LHC initiates contempt proceedings against Commissioner Rawalpindi.

RAWALPINDI -- Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench Justice Sultan Tanvir Ahmed on Tuesday summoned Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Saqin Manan in a response to a contempt petition filed by owner of a private housing scheme against him for blackmailing/ harassing and pressurizing the petitioner in order to achieve his illegal desires by using his office. The court also initiated contempt proceedings against the commissioner by summoning him in person on 26 January 2023. According to details, Moeez Ahmed Khan, the owner of TopCity1 Housing Scheme, a project by Dynast Associates, through his lawyers Chaudhry Shaharyar Tariq and Hafeez Ur Rehman Chaudhry, filed a petition under section 3 of contempt of court ordinance read with article 204 of the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan for initiating contempt proceedings against the respondent Commissioner Rawalpindi Division for disobeying and disregarding the order passed by apex court on 11/1/2023. The petitioner said that the brief facts leading to instant petition are that the petitioner filed the Writ Petition No. 64/2023 before this court, wherein this court vide order dated 11: 01: 2023 restrained the respondents of the writ petition to take any adverse action against the petitioner.

He added that on 11: 01: 2023 during the proceedings the attitude of the respondent was highlighted before this court wherein the letter issued by the respondent speaks loudly about his illegal desire as the petitioner highlighted that the respondent has been blackmailing/ harassing and pressurizing the petitioner in order to achieve his illegal desires by using his office. The petitioner said that since the respondent assumed the charge of his office in Rawalpindi as commissioner, he has been harassing the petitioner against which the petitioner has filed two writ petitions before this court and this court suspended the proceedings, the order of this court was conveyed to the respondent through his office but he rather than comply with the order of this court he started asking for gratification from the petitioner. The respondent knowing this fact that the petitioner has been granted relief by this honourable court the respondent again threaten the petitioner by conducting another inquiry regarding the matter which has already decided by the competent court of law, he argued. He said that the respondent after getting frustrated firstly conveyed the massages through different sources with regard...

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