LHC forms full bench to hear pleas against PTI Islamabad lockdown
The bench has been directed to commence hearing from October 26.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Chief Justice of Lahore High Court (LHC) Mansoor Ali Shah on Monday has formed a full bench to hear pleas filed against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) call of Islamabad lockdown due on November 2.
During the proceeding, CJ LHC ordered the three-member bench headed by senior judge Shahid Hameed Dar to commence hearing from October 26.
The other judges of the bench include Justice Anwar-ul-Haq and Qasim Khan.
It is pertinent to mention here that local citizen Atif Sattar submitted a petition against PTI stating that the freedom of natives cannot be compromised due to so-called protests.
Earlier, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan announced to shut the federal capital on November 2. Khan hadseized on the Panama Papers scandal as a fresh opportunity to try to unseat Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Leaked documents from the Mossack Fonseca law firm in Panama in April showed Sharif’s sons Hassan and Hussain, and daughter Maryam, owned at least three offshore holding companies registered in the British Virgin Islands.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which studied the papers, said those companies had engaged in at least $25 million in property and acquisition deals.
Nawaz Sharif has claimed his children have done nothing illegal, but opponents accuse the family of using the tax haven to launder stolen money and dodge taxes.
