LAHORE: A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Friday disposed of a suo motu case about massive killings in the city with kite-flying string and ordered the provincial government to ensure implementation of the Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance 2001 in letter and spirit. The bench observed that the government could allow kite flying after ensuring legal requirements prescribed in the law.
The bench, comprising Justice Tassaduq Husain Jillani and Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, was hearing a matter of a boy, Faheem Shahzad, who was injured after a kite twine cut his vocal cord and he became unable to speak.
The chief justice of Pakistan had taken suo motu in 2005.
An additional advocate general informed the court on Friday the Services Hospital medical superintendent had asked the family of the victim to fill a form and consult the family doctor whether or not his treatment was possible in Pakistan.
He said the family neither returned the form nor their doctor made recommendations about sending the boy abroad for treatment.
The law officer further told the court the treatment was possible in Pakistan and the family was also not willing to send the boy abroad.
He said the victim was being treated at Children’s Hospital and was recovering slowly but steadily.
Expressing his pleasure that the treatment of such an injury was possible in Pakistan, Justice Nisar asked the law officer whether the government had paid compensation to the victim’s family.
At this, the law officer said the family had spent Rs1.5 million on the treatment of the boy and the Punjab government had given them a compensation of Rs500,000 so far, adding he would ensure more compensation for the family.
The bench disposed of the suo motu case with a direction to the government to strictly implement the Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance 2001.
Sapna case: The Lahore High Court ordered police on Friday to implement directions by the district and sessions court in the recovery case of actress Zeba Khan, alias Sapna Khan, former wife of Punjab former chief minister Dost Muhammad Khosa.
Justice Sheikh Najamul Hasan directed the police to investigate the matter in accordance with law and decide on the applications of both Missal Khan, father of Sapna, and Mr Khosa seeking cases against each other on murder charges of the woman missing for months. The judge disposed of the petitions filed by both parties.
Missal Khan submitted that police did not register the kidnap-and-alleged murder case of his daughter who went missing months ago from GOR-I residence of Mr Khosa.
He said the sessions courts had ordered a case but police despite recording his statement did not register the case. The petitioner said as Mr Khosa belonged to the ruling party in Punjab, he had influenced the police.
On the other side, Mr Khosa alleged that Missal Khan had kidnapped Sapna and started frivolous litigation only to blackmail him. He sought directions for police to register kidnap and murder case against Missal Khan and others.
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