The High Court of the Sindh (SHC) published on Monday a notice of service service for the breakdown of the Percée to the head of the survey (IO) for having omitted to respond to a request filed by former president Dr Arif Alvi contesting the frost of his bank accounts and his family.
The court observed that the IO had neither submitted any response or appeared during the procedure.
A constitutional bench, led by judge Muhammad Karim Khan Agha, ordered the officer to appear at the next hearing on June 25 and to explain the delay.
During a previous hearing, the court authorized Dr. Alvi to withdraw to 1 million rupees from one of the frozen accounts for essential expenses. Other accounts that belong to him, his wife Samina Alvi and his son Awab, remain blocked.
Lawyer Ali Tahir, lawyer for Dr Alvi, told court that the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) had published unclear letters to private banks ordering freezing under article 25 of the 2010 anti-balance law and article 5 of the FIA ACT 1974.
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The petition argues that the frost was politically motivated and lacked legal processes. The family alleys that account restrictions have placed them under financial tension.
Last month, SHC had issued opinions to the National Cybercrime Wing and the FIA banks on a petition contesting the icy bank accounts of Arif Alvi and his family.
During the hearing, lawyer Ali Tahir informed the court that freezing the coverage of Dr Alvi’s accounts and his family caused an unfavorable impact, leaving them unable to cover their daily expenses.
The court, while hearing the case, noted that opinions would be sent to all the parties concerned and that their responses would be requested.
In a brief exchange, the bench noticed that the council should have received costs to represent the case. What, Barrister Tahir said he was managing the Pro Bono affair.
