract for Nazeer Hussain University being executed by his Karachi-based company RAAS Systems Inc.
Amirul Ebad had also submitted an application DIG Central Feroz Shah to report the threats to his life, requesting the official to look into the matter and take action against the culprits.
Dr Shehla Amir, the wife of Amirul Ebad, had also approached the police on September 29 to register a case against Rauf Siddiqui and his ‘allies’, seeking protection from the threats to her and her family.
Dr Shehla Amir had alleged that she, her family and her company’s employees were facing serious threats by Rauf Siddiqui and his allies, identified in the application as Shaaique and Raza Abidi, following a monetary dispute.
CNG price case
The Sindh High Court directed the counsel of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to forward OGRA’s recommendations to the federal government for fixing the CNG price.
The court was hearing a petition filed by CNG station owners against fixation of CNG price by the government. The CNG station owners impugned various notifications regarding fixation of CNG price by the government.
The counsel for OGRA said that after determining the price, it was recommended to the federal government. After the federal government’s approval, the authority notified the CNG price.
The petitioner’s counsel submitted that neither OGRA nor the federal government had the power to determine the CNG price and the exercise was being done in violation of the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court. The counsel for OGRA counsel submitted that he will forward the recommendation to the federal government and the price will be later approved and notified by the regulatory authority.