SC sets aside LHC judgmentBy Our correspondentISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday restored five-year imprisonment of Shah Hussain, who stabbed law student Khadija Siddiqui 23 times in Lahore in May 2016 after setting aside the judgment of Lahore High Court (LHC) acquitting him in June 2018.The court after restoring the conviction ordered the law enforcement agencies to take Shah Hussain into custody and proceed in accordance with law. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justice Maqbool Baqir and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah heard the appeal filed by Khadija Siddiqui against the LHC verdict acquitting Shah Hussain, her attacker and class fellow.“For reasons to be recorded later on, this instant appeal is allowed and the judgment delivered by Lahore High Court is set aside while the Sessions Judge’s decision of March 2018, convicting and sentencing the accused for various offences are restored”, Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa announced a short order after a short break and after hearing to the counsels for both the parties. The court directed the law enforcing agencies to take the accused Shah Hussain into custody and proceed with in accordance with law. After the announcement of the court order, Khadija Siddiqui, present in the court room along with her friends and parents embraced with one another with joys. Similarly, her father and mother also present in the courtroom looked happy and received congratulations from near and dear ones.Today’s order of the court is a victory for every woman of the country, striving for getting justice”, said jubilant Siddiqui while addressing the media outside the Supreme Court. She lauded the verdict of the apex court, providing her justice adding that truth always prevails. “The apex court verdict has proved that even if you misuse your powers, you cannot escape the truth forever”, Siddiqui said adding that today’s decision is a victory for every woman.She also praised the role, played by the media in her case, giving day to day coverage the proceedings of her case. Similarly, Shah Hussain, the accused who also argued before the court on the request made by his counsel Khalid Rajnah at the end of the proceedings, waiting for the court’s order while talking to media men was sure that his conviction would be restored. As per court order, Shah Hussain when came out of courtroom No 1 along with his lawyer, father as well as his legal team, was taken into custody by the police, present in the premises of the court.Meanwhile, the Supreme Court (SC) dismissed a plea seeking the disqualification of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali for holding dual citizenship. A three-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Muneeb Akhtar and Justice Yahya Afridi, heard a petition filed by Roshan Ali Buriro of the Sindh United Party demanding that Shah be disqualified on account of his dual nationality. The court dismissed petition with the ruling that the petitioner could not provide solid evidence in the matter and failed to satisfy it.During the hearing, Justice Umer Ata Bandyal observed that the Sindh chief minister had renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2013 therefore, he could not be disqualified on those grounds. The court noted that the petitioner's intent was questionable as he was a political opponent of Shah. “Prima facie we did not find any reasonable grounds for disqualification of the respondent (CM)”, Justice Umer Ata Bandial observed.It is pertinent to mention here that petitioner Buriro had earlier filed a similar appeal with a returning officer which was also rejected. Later on, he approached the Sindh High Court for remedy however, the learned High Court Sindh also dismissed his petition and finally he moved to the Supreme Court. Taking up the matter on Wednesday, the apex court noted that the appellant had not challenged the returning officer's verdict in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which is the relevant legal forum, and instead approached the high court.Meanwhile, the court dismissed the instant petition.
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Thursday, January 24, 2019
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