(24 News) Former DGISI Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hameed has been taken into custody by the Pakistan Army and the court martial has started.
It is not only a hot news for Pakistani media, but it has also made headlines on the international media, but many people do not know that it is the Top City case that is the reason for their court martial.
In simple words, the case is of stealing 400 tolas of gold and Rs 4 crores’ and the allegations were leveled against him by the owner of ‘Top City’ housing society, said the petition filed in the Supreme Court on November 8, 2023. that General Retd Faiz Hameed has misused authority and on his request ISI officials raided the city office and my house on 12 May 2017, the petitioner alleged that during the raid the ISI The officials seized valuables including gold, diamonds and money from the house.
The petitioner further stated that Faiz Hameed’s brother Sardar Najaf later contacted him to resolve the issue, General Faiz later personally met him to resolve the issue, in which he assured that Some of the looted goods will be returned, however, 400 tolas of gold and cash will not be returned to them, the petitioner also alleged that ISI officials had looted cash worth Rs.
On the plea of the petitioner, the Supreme Court said that the allegations are of a very serious nature and, if true, will undoubtedly damage the reputation of the federal government, armed forces, ISI and Pakistan Rangers, so they cannot be ignored. However, the court did not act under Article 184(3) of the Constitution as requested in the petition, asking the court to act under its original powers under that article.
The Supreme Court said that the petitioner suspected that the Ministry of Defense would not consider his complaint, as the respondents were holding senior positions in the armed forces, however, the Additional Attorney General for Pakistan has assured that the complaint Due consideration will be given. Therefore, the petitioner’s suspicion is misplaced, on the court order in mid-April this year regarding the informal setting up of a high-level inquiry headed by a Major General to investigate allegations of abuse of power against the former DGISI. It was informed, due to unknown reasons, the military authorities did not formally announce the initiation of an inquiry against General (R) Faiz, but almost all the leading TV channels and newspapers reported this news with reference to unknown sources. It is said that the military authorities had ordered an investigation in this case after the order of the Supreme Court.
2024-08-13 18:52:29