PESHAWAR – Arrest warrants have been issued for KP Police Chief byPeshawar High Court.
As per the media report, the Peshawar High Court has issued bailablewarrants against the provincial home secretary and inspector general ofpolice (IGP) over their failure to submit replies in a case.
The provincial high court issued the warrants on Friday after the topofficials failed to submit reply against an appeal filed by a schoolteacheragainst the placement of his name in the Fourth Schedule to theAnti-Terrorism Act.
Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Abdul Shakoor expressed dismayat the two officials’ non-compliance with the court orders and observedthat it would be appropriate to issue their warrants.
During the hearing, Additional Advocate General Waqar Ahmad Khan informedthe bench that the respondents were informed about the court orders butthey didn’t comply.
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The petitioner, Fakhr-i-Alam, had argued that not only his name was placedin the Fourth Schedule but he hadn’t receive a salary for more than twoyears as his bank account was blocked.
Alam’s counsel, Javed Akhtar argued that his client worked in theGovernment Primary School No 2 Adezai, Peshawar, and learned recently thatthe government had included his name in the Fourth Schedule; the schedulecarries the names of persons having links with terrorist outfits.
