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SHC rejects the stay order appeals of Zardari and Talpoor

Compiled By: Muhammad Abbas

Sindh High Court (SHC) rejected the stay order appeals on Monday of the previous President Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpoor regarding the Banking Court’s decision to shift the fake accounts case to Islamabad after hearing the concerns.

Farooq H. Naek appeared on the behalf of Ex-president and his sister before the divisional bench which consists of two judges, the SHC Chief Justice, Justice Ahmed Ali M. Sheikh and Justice Omer Siyal. Zardari also appeared before the SHC.

The Chief Justice asked Farooq H. Naek during the hearing that, “if you think, what is going on, is wrong. Then, why you should not file a reference of review in the Supreme Court?”

Farooq Naek put his viewpoints before the court that, “the chairman of NAB filed a reference in banking court regarding the shifting of case, while the Chief Justice of Pakistan was never asked for transfer of case, the NAB interpreted on wrong way the Supreme Court’s decision”.

The Chief Justice asked Naek that, “what is your case? This is the SC’s decision, what is your opinion about the SC’s decision?”. Mr. Farooq replied on, that in paragraph 300 there is no demands of SC for the transfer of case to Rawalpindi”.

The Chief Justice again asked a question to H. Naek that, “if u think that the situation is against you, then why are you not filing a petition of review in the SC?”. What else there after SC’s decision? According to which legislation the NAB can proffer the additional challan?

Zardari’s Lawyer replied that, “this is not the case, when the supreme court took care of the petitions then the NAB’s chairman filed a reference in banking court”. Farooq Naek requested before the court for providing the whole record about the case, the court rejected the lawyer’s verbal plea.

The Court passed the remarks that, “after listening to the parties, the order will decide on the situation”. The Court issued a notice to NAB to appear before on March 26.

SHC passed the remarks that, “after listening to the parties, the order will be issue on the situation”. While the court accepted the appendixes of Zardari and his Sister Faryal for 10 days.

On the other hand, Asif Ali Zardari challenged the call up notice of NAB in the high court. NAB summoned Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to appear on March 20.

Ex-president Asif Zardari said two lines of poetry on the occasion of signing the appendix papers, “kiyu phirte ho udaas sardiyo Ki shamo mein, is Tarah to hota Hai is Tarah k kamo mein”, which means, “Why do you go the cold winter? So, it happens in such tasks”.