IHC gives interior minister 48-hour deadline to end Faizabad sit-in
IHC has issued contempt notices to the interior secretary, chief commissioner and Islamabad IG.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has on Monday issued contempt of court notices to the interior secretary, chief commissioner, deputy commissioner and Islamabad inspector general, and gave a 48-hour deadline to Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal to end the Faizabad sit-in.
According to details, Ahsan Iqbal asked the court to give him 48 hours to disperse the protesters, and his request was upheld. The court told the minister to do whatever is required and adjourned the hearing till November 23.
The Islamabad High Court had summoned Ahsan Iqbal and interior secretary today at 11:30 AM for not ensuring the implementation of court’s order in which it had directed the government to end the Faizabad sit-in immediately.
The IHC also turned down the federation’s request to conduct the hearing inside the judge’s chamber and remarked that those times have gone when proceedings and reports were kept secret. The court said everything will be done by keeping the nation in confidence.
Hearing the sit-in case, Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui commented that the Faizabad sit-in is a result of administration’s incompetence and connivance. The management will be charged with contempt of court case, the judge added.
The deputy attorney general told that the matter is very sensitive and cannot be disclosed in public, upon which Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui remarked that the court will address the nation to let it know that the judiciary is not being allowed to work freely.
