The President of the Pakistan Human Rights Organization, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, filed a Petition against the appointment of the Chairman and Managing Board Pakistan Red Crescent Society.
The petition was heard by Justice Ijaz Anwar and Justice Waqar Ahmed. The petitioner is the President of the Pakistan International Human Rights Organization, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that Chairman and Managing Board of the PRCS were established in 2022. The Chairman and Board were appointed in August 2022.
The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently appointed the PCRS Chairman and also established the Managing Board, and the Governor has no authority, which is against the 1974 Society Act and Rules, according to the petitioner’s lawyer.
The Governor has made appointments on political grounds and has accommodated the PPP MLAs and people, the petitioner’s lawyer said. The assets and resources of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society are being used for political purposes, while the PRCS has illegally and unjustly diverted funds for flood victims in DI Khan, Swat, and other areas, and used sparingly for other purposes.
PRCS used assets and resources in PPP Political activities, while Rs three million were spent on the Iftar party at the Governor’s House, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone. On this occasion, Justice Ijaz Anwar remarked that whether the whole of Pakistan was giving halwa(Sweet dishes).
All records of the merciless use of funds and resources are available, and the Court suspended the declaration of Chairman PRCS and the Managing Board. The court should stop the Chairman and the Managing Board from working.
The petitioner appealed to the Court to issue orders to establish the Acting Chairman and the Managing Board, the petitioner’s lawyer. The court issues a notice to the parties and seeks a response from the PRCS.
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The Anti-Terrorism court(ATC) in Peshawar summoned witnesses and the investigation officer in the Radio Pakistan attack case.
The Radio Pakistan attack case was heard in the special Anti-Terrorism Court in Peshawar. The hearing was conducted by ATC Judge Wali Muhammad Khan. The court ordered the prosecution to appear with witnesses and the investigation officer to appear along with the case materials at the next hearing. The plaintiff also submitted a power of attorney to the court.
According to the prosecution, on May 9, 2023, angry protesters set fire to the Radio Pakistan building, after which a case was registered against more than 80 accused, including PTI members of the assembly, Meena Khan Afridi, Fazal Elahi, and Asif Khan, at the Sharqi police station.
The prosecution says that the police have completed the investigation and started the trial against the accused; however, nine accused are still absconding during the trial and are not appearing, while the prosecution witnesses have also not appeared in court yet.
The court ordered the prosecution witnesses to appear at the next hearing along with the case file and adjourned the further hearing until November 25. On May 9, 2023, during nationwide protests, angry people attacked and set fire to the Radio Pakistan building in Peshawar.
Immediately after the incident, a case was registered at the Sharqi police station, in which more than 80 people, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members of the assembly, Meena Khan Afridi, Fazal Elahi, and Asif Khan, were named.
The named people included party workers as well as other citizens, who were charged with arson, damage to government property, and terrorism.
