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:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Mon-:
“day removed the registrar office’s ob-.
jections to the petitions filed on behalf
of Imran and Bushra Bibi against their.
alleged solitary confinement, and di-.
‘rected that the cases be assigned regu-
‘lar numbers. However, the IHC bench
‘said that the question of maintainabil-"
ity of both the petitions would be de--
cided later on the judicial side. »

+A single bench of IHC comprising.
Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro con-
ducted hearing of the petitions filed.
by Imran’s sister Aleema Khan on be--
half of him and by Mubashra Khawar:
Maneka on behalf of Bushra Bibi, Bar-.
rister Salman Safdar and PTI Secretary:
General Salman Akram Raja appeared
before the court. During the hearing,’
Safdar argued that the registrar’s of-
dice has raised the objection that the
petitioners are not the aggrieved par-!
ties, He maintained that Aleema is the
PTI founder’s sister and Mubashra is
Bushra Bibi’s daughter. Safdar said the,
issue of alleged solitary confinement.
had previously been raised before the:

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THC removes objections to petitions
challenging Imran, Bushra’s
alleged solitary confinement

IHC Chief Justice’ during appeals.” He! " Ings, Justice Soomro asked fora copy of
added that the chief justice told us to” " the order in which the IHC Chief Justice
approach the relevant forum.          “had allegedly directed the petitioners
. Referring to previous case law, Safdar’, to appreach the relevant forum.."We
cited the Begum Shamim Afridi case-’ do not have a copy of the order: We
and said that. she had challenged the « face difficulties even in obtaining cer-
solitary confinement of her imprisoned |: tified copies,’ Safdar replied. Then, the.
husband. Justice Soomro asked counsel “court summoned NAB Prosecutor Ra-
to identify the relevant paragraph in the: fay Maqsood lo the rostrum.

Judgment confirming that the petition-... The National Accountability Bureau
er had been the prisoner’s wife. Safdar =, (NAB) prosecutor, Rafi Maqsood, con-
then read the relevant portion of the. tended. the’claims, telling the: court
ruling before the court. The lawyer said. that after meeting Imran, Safdar had
that he had not been allowed to meet.: never informed the bench that his
Bushra Bibi since December, while he’: client was being held in solitary con-
had met Imran only twice under orders: finement. He only told the court that
issued by the Chief Justice of Pakistan he had been instructed to argue the
and the Chlef Justice of the IHC. ““”"’'~":suspension of sentence applications

[  and not the appeals, the prosecutor

h  eal. Safdar responded that a miscel-

lancous application raising the issue

Bene u ‘Says question     had already been filed in the pending
of maintainability

‘of both petitions to:


‘appeals, The ‘prosecutor argued that
_the ‘miscellaneous application had
‘already been dismissed, while Safdar
_ maintained that it had not. The NAB
“prosecutor further’ contended that
, the matter could now be taken to the
_Supreme Court and could not be pur-
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Safdar argued that they do not ‘tion under Article 199.-
‘havea television and are not being ‘| The petitioner contended . that, no
provided with newspapers. Solitary “  court awarded the 744 year-old for
confinement is the harshest form of’ mer premier solitary confinement {n.
punishment, He added that there is either the Al-Qadir Trust Case or the
no mention of solitary confinement’. Toshakhana-ll case, yet jail authorities
anywhere in the judgment against » have allegedly kept him in isolation for
them and contended that even ex- nearly 22 hours a day over the last six
traordinary. prisoners can ‘only be months without any lawful sanction.
kept in solitary confinement for.14 .: Safdar requested the court to sum=
days. The. counsel further “alleged mon copies of the miscellaneous ap-
that both husband and wife are be-" plication and any related order from
Ingsubjected to inhumane.,treat, the earlier proceedings, maintaining
ment ‘and ‘claimed that they. had . that no order had been passed by the
been kept in solitary ‘confinement: chief Justice's bench on the solitary
for the past seven months without . confinement issue. After hearing the
“being allowed to meet anyone. -      : arguments, .the court. removed .the
He also referred to a previous         registrar's office's objections, directed
tition involving Prime Minister SI      ‘that the petitions be assigned regular
hbaz Sharif; saying that if no fam-* numbers, and held that the question
ily member can approach the court, | of maintainability would be. decided
then who can? During the proceed?   onthe judicial side’


Bilawal hails intelligencé-based
‘operation against terrorists:
near ‘Afghan border,

OUR STAFF REPORTER,
“2 ISLAMABAD |”

*steod shoulder to shoulder with the
“armed forces and security agencies in
ithe campaign to eliminate terrorism,
tressing that the country’s collective
resolve remained unwavering:

He said the timely action by the se-
urity forces had dealt a severe blow.
fo terrorists. and their: facilitators,
reaffirming confidence in the state’s
bility to counter security threats ef-

“In a statement, Bilawal praised ‘the   fectively. Th