“Please hold the hearing after that,” Shamim pleaded the IHC.Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan, who was also present in today’s hearing, requested the IHC to direct Shamim to present the “original” affidavit in the IHC with his written response.Let me check, I do not know which affidavit was reported in the media,” replied Shamim.The AGP also argued and asked that if a person who had submitted the affidavit didn’t know about content, then who helped to prepare the affidavit?“The affidavit was submitted on November 10 and now Rana Shamim is saying he does not know what is written in it,” he added.Justice Minallah directed Shamim to submit his written response along with the original affidavit on the next hearing. He also told the former G-B judge to submit a written response to the show-cause notice sent to him by the high court.Justice Minallah remarked that judges should face criticism and added, “Please do not drag this high court for the sake of political narratives.”The IHC later court adjourned the hearing till December 7.
Bushra Bibi’s interim release was extended till November 17 by the accountability court in the £190 million case because her attorneys were not present. Irfan Bhola, the Special NAB Prosecutor, and other witnesses appeared in court in spite of this. In addition, Bibi asked the IHC for authorization to have private meetings with her jailed husband. She added that although she was allowed to visit her husband in jail every Tuesday, she was not allowed to discuss family matters with the prison officers in attendance. She requested that the superintendent of Adiala Jail be forced by the court to allow her request for a private meeting with her spouse.
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