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06 Lahore traders file contempt of court petition against DCo, IG LAHoRE STaff reporT
Traders of Hall Road have moved a contempt of court petition in the Lahore High Court against DCO Lahore, Punjab home secretary, and IG of Police for failing to stop nurses from holding protest rally on The Mall despite a ban imposed by the court. They accused the state functionaries showed negligence in implementing the court order of ban on protests on The Mall. Traders requested the court to take action against the violators and respondents. PETITIon To SToP SChooLS froM TAKInG ChILDrEn UnDEr 10 To TrIPS: A petition has been filed in the LHC requesting a restraining order for all schools not to take under 10 years age students out of city for trips due to apprehensions of accidents like incident of Kallar Kahar. The petitioner, Advocate Azhar Siddique submitted that the incident at Kallar Kahar had caused deaths of more than 37 citizens majority of them were children. It happened due to criminal negligence of school authorities, transporters, transport authorities, Motorway Police and the relevant government departments. He prayed the court to restrain all schools especially private schools from taking children below ten years out of station for trip.
Sunday, 27 November, 2011
CCPO reviews security arrangements for Muharram
Sapna’s father files petition against Dost LAhorE: A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court by the father of film actress Sapna Khan to become a party in the case for her recovery from the illegal custody of former Punjab chief minister Dost Mohammad Khosa. Mishal Khan, through his counsel Muhammad Azhar Siddique, submitted that a petition is pending in the LHC for the recovery of his daughter from the illegal custody of Dost Khosa. He rejected the claims that Dost had divorced her after one year of marriage. He feared that his daughter had been murdered by Dost Khosa as she was missing since the time she had married him. He prayed to the court to allow him to be a party in the petition for recovery of Sapna which was earlier filed on humanitarian basis by Judicial Activism Panel (JAP) Chairman Azhar Siddique advocate. In a reply submitted in the LHC on the petition for her recovery, Dost had admitted that he had married Sapna on June 2, 2010 and on February 28, 2011, a daughter namely Mah Gul was born from the wedlock. However, Dost claimed that on October 11, 2011, he had divorced Sapna and did not know about her present whereabouts. Mishal Khan said that Dost was misleading the court with the claims that he had divorced his daughter while she remains in his custody or has been killed by him. He said that Dost presented in the LHC a bogus divorce certificate, issued by the office of Secretary UC, Green Town, adding that neither he, nor his daughter ever lived in that area. Hence, the matter did not fall in the jurisdiction of the UC. STaff reporT
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APITAL City Police Officer (CCPO) Ahmad Raza Tahir on Saturday directed the Lahore Police to keep special security arrangements for the Zakireen and Ulema during Muharam-ulHaram during their Majalis. In his order, the CCPO directed to ensure the strict implementation of a 3-layered comprehensive checking, in order to provide foolproof security to the Moharram processions. The traffic and Thana police have been directed to jointly ensure the comprehensive checking and screening of all vehicles, motorcycles and rickshaws. The CCPO said that the Muharram processions should be provided security from each side, including the rooftops, besides blocking all routes, side lanes and roads with barbed wire. He said that patrolling system should be made even more effective to protect all the sensitive places. The CCPO directed that presence of the bomb disposal squads, along with the members of Mohalla and peace committees, ought to be ensured. The CCPO further directed that foolproof security arrangements should be made, especially at the Majalis for women with the help of the Ladies Police. He also ordered the City Traffic Police to make sure that citizens should be provided an alternate route if any road is temporarily shutdown in view of security arrangements, adding that alert wardens should be deputed at such places for the smooth flow of traffic. He said that all the entry and exit points of the venues of the Majalis will be covered and roof top deployment will be made at the Imam Bargahs, venues of the Majalis and routes of the processions. He directed that parking be made at a safe distance, preferably 200 metres,
from the venues of the Majalis and processions. The CCPO said that police officers and over 12,000 police Jawans would provide security cover to 4,000 Majalis and 640 processions, while armed personnel would also be deputed to provide security to various programmes, to be held on a daily basis. He said that 134 mobile squads, 85 motor bikes, 75 cars and 11 cars of the elite Force would also be deployed on this occasion. Similarly, Lahore Police force would provide security cover to 297 Imam Bargahas and 787 Mosques falling on the routes of the processions. Ahmad Raza Tahir said that the code of conduct would be strictly implemented during Muharram-ul-Harram and 1,068 members of the District Peace Committee would be present on the routes of the processions and Majalis. In his order, the CCPO further directed the Lahore Police to ensure that there is no impediment in the flow of the Muharram processions, for which special traffic plan has been evolved by the traffic authorities. He said that metal detectors and walk-through gates should also be used at all entry points in order to search every person, while police officials should be briefed regarding the sensitive places to deal with any untoward incident.
PML-Q takes clear stance on national issues: Mushahid LAHoRE STaff reporT
The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has always taken a clear stance on issues of corruption, as it initiated the cases regarding rental power plants (RPP) and NATO containers, PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Syed said on Saturday. He was addressing the opening day of a two-day workshop of the PML-Q Youth Wing at the Muslim League
House. Mushahid said, “The PML-Q is not in the habit of telling the people half truth and always takes a clear stand against corruption”. He said, “Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat initiated the RPPs case and I took up the NATO containers case”. The former senator said that the PML-Q believed in the policy of dialogue for resolving all issues, adding that he had asked late US diplomat Richard Holbrooke and Senator John Kerry to give visas to 20,000 youth of FATA and Waziristan for ending ex-
tremist tendencies. He said that Quaide-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah created Pakistan without the help of the establishment and UK and political forces were the only guarantee of strengthening the federation. Mushahid said that the youth and women were the binding force for Pakistan. Separately, the PMLQ Lawyers’ Wing established a cell for provision of free legal advice to nurses, as cases were being registered against them for clashes with police during their protests for their due rights.
25-year-old commits suicide LAHoRE STaff reporT
A 25-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan with a cable wire on Saturday in the Ichchra Police Station precincts. According to police, the deceased was identified as Abbas Yousaf, a resident of Bhurewala, from his CNIC, which was in his pocket. He was working as a servant at
NSPS Director Daud’s house. Inspector Anwar said that the deceased’s employer had gone to Islamabad with his family and when they returned back, they saw their servant hanging by the fan. The inspector said that the body had been hanging from the fan for more than a day and the room was filled with odour when police entered into it. Police said that the reason behind the suicide could not be determined yet but the body was sent to the morgue for autopsy.
Man shot dead by robbers LAhorE: Robbers shot dead a 40-year-old truck driver on resistance in the Chung Police precincts on Saturday. The victim was identified as Fazal Kareem, a resident of Sahiwal. He was driving a truck loaded with maize. As he reached the Shah Pur Mandi, four people in a car intercepted his truck and demanded cash. Upon resistance, the robbers opened fire on him. Fazal received bullet injuries on his head and died on the spot, while the robbers managed to flee from the scene. The Chung police have registered a case on the complaint of his brother Akbar under Section 302/92 of PPC. MAn fALLS In MAn hoLE: A 32-year-old man died by falling in an open manhole in the Qila Gujjar Singh Police precincts on Saturday. The deceased, yet to be identified, was going some where when he fell in an open man hole. The locals of the area informed Rescue 1122, who retreived the body of the deceased from the man hole. Police, after being informed, reached the spot and took the body to the city morgue. It has also made announcements in the area but no one has claimed the body yet. Fire claims valuables in 2 separate incidents Valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were gutted in two separate incidents on Saturday. In the first incident, fire broke out in the house of Muhammad Azam, a resident of DBlock, Faisal Town and reduced the valuables worth Rs 350,000 to ashes. In another incident, fire broke out in a shop of electronic appliances near Temple Road due to short circuiting. No human loss was reported in the said incidents. STaff reporT
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