Judicial Magistrate Allah Dino has issued orders to the Investigation Officer for the arrest of the remaining two accused involved in a rape incident at the Quaid’s Mazar by May 9. According to the 18-year victim, she was gang-raped by five people after being abducted when in the vicinity of the Mazar-e-Quaid on March 15.

Three suspects had already been arrested. Two of the three currently in custody were arrested by the police on Thursday following the receipt of the DNA report, which confirmed their involvement.

Accountant Mazar Raja Arif and Assistant to Resident Engineer Arif Ansari, Quaid-e-Azam Management Board, were arrested on Thursday following the receipt of a DNA report, which confirmed their involvement in the case.

The two were sent on a three-day physical remand on Friday. Earlier, on March 20, the police had arrested the assistant manager of security, Khadim Hussain, posted at the mausoleum following positive identification by the victim in the court. Later, a DNA report also confirmed his involvement in the case.

The police registered a case under Section 365/B of the Pakistan Penal Code, inserted into the PPC through the Protection of Women Act, 2006. Judicial notices can be taken on media reports: SHC: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has observed that judicial notices could be taken on media reports vis-‡-vis adulterated supply of milk to the people.

The SHC was hearing a petition of the All Karachi Milk Retailers Welfare Association (AKMRWA) against fixing of retail price of fresh milk. The AKMRWA through its President Hafiz Nisar had challenged the city government’s March 7 notification regarding fixing of sale price of fresh milk.

The city government had fixed Rs34 as retail price of milk. The court observed that according to some media reports, people had suffered from severe health problems or even died due to adulterated supply of milk and judicial notices could be taken on such reports.

The petitioner’s counsels, Naeemur Rehman and Khursheed Javed, submitted that the city government could not exercise powers and fix milk prices under the Price Control and Provision of Hoarding Act 1977 and hence its March 7 notification regarding fixation of retail, wholesale and production price was null and void. They contended that it was impossible for the petitioner to provide milk to the people at the rate fixed by the city government.

The city government’s counsel, Manzoor Ahmed, said that the CDGK issued notification of fresh milk prices after consultation with all the stakeholders, while the milk sellers were defying the notification by selling the milk at Rs40 and Rs42. He said that the city government was not disobeying the court order and prayed the court to dismiss the petition as, the petitioner, was not entitled for any relief from the court.

After hearing the arguments of both the counsels, the SHC’s division bench headed by Justice Azizullah M Memon asked the city government to explain as why it could not afford to sell the best possible fresh milk to the public at the very same price as it had notified.

The city government’s counsel sought time for further arguments. The court adjourned the hearing till May 8. Show cause notices to IO: The Judicial Magistrate South, Khawaja Ashraf Hussain, has issued show cause notices to the Investigating Officer (IO) to present Challan within two days against Javed Pathan, who was allegedly involved in throwing a shoe on former chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim on the premises of the Sindh assembly building.

Javed Pathan was arrested by the Preedy police in four different cases including possessing illegal arms and ammunition, charas, dacoity and a TT pistol. Three days ago, the court rejected the bail application of Javed Pathan saying that the case was premature, hence the bail could not be granted. The court had earlier asked the former CM to appear in the court for identifying the culprit, but he did not turn up reportedly saying that he had pardoned him.