PHC dismisses writ petition of Azam Hoti’s widow

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday dismissed the writ petition of Humaira Azam Hoti, the widow of Azam Khan Hoti, filed against the NAB notice that had summoned her for the alleged transactions from her bank account.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel and Justice Irshad Qaiser dismissed the writ petition after hearing arguments from both the sides.
Earlier, the court had barred the NAB from interrogating Humaira Hoti for transactions from her bank account till next order of the court. She had filed a writ petition in the PHC, requesting the court to stop NAB from interrogating her, as the bureau did not have a woman officer.
The NAB’s senior prosecutors Muhammad Jamil and Umar Farooq submitted before the bench that the bureau had issued notice to the petitioner through its female investigator.
They submitted that huge suspected transactions were made from Humaira Hoti’s bank account. The NAB had issued notice to her to probe into huge financial transactions from Humaira’s account.