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SC Adjourns Hearing of Tareen Disqualification Case till Oct 23

Islamabad (October 19, 2017): The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing of a petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Secretary General Jahangir Tareen till October 23m 2017.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Faisal Arab heard the case filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and the party’s secretary general Jahangir Tareen over non-disclosure of assets, owning offshore companies as well as allegedly receiving funds for PTI from prohibited sources.

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The court issued notice to Additional Attorney General seeking opinion on Sections 15-A and 15-B of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Act.

The chief justice said that the court would hear the miscellaneous application filed by Imran Khan regarding the money trial on Monday.During the hearing, the Chief Justice expressed his anger over TV talks shows, saying that bench members observations and remarks were not decision rather dialogue between the judges and lawyers, but talks shows are conducted on the basis of these remarks.

The CJP remarked that those conducting talk shows were ignorant of the laws and court proceedings.

The CJP said that the court was showing extreme restrains and cautions. He revealed that he was receiving messages on mobile phone stating that the SC’s honor and dignity was at stake. “We are being urged in these messages to taken action whatever was being said about SC,” he commented.

He said that he had immense tolerance and he had to see everything in national interests. He said that people should criticize SC judgment but not to target the institution.During last hearing, the court had noted that the money trail submitted by PTI Chairman Imran Khan regarding a sum of nearly 100,000 pounds was inconsistent. A day before, Imran Khan had submitted additional documents before the apex court, seeking to provide a money trail of nearly 100,000 pounds that the SC had raised questions over. The chief justice had remarked that the record of the sum was being submitted before the court in pieces and was inconsistent.

He also noted that Imran had not yet submitted any record before the court to help determine whether or not the amount had been spent on legal fees. Justice Umar Ata Bandial had remarked that no record had been provided regarding 27,000 pounds out of the total sum. Imran’s counsel, Advocate Naeem Bukhari had told the court that on May 26, 2003, the PTI chief’s former wife, Jemima Khan, had transferred 93,000 pounds to Imran for the purchase of the Bani Gala property.

He added that the amount was received by Imran in pieces; he first received 40,000 pounds and then 42,000 pounds. The court ordered the petitioner Hanif Abbasi to file his response before the bench. Advocate Sikandar Mohmand counsel for Jahangir Tareen told the bench that his client had submitted all the records pertaining to 18,566 acres of land which Tareen acquired through a lease.The bench asked Sikander Mohmand that his client has yet to submit khusrabandi and malia records which the bench had sought during a hearing on Oct 5 along with other relevant revenue records showing how much money Tareen had paid to the lessor to get lease of 18,566 acres of land in 2010 as well as evidence proving that he had earned around Rs1.6 billion agriculture income from the said land.

Justice Umer Ata Bandial remarked that Tareen did not submit details of tax on land. The lawyer told the court that records of the tax paid by Tareen on water and electricity have been furnished before the court. He maintained that the owner of the land and not his client was liable to pay taxes on the land. The Chief Justice observed that as the payment was made through cross cheque, as there any other evidence of payment to the land owner.

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