Bulletins 1200 17th May 2018

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday rejected petitions seeking initiation of treason proceedings against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for his controversial statement on Mumbai attacks.

Justice Shams Mahmood Mirza on Wednesday had reserved the verdict regarding maintainability of the petitions filed by General Secretary Pakistan Awami Tehreek Khurram Nawaz Gandapur and another by Chairman Pakistan Zindabad Party Aftab Virk Advocate.

The high court, in its verdict, directed the petitioners to move the right forum in this regard.

The petitioners contended that the statement given by Sharif was against national security and state institutions and pleaded the court to start high treason proceedings against him under Article 6 of the Constitution

The petitioners had also made Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal as respondent in the petition.

Sharif in an exclusive interview with a local English daily slammed the slow probe and questioned the authorities who allowed the Mumbai attacks ‘to take place from Pakistan soil’.