The Lahore High Court directed on October 3rd to take steps to establish adefinite connection between PTI’s chairman Imran Khan’s nephew, HassanNiazi, and his father Hafeezullah Niazi. After that, Hafeezullah Niazi methis son Hassan Niazi today.
Hafeezullah Niazi expressed gratitude on social media for the firstmeeting with Hassan Khan Niazi and mentioned that Hassan Niazi is inexcellent health. He also thanked Allah for his son’s strength in the faceof unforeseen violence and torture to him.
Regarding the cases related to the May 9th incidents of violence and arson,Hassan Khan Niazi was arrested on August 13th and a hearing on the recoveryof Hassan Niazi took place in Lahore High Court on August 18th.
The police report indicated that Hassan Niazi had been handed over to themilitary for investigation and trial. The Punjab government’s lawyer statedthat Hassan Niazi was handed over to the military, and he was nominated inthe Jinnah Hospital attack case as a central suspect.
In the military courts’ trial proceedings for Hassan Niazi, his father,Hafeezullah Niazi, had filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The petitionnamed the federal government of Pakistan and the provincial governments ofPunjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan as parties.
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The petition also included the Chief Secretary of Islamabad, the ChiefSecretary of Punjab, the Chief Secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and theChief Secretary of Balochistan as parties. The petition argued that theSupreme Court has declared that no parallel judicial system can beestablished under the Constitution.
It also cited Article 10-A, which guarantees the right to a fair trial andcompliance with legal requirements, particularly in cases related to the21st Amendment. The Supreme Court had ruled in the case against the 21stAmendment that the military courts’ trials are of a temporary nature.