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Petition against Hamid Mir disposed off
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The Lahore High Court disposed of on Monday a petition filed by the son of a slain former ISI man seeking registration of a case against a TV channel anchor for the murder of his father.
Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik of LHC’s Rawalpindi bench asked petitioner Usama Khalid, son of Khalid Khawaja, to use the legal option of filing a private complaint against journalist Hamid Mir.
The petitioner through his lawyer Ayyaz Ahmed Khan Sial had said that the station house officer of Shalimar police in Islamabad was bound under the law to register the case against Mr Mir but he had refused to do so.
While disposing of the petition, the judge observed that the petitioner could use the option of moving the court through a private complaint.
Citing the SHO and a sub-inspector of Shalimar police as respondents, the petitioner had challenged the June 12 order of an additional district and sessions judge rejecting his plea to register the murder case.
The petitioner said Shalimar police had informed the court that they lacked jurisdiction because the murder of Mr Khawaja had not been committed in their area.
He alleged that the conspiracy to kill his father had been hatched in the area of Shalimar police and the travel of his father to tribal areas had been arranged by Mr Mir.
He said the justice of peace should have ordered registration of the case because a cognisable offence had been committed. He said a justice of peace could not discuss the merits of a case while hearing an application under Section 22-A of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The petitioner had attached a copy of the application submitted to Shalimar police for registration of the criminal case against the journalist and Usman Punjabi for planning and killing Khalid Khawaja.
Usama Khalid alleged that the journalist had developed ideological differences with his father on the issue of Lal Masjid operation in Islamabad and disliked him.
He alleged that Mr Mir arranged the travel of his father to the tribal area in March and Mr Khawaja trusted him because of their long-term relationship. Usama also accused the journalist of directing Usman Punjabi to kill his father.
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Nosheen Sadiq on Tue, 27th Jul 2010 4:05 pm
Hamid Mir is the most controversial but most famous journalist in Pakistan.He is controversial because he is disliked by the powerful security establishment of Pakistan who controls President and Prime Minister of the country.How can the tolerate Hamid Mir who is always behave like a "bad guy" and always raise "dirty" and "unpatriotic" questions about the role of Pakistan Army in Pakistani politics.I think Pakistan Army hatched a conspiracy against Hamid Mir just to blackmail him.Fortunately Hamid Mir survived because there was no credible evidence available against him.His media colleagues ran a baseless campaign against him for many days and now these "jealous journalists" are silent. Hamid Mir is again writing against the three-years extension given to Army chief Gen.Ashfaq Pervez Kayani. Hamid Mir must be careful.Gen.Kayani will try to target him through another conspiracy. May be this time by a beautiful girl who is often seen with Mr.Mir in a Karachi hotel. She is actually an intelligence agent.
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