LHC restrains police from arresting Murree contractor

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice, Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry has restrained the police from arresting a Murree contractor against whom FIRs were registered at the behest of the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and directed Rawalpindi SSP Investigation to investigate into the matter.

The court during the hearing told the IG police that in case of a murder, the killer was not caught, whether the contractor was a great criminal that the entire police force has been deployed to arrest him.

The chief Justice directed the IG police to make an example of those responsible for getting the fake FIR registered against the contractor whether it was Chairman Tourism, RPO or any other personality. All the SHOs of Murree police were also present in the court.

Advocate General Khawaja Haris told the court that the cases were registered against the contractor on the directive of the Punjab chief minister for non-completion of the work and drawing over-payment allegations.

The contractor said that if he has drawn any over-payment, he was ready to reimburse the amount.

Chief Justice enquired from the Advocate General, “What would you gain by sending the contactor to jail, its good that the money comes back, why do you want to throw an educated architect behind the bar?

Advocate General requested for time, which the court acceding adjourned the hearing until September 13.