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Review board to take up Saeed case on 21st

November 18, 2017
Our correspondent
LAHORE :The Lahore High Court on Friday adjourned hearing of a petition of Jamatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed against his detention to wait for a decision on the matter by a provincial review board.
As Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmad resumed hearing of the petitioner, a deputy attorney general stated that a provincial review board comprising judges of the high court was scheduled to take up detention matter of Hafiz Saeed on November 21.
He said the court should adjourn hearing of the petition until decision of the review board. The judge accepted the request and deferred the hearing until November 22.
A provincial review board, comprising three Lahore High Court judges on October 18, had approved one-month extension to detention of Hafiz Saeed while turned down a request of the government for extending detention of his (Saeed) aides.
The board approved extension to the detention period of Hafiz Saeed for one month while refused to extend detention of other four leaders Qazi Kashif Niaz, Prof Zafar Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Abdullah Ubaid.
The Punjab government had detained the JuD leaders under Maintenance of Pubic Order as recommended by the federal government.acting chief Justice: Senior puisne judge of the Lahore High Court, Justice Muhammad Yawar Ali on Friday took oath as acting chief justice.
Senior judge Justice Muhammad Anwarul Haq administered oath to Justice Yawar Ali in a ceremony held in judges’ lounge of the Lahore High Court. Besides the LHC judges, Advocate General Punjab, federal and provincial law officers, the Lahore High Court Bar Association office-bearers attended the ceremony. Justice Yawar Ali would serve as acting-chief justice until return of Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah who left for London to attend an international conference.
Notices: The Lahore High Court Friday issued notices to the Punjab government and inspector general police on a petition moved by chairman of his own faction of Pakistan Ulema Council Allama Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi challenging the government's decision about withdrawal of his police security.
The cleric through his counsel Muhammad Azhar Siddique pleaded that the police suspended his security in reaction to his criticism on an amendment introduced to new election law by the government about declaration of belief in finality of Prophethood.
He stated that the impugned act of the government was based on mala fide, without jurisdiction, and violation of his fundamental rights enshrined under the Constitution.
Ashrafi said he had been facing serious life threats at the hands of terrorist organisations and the government was also aware of the situation.
Even several terrorists attacks have been carried out on him, he added. He said a representation filed before the chief secretary last week for restoration of the security squad has not been decided so far. The petitioner prayed to the court to order the respondents to restore his security squad in view of serious threat alerts which have been received by him from terrorist organisations. After hearing preliminary arguments, Justice Abdul Sami Khan issued notices to respondents for November 28.