IHC orders citizen’s PCL delisting

Has a committee been formed to scrutinise court orders?

Will bureaucracy now run this country?

How was a committee formed to scrutinise judicial orders?

Have you now become the Supreme Court?"Justice Mohammad Azam Khan of the IHC was hearing a contempt petition filed over the failure to remove a citizen's name from the Passport Control List despite a court order.The government lawyer informed the court that reports from intelligence agencies were available in one case.

Officials from the Passport and Immigration Department said a meeting of the review committee had been scheduled for the previous week but could not be held for some reason.The petitioner's lawyer argued that since the court had already allowed the petition, the citizen's name should be removed from the list immediately.Justice Mohammad Azam Khan remarked that regardless of reports from intelligence agencies or any other source, the court's order must….

They acknowledged that there was room for improvement in this matter.Justice Mohammad Azam Khan remarked that the court would not want to grant relief to anyone involved in anti-state activities.

We have overlooked so many cases.

Do not undermine the dignity of the courts.

The helpless and vulnerable come to us."He said that those with money could find their way out, but if helpless people were not heard, neither the courts nor the system would function.The judge further remarked that officials stopped people and also took bribes, adding that the court was aware of such practices because judges were part of the same society.

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