LAHORE, Sept 10: Appointment of five judicial officers of the Lahore High Court has been challenged in the court.

Advocate Afaq Ahmad challenged these appointments terming them a clear violation of the National Judicial Policy.

The judicial officers are Registrar Sardar Ahmad Naeem, Staff Officer to Chief Justice Jawadul Hasan, Additional Registrar (Judicial) Ashtar Abbas, Inspection Team Member Habibullah Amir and Additional Registrar (Vigilance) Haroon Latif.

All these judicial officers are of the rank of district andLAHORE, Sept 10: Appointment of five judicial officers of the Lahore High Court has been challenged in the court.

Advocate Afaq Ahmad challenged these appointments terming them a clear violation of the National Judicial Policy.

The judicial officers are Registrar Sardar Ahmad Naeem, Staff Officer to Chief Justice Jawadul Hasan, Additional Registrar (Judicial) Ashtar Abbas, Inspection Team Member Habibullah Amir and Additional Registrar (Vigilance) Haroon Latif.

All these judicial officers are of the rank of district andsessions judge.

The petitioner-lawyer states the judicial policy does not allow posting of the judicial officers in their home districts. He says all these officers possess domiciles of Lahore and have been posted in the same district in violation of the judicial policy.

He prays to the court to declare all these appointments as illegal being violative to the judicial policy and post them in other districts of the province.

PROBE ORDERED: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday ordered the district and sessions judge to probe into the killing of five people by police allegedly in an en-counter at the behest of a parliamentarian.

According to the LHC media cell, the high court took notice of a news item that Muhammad Aamir, the paternal cousin of deceased Malik Tanveer of Kasur, said a CIA DSP came to their village with his force and took away Tanveer, Mohsin Iqbal and brothers Imran and Irfan by saying that Tanveer was in contact with one Babar alias Babri who was involved in extortions and kidnap-for-ransom cases.

He said the DSP told Tanveer`s family that they were taking him just for interrogation and would release him in a day.Amir said 23-year-old Tanveer knew Babar and Irfan for years as they were residents of nearby villages.

He alleged that the CIA police killed the youth only to please a ruling party MNA belonging to Kasur who had developed rivalry with Babar.

Quoting a local farmer, Amir said policemen in large numbers arrived at the crime scene near Kahna and continued shooting five suspects one by one by getting off private vehicles.

The police claimed the Punjab government had put a Rs300,000 head money on Babar who was wanted for murder, robbery and extortion.Amir said 23-year-old Tanveer knew Babar and Irfan for years as they were residents of nearby villages.

He alleged that the CIA police killed the youth only to please a ruling party MNA belonging to Kasur who had developed rivalry with Babar.

Quoting a local farmer, Amir said policemen in large numbers arrived at the crime scene near Kahna and continued shooting five suspects one by one by getting off private vehicles.

The police claimed the Punjab government had put a Rs300,000 head money on Babar who was wanted for murder, robbery and extortion.