BANNU: A Peshawar High Court bench here has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to take appropriate disciplinary action after holding an inquiry against the relevant officers of the anti-corruption establishment (ACE) over ‘abuse of authority’ in registeringa case againsta servingjudicial officer, Humayun Dilawar, accusing him and his family of illegally transferring land for a housing scheme in Bannu.
While ordering the quashing of an FIR registered against judge Dilawar, who had convicted former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana asset concealment case, and his brother Sadiq Dilawar, Justice Mohammad Tariq Afridi and Justice Sabitullah Khan directed the provincial chief secretary to immediately place the judgement before the competent authority for initi-ation of proceedings, in accordance with law, against the officers concerned.
The bench, which accepted a joint petition of judge Dilawar and Sadiq Dilawar, on May 5, has now released a 19-page detailed judgement, directing the competent authority to fix responsibility and take appropriate disciplinary action after due process before submitting a compliance report to the registrar of the court within 60 days.
It discussed different aspects of the matter, including the inquiry conducted by the ACE and registration of the impugned FIR in 2024.
‘In view of the foregoing discussion, the material available on record, when considered cumulatively, fails to disclose any lawful basis for the registration or continuation of the impugned FIR,’ it said.Muhammad Waseem Khan